Grahame Collection

Wind in Willows / Grahame
Toad, Ratty & Mole set off with a yellow caravan, pulled by an old grey horse on the Open Road... Date: First published: 1908

Wind in Willows / Grahame
Wind in Willows/Grahame

Wind in the Willows
" The Badgers winter stores, which indeed were visible everywhere, took up half the room." Date: First published: 1908

Badger & Mole / Willow
Badger & Mole on their way to rescue the Toad: " Crossing the hall, they passed down one of the principal tunnels". Date: First published: 1908

Wind in Willows / Rat Snow
Rat & Mole in the Wild Wood: " The Rat pondered awhile, and examined the humps and slopes that surrounded them." Date: First published: 1908

Wind in Willows / Grahame
The Water Rat & Mole picnicking: " The Mole begged as a favour, to be allowed to unpack it all by himself." Date: First published: 1908

First airmail letter delivered, Windsor Castle
The first airmail letter ever to be delivered is handed to the Postmaster of Windsor, to whom it is addressed, on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle

Wind Willows / Onion Sauce
" Onion sauce! Onion sauce! he (the Mole), remarked jeeringly, & was gone before they could think of a reply." Date: First published: 1908

Willows / Rat & Beer
Rat & Mole: " He presently reappeared somewhat dusty, with a bottle of beer in each paw & another under each arm." Date: First published: 1908

Wind in Willows / Mice
The field mice & harvest mice join Ratty & Mole at their picnic. Date: First published: 1908

Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor with the airmail
The aviator Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor from Hendon on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor

Gustav Hamels plane ready to leave Hendon for Windsor
Gustav Hamels aeroplane ready to leave Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor

Rehearsal for the First UK Aerial Post staged at Windsor in September 1911 organised by Claude Grahame-White. Date: 1911

Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter
The aviator Gustav Hamel posting an airmail letter which he himself will transport by air to Windsor. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor

Gustav Hamel signing receipt for mail, Hendon
The aviator Gustav Hamel in the cockpit of his aeroplane, signing the official receipt for the mail, just before setting out from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor on the very first airmail flight

Rosey Anslow & Ella Grahame music hall roller-skaters
Rosey Anslow and Ella Grahame performing acrobatics on roller skates. One performer is wearing trousers, the other wearing a jacket and full skirt allowing for movement. Date: circa 1910

Grahame Wright biplane

Wright Flier II or III biplane early 1900s

Grahame-White Aerobus early 1900s

Grahame-White Lizzie in 1913 Date: 1913

Grahame-White Type XI Biplane early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Grahame White Type 18 biplane early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Dorothy Grahame, actress. Date: 1911

Bleriot biplane at the Grahame White Flying School in Hendon early 1900s

Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No

Early aerial photograph and aviators
An early aerial photograph of Paris captured during Emile Dubonnet's (1883-1940) pioneering 65 mile flight from Juvisy to Orleans in 1910

Kenneth Grahame (1859 - 1932), Scottish writer, most famous for Wind in the Willows. Date: 1908

Claude Grahame-White, English pioneer of aviation, in April 1910 Grahame-White attempted to win the Daily Mail newspaper prize of 10, 000, to fly across England from London to Manchester in 24 hours

Margot Grahame, English actress. Date: 1934

Mr Grahame-White flying at Ranelagh, 1910
Claude Grahame-White flying at Ranelagh, 1910. He made many successful flights at Ranelagh Club in the presence of a large assembly. Date: 1910

William Newell, using a Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute
On 9 May 1914 William Newell, using a Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute, used the Grahame-White Type 10 Charabanc - also known as the Aerobus - to undertake the first parachute descent in Britain

Book cover design, With the Airmen

Tito Ruffo, Ethel Levey & Peppie D Albro at Cannes
Tito Ruffo (left), one of the worlds greatest singers, Peppie D Albro (right), a Brazilian singer and dancer standing either side of the actress and entertainer, Ethel Levey

A Farman Waterplane - Grahame White Aviation Waterplane Tour
A Farman Waterplane - Grahame White Aviation Daily Mail Waterplane Tour of 1912 Date: 1912

Mr Grahame-White & Miss Harrison Ben - aeroplane flight
The well-known aviator, Mr Grahame-White with Miss Harrison Benn about to take off in a flight in his aeroplane at a Bournemouth aviation meeting in July 1910. Date: 1910

Music cover, The Penguins Promenade, one or two step, by Theodore Grahame. 1909

James Grahame
JAMES GRAHAME Scottish churchman and writer, author of The Sabbath. Date: 1765 - 1811

Ernest Howard
ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (1879 - 1976), English artist and cartoonist, best known for his illustrations to books by a Milne and Kenneth Grahame

Daily Mail Waterplane Tour
Scene on a beach during the Daily Mail Waterplane Tour of 1912, organised by Grahame White Aviation. Date: 1912

WW1 - British Aircraft Factory Date: circa 1917

Claude Grahame-White in an early aeroplane
Claude Grahame-White, an early English aviation pioneer, at the Blackpool Flying Carnival, in flight with a female passenger. Date: early 20th century

Ethel Levey (1880-1955), American actress and singer. The Tatler caption reads: A study by Olive Snell who has caught the well-known and popular actress in a very characteristic pose

Claude Grahame-White

Claude Grahame-White, centre, with Lord Trenchard, right?
Claude Grahame-White, centre, with Lord Trenchard, right, at the 50 years of Flying Display at Hendon in July 1951

Claude Grahame-White, left, with Lord Trenchard at the 5?
Claude Grahame-White, left, with Lord Trenchard at the 50 years of Flying Display at Hendon in July 1951

Start of the speed handicap final at the aerial derby, Hendon, 8 June 1912. From left: Cody (Michelin Cup Biplane), Raynham (ABC Burgess-Wright) and Turner (Grahame-White Biplane)

Mr W Newell preparing for a parachute descent
Mr W. Newell preparing for a parachute descent from the Grahame-White Type 10 Charabanc or Aero-bus on 9 May 1914. At 5, 000ft Mr Newell jumped from the skid

Claude Grahame-White in the front of his Grahame-White Type 10 Charabanc. Sir T. Lipton standing

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