Wight Collection (page 2)

The Needles, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Fine aerial view of The Needles Rocks and lighthouse, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1920s

Aerial view of Sandown, Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight / Shanklin
Isle of Wight: Shanklin Chine

Ventnor, Isle of Wight, viewed from East Cliffs - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Appley Beach, Shanklin, Isle of Wight - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Sandown, Isle of Wight, viewed from Battery Gardens - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Beach at Totland Bay, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Horestone Point, Seaview, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Wedding of Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenberg
Marriage of Princess Beatrice (1857 - 1944) youngest child of Queen Victoria, to Prince Henry of Battenberg at Whippingham, Isle of Wight. 23 July 1885

The Chine, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1900s

Sir Godfrey Baring, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR GODFREY BARING, 1st Baronet (1871-1957) Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple and the Isle of Wight. Caption: Isle of Wight Date: 1871 - 1957

Steamer Solent leaving Lymington Pier for Isle of Wight
The Ferry Steamer Solent leaving Lymington Pier for the Isle of Wight. Date: 1908

Ventnor - Isle of Wight - Union Cottage, Spring Hill Date: circa 1870s

The Yacht Club - Seaview, Isle of Wight, Hampshire Date: 1903

Cover design, Railway Air Services timetable in conjunction with Spartan Air Lines Ltd, between London and the Isle of Wight. circa 1936

Brochure design, Cobham Air Routes, serving London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, the Isle of Wight, and Guernsey. circa 1935

Ventnor, Cottage Hospital, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Rocket Mail to I O Wight
Gerard Zucker demonstrates his rocket system for a postal service between the English mainland and the Isle of Wight, but his rocket travels only three kilometres

Freshwater Arched Rock
The arched rock in Freshwater Bay

Black Gang Chine I. O. W
A majestic site - note the size of the boats

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - Lane End Date: circa 1909

Tennyson Farringford
Alfred lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the poets home at Farringford, Isle of Wight

Bembridge, Isle of Wight - Hampshire - Redwing Class yachts (after the first re-design) Date: circa 1950s

Paddle Steamer Balmoral, Isle of Wight
Paddle Steamer Balmoral, near The Solent, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1922

Schneider contest nerve centre by G. H. Davis
The Schneider contest nerve centre: timing at over 300 mph. How the amazing speeds of the seaplanes were recorded: the timekeepers and their work on Ryde Pier. Date: 1929

People and car on ferry at Cowes, Isle of Wight
People and a car on the ferry at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Date: 1922

Sir John Oglander
SIR JOHN OGLANDER deputy-governor of the Isle of Wight, whose royalist sympathies and loyalty to Charles I got him into trouble with the Commonwealth. Date: 1585 - 1655

HMS Eurydice, Portsmouth Harbour, 1878
Engraving showing HMS Eurydice in Portsmouth Harbour, shortly before her last voyage, 1878. Launched in 1843 as a 21-gun frigate, by 1878 Eurydice was being used as a training ship

The Shore at Sandown, Isle of Wight Date: circa 1940

Ventnor, from West Cliff, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Brading Church
Children sitting outside the tranquil Brading Church, Isle of Wight, England. Date: early 1930s

Low Tide at Newport
Low tide at Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

RMS Carnarvon Castle Passing the Needles, 1927
Illustration of the Union-Castle Line Royal Mail Motorship Carnarvon Castle passing the Needles, Isle of Wight, on its way to South Africa

Alum Bay, Isle of Wight
Sailing boats in the natural harbour formed by this pictureque bay

Whippingham Church, restored by the good graces of Victoria and Albert; unfortunately, their generosity was not matched by their good taste

Ventnor I. O. W
Distant view from the cliffs

RYDE I. O. W
The town seen from the pier

RMS Queen Mary Hedge, St Lawrence, Isle of Wight
RMS Queen Mary Hedge (topiary), St Lawrence, Isle of Wight. circa 1949

King George V and Tsar Nicholas II
As Like As Brothers : The Tsar (with a walking stick) and the Prince of Wales (later George V), at Barton Manor, Cowes, Isle of Wight. Date: August 1909

The Hovertravel Ryde to Portsmouth hovercraft arrives on the mainlaind at Southsea after crossing the Solent from the Isle of Wight

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - The Garland Club ad beach. Date: circa 1909

ILN front cover, 12 July 1862 - Alice & Louis Hesse
Front cover of The Illustrated London News for 12th July 1862, featuring St. Clare on the Isle of Wight. St Clare, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, the family seat of the Vernon-Harcourt family

Sketch plan map of Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Date: circa 1910s

Isle of Wight Guesthouse - Occupants and Staff
The guests and some of the staff of an unamed Guesthouse. The sign on the right of the doorway reads: Orders received for Meguyers Omnibus which suggests this photograph was possibly taken

Swimmers at Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight, 1920s
A group of women pose for a photograph on the beach at Thorness Bay on the Isle of Wight. The back of the photograph describes the day as a picnic for Gs 21st birthday. G is fourth from left

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - The High Street and Ye Olde Village Inn (1707). Date: circa 1907

Wight Aircraft No. 2 Navyplane Pusher Seaplane
John Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft) Wight No.2 Navyplane (Modified) Pusher Seaplane Biplane 200HP Salmson Parked at Kiel

John Britten and Nigel Desmond Norman in Bembridge
From left: John Britten (?-1977) and Nigel Desmond Norman (1929-2002) in Bembridge, Isle of Wight, 1966. Date: 1966

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