Madeira Collection

Reids Palace Hotel advertisement
Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins

Reids Palace Hotel, Madeira advertisement, 1928
Advertisement for Reids Palace Hotel, Madeira boasting happy sunny days, no rain and unequalled sea bathing besides many other comforts and advantages. 1928

Poster advertising Aquila Airways, with flights to Madeira

Union-Castle Line poster
South and East Africa, Madeira and the Canaries with the Union-Castle Line offering a fast mail service and an address for the head office in Fenchurch Street, London

New Year fireworks, Funchal harbour, Madeira, Portugal
An impressive firework display at Funchal harbour, Madeira, celebrating the arrival of the New Year

Blue Star Line poster to South America
Blue Star Line to South America, calling at Boulogne, Lisbon, Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. First class passengers only. circa 1925

Sunderland plane, Imperial Airways, Funchal, Madeira
Short S25 Sunderland plane (flying boat patrol bomber), belonging to Imperial Airways, seen here off Funchal, Madeira. Date: 1937-1959

Madeira Cove - Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England Date: circa 1950s

Map / Europe / Madeira 19C
Map of Madeira

Atlantic Islands / Madeira
Madeira: looking inviting, with palm trees and flowers

Blue Tiles, Avenida Arriaga, Funchal, Madeira
A picture on blue tiles outside the former Ritz Cafe, in the Avenida Arriaga in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. This type of traditional design, on blue and white tin-glazed ceramic tiles

Madeira, Winter 1951-1952
Brochure front cover advertising Thomas Cooks travel service. Date: 1951-1952

Coastal view of Funchal, Madeira with seaplane taking off
Coastal view of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal with seaplane taking off on the regular mainland service. Date: circa 1940s

Blue Tiles, Avenida Arriaga, Funchal, Madeira
A picture on blue tiles outside the former Ritz Cafe, in the Avenida Arriaga in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. This type of traditional design, on blue and white tin-glazed ceramic tiles

Madeira, Funchal - Traditional costumes and dances
Madeira, Funchal, Spain: Traditional costumes and dances from Campanario Date: 2016

The Aquila Airways Solent III, G-AKNU Sydney in Funchal Bay, Madeira

Visit to Madeira - Funchal Bay from the New Road
Black and white lantern slide of the Funchal Bay as seen from the New Road - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s

Poster advertising Blandy Freres madeira wine. The company was founded in 1811 by John Blandy

Visit to Madeira - The Levada Tunnel
Black and white lantern slide of men being carried in hammocks out of the entrance of a tunnel built for a levada - an irrigation channel or aqueduct - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira

Madeira Funchal pre-1900

Madeira, Funchal, Ave. Arriaga: Banco de Portugal
Madeira, Funchal, Portugal - Ave. Arriaga: Banco de Portugal, tower of the cathedral. Date: 2016

Visit to Madeira - North Coast from St. Anna
Black and white lantern slide of steep cliffs leading to the sea.. Part of Box 125, Madeira, part of Boswell collection. slide number 39. Date: circa 1890s

Visit to Madeira - Road to the Hotel
Black and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Ships / Tyburnia / 1885
The ship Tyburnia leaves Madeira under fire from a custom house on The Loo Rock

A sketch of the Summer Restaurant at Reids Palace Hotel, Funchal, Madeira, 1920s Date: 1920s

Reids Palace Hotel, Funchal, Madeira. Date: circa 1910

Advert for travelling to Madeira, 1926 Date: 1926

Nothochloena marantoe
Penfold, Jane Wallas, 1845. Madeira Flowers, Fruits and Ferns. London: Reeve Brothers. Plate 4

Chart of oceanic section, Madeira, Portugal to St. Vincent
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View from Pico do Arieiro, Madeira
View from the top of the Pico do Arieiro (Arieiro Mountain), the third highest peak on the island of Madeira

Wine bottles and casks, D Oliveiras Lda, Madeira, Portugal
A display of wine bottles and casks at the firm of D Oliveiras Lda in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

A Winters Tale - on board the motor ship Venus
A spread from The Tatler featuring photographs by Anthony Armstrong Jones and recorded the numerous passengers on board the " Venus" which was heading to Madeira in January 1952

Madeira Picture Page
A page from The Illustrated London News featuring a photograph of Madeira Bay and adverts for Silvo plate polish and Colgates dental cream

Golden Gate Cafe Restaurant, Funchal, Madeira
Street scene with Golden Gate Cafe Restaurant, Funchal, Madeira. Date: circa 1920

Grand Hotel Belmonte, Funchal, Madeira. Date: circa 1930

Madeira Funchal boys diving pre-1900

Bullock sledge, Madeira

A Running Carro, Madeira hand coloured photo

Madeira Bullock Sledge Victorian period

Bullock sledge, Madeira, Victorian period

Madeira hammock men

Madeira sledge ride bullock cart

Hammock men resting, Madeira, Victorian period

Funchal, Madeira

Funchal, Madeira, Victorian period

Marine Lake and Madeira Cove, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Waterfall, Madeira Walk, Ramsgate, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Madeira Walk, Exmouth, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

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