Isles Collection (page 8)

Princess Hotel - Bermuda - a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The managers at the time this card were produced were Howe and Tworoger. Date: circa 1908

North Usit - Sponish Lodge, Outer Hebrides
North Usit - Sponish House, near Lochmaddy in North Uist, Western Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Designed by James Gillespie Graham in 1803 - built for Lord MacDonalds Chamerlain/Sheriff Cpt

Avro Lancaster X G-BCOH en route from Canada
Avro Lancaster X, G-BCOH, en route from Canada to join the Strathallen Collection in Glasgow. It was photographed by an RAF Nimrod over the Western Isles. June 1975. Date: 1975

Major K R Park MC DFC with his double crew at No1 School
Major K.R. Park, MC, DFC, with his double crew at No1 School of Bombing and Navigation, Andover, after flying Handley Page O/400, F3750, Last Days, around the British Isles in April 1919. Date: 1919

Lord Isles locomotive engine

Scilly Isles, Hughtown, i. e. Hugh Town, from Garrison, Corn
Scilly Isles, Hughtown, i.e. Hugh Town, from Garrison, Cornwall, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Scilly Isles, St. Marys Pulpit Rock, Cornwall, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Scilly Isles, Tresco Abbey, Cornwall, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Scilly Isles, Houghtown, i. e. Hugh Town, from St. Marys, C
Scilly Isles, Houghtown, i.e. Hugh Town, from St. Mary s, Cornwall, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Les Isles de Lerins, Cannes, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

White Island Light, Isles of Shoals, N. H
White Island Light, Isles of Shoals, N.H.. Date c1901

The flower farmers of Britain 1938
Picking the blooms at Rosenvale, Penzance, where the early spring flowers are grown extensively in greenhouses. Most of the Scilly Isles are employed in the flower industry

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (2 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - an indigenous elderly couple at the Catholic Mission Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (7 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (1 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - a group of indigenous men and boys and members of the Catholic mission Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (4 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - The Convent of Catholic Sisters at Tarawa Date: circa 1910

Scotland / Loch Eilt
A motorcycle and sidecar on the Road to the Isles along the northern shores of Loch Eilt, Scotland, with its tiny islets, beautifully canopied with tall pine trees. Date: 1950s

Duncansby Lighthouse
Duncansby Head Lighthouse, Caithness, Scotland. Situated east of John o Groats (the northernmost tip of the British Isles), it gives a feeling of great remoteness. Date: built 1924

Tresco Parish Church
The Parish Church, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Date: 1930s photo

Orkney Isles - Kirkwall at Midnight
Orkney Islands - Kirkwall - viewed from Cromwells Fort (photographed at Midnight in Midsummer!). The distinctive outline form of St Magnus Cathedral can be seen back left. Date: circa 1920s

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (3 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - A group of indigenous people from Nonouti at the Mission Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (6 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (8 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (9 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) Date: circa 1910

Mission on The Gilbert Islands (5 / 9)
The Republic of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands) - The Convent School Date: circa 1910

Scilly Isles - The Custom House
Scilly Isles - St Marys - The Custom House Date: circa 1910s

Gathering seaweed for fertiliser - Channel Islands
Gathering seaweed ( wracking ) for use as fertilizer at a low spring tide - Channel Islands Date: 1907

Scilly Isles Rock
The Tortoise Rock, a strange natural rock formation at St. Mary s, Scilly Isles. Date: 1930s

Peninnis Head Rocks
Rock formations at Peninnis Head, St. Mary s, Scilly Isles. Date: 1950s

St Marys - Scilly Isles Date: 1920s

A Crofters Cottage, Shetland, Scotland Date: circa 1930s

Scots Knight 14th Cent
A Scots knight - probably a chief of the Isles - depicted on the isle of Iona : he carries a spear as well as a long broadsword, and wears a tartan surcoat. Date: 1306

Hugh Town, St Marys, Scilly Isles
View of Hugh Town, St Mary s, Scilly Isles. Hugh Town is the main settlement on the Scillies. Date: circa 1950

Summer Holidays in the British Isles with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a little girl in a swimsuit with a bucket and spade, playing in a rock pool on the beach

Holidays in Spain and Portugal with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for Holidays in Spain and Portugal, the Balearic Isles, Andorra, Madeira, Malta, Gibraltar and Cyprus, with Thomas Cook & Son Ltd and Dean & Dawson Ltd

Donkeys at Peninnis Head, Isles of Scilly
Donkeys at Peninnis Head, St. Mary s, Isles of Scilly

Princess Diana visiting St Marys, Scilly Isles
Princess Diana on a visit to St Marys in the Isles of Scilly. She is wearing a polka dot dress and is pregnant with her first child. She appears to be bending down to speak to someone in a wheelchair

St Marys - The Atlantic Hotel - Donkey Cart
St Marys Island, Isles of Scilly - The Atlantic Hotel - Donkey Cart used to transport your baggage from the harbour up to the hotel

Further Outlook Stormy by Chole Preston
A deep depression is advancing slowly across the British Isles

Flannan Isles
Impression of the second landing place on the remote Flannan Isles where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared in December 1900

Flannan Isles Landing
The first landing place near the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared in December 1900

Women Minister officiating a wedding
The Reverend Miss Vera Findlay, Minister at the Stewartville Congregational Church, Partick, Glasgow, signing the register after having conducted a marriage ceremony in Scotland

Seal Point, Bay of San Francisco, 1888
Engraving showing the rocky shore of Seal Point on the Faralone Isles, in San Francisco Bay, 1888. A large number of seals sit on the rocks named after them

Launch of the Oceanic, January 1899
Illustration of the launch of the Oceanic, from the Illustrated London News, 21st January 1899. The Oceanic was built by Harland

R. M. S. Queen Mary, Ocean Dock, Southampton, 1936
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary arriving at the Ocean Dock, Southampton, after winning the Blue Riband of the Atlantic on 30th August that year

Cholera precautions in England
A sketch of the sailors hospital. Fires were used to prevent the infection spreading from the hospital. In September 1892, Dr R

R. M. S. Queen Mary Arriving at Southampton, 1936
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary arriving at Southampton after winning the Blue Riband of the Atlantic on 30th August that year

Diana & Charles / Scilly
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES chatting to a line of little girls who, together with many other people, have come to see Diana and Charles at St Mary s, Isles of Scilly

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