Burnham at age 20 in Arizona.
Burnham’s revolver, a Remington Model 1875, caliber .44-40, with grips made of hippo ivory. Used in Arizona, southern Africa, East Africa, and Mexico. (Courtesy of the Burnham family.)
Burnham with scouts during the First Matabele War, 1893. Burnham is kneeling, second from the right, with Robert Bain to his right and Pete Ingram standing at far left.
Note from Burnham to Blanche written during the Zambezi expedition of 1895. (Frederick Russell Burnham Papers (MS 115), Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. Courtesy of the Burnham family.)
Blanche Blick Burnham in Bulawayo in 1896.
Bulawayo in laager, 1896. (From the collection of Rob Burrett, used with permission.)
Fort Mangwe, 1896. (From the collection of Rob Burrett, used with permission.)
Illustration from The Graphic, a London newspaper, of Burnham and Armstrong escaping after killing the Mlimo. (Courtesy of the Burnham family.)
Burnham in 1900, prior to leaving London for the Boer War.
Skagway, 1897. (University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Hegg 36.)
Burnham in late 1901 after receiving the DSO.
Sketch by Roderick Burnham of the Burnhams’ houses in the Hollywood Hills. Frederick’s is on the right. (Frederick Russell Burnham Papers (MS 115), Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. Courtesy of the Burnham family.)
Dust cover of Scouting on Two Continents (1934 edition), with sketch of Burnham done by Robert Baden-Powell during the Second Matabele War. (Frederick Russell Burnham Papers (MS 115), Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. Courtesy of the Burnham family.)
Burnham and Blanche at La Cuesta, their California ranch near Sequoia National Park, c. 1920. (Courtesy of the Burnham family.)
Burnham in 1941 on his 80th birthday, with Boy Scouts in Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico.
Burnham family gravesite in Three Rivers, California. (Photo by Steve Kemper.)