New Images from the Grenville Collins Collection Gallery

Queen Victoria at Edward Cazalet's Villa - South of France

Queen Victoria at Edward Cazalet's Villa - South of France in 1885. In 1882, Queen Victoria began her winter affair with the Cote dAzur, she would arrive bearing extensive food and drink supplies, a multitude of staff, Highland soldiers and Abdul Karim, her Indian attendant (highly unpopular with all bar the queen herself). The queen would ride out frequently, either in a carriage or a cart pulled by 'Jacquot', a donkey she had rescued, half-starved, from a peasant (as lampooned on this card) and which she subsequently took back and forth to England with her. (Jacquot lived out his life at Windsor, after Victorias death.). Date: 1885

The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, Germany

The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, a city on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in southern Germany, known for its importance in aviation history, extensively documented in the Zeppelin Museum. The domed baroque towers of the Palace Church dominate the skyline, and are still visible today from the air on modern Zeppelin tours. Date: circa 1929

The Duke and Duchess of York - Durham Colliery visit

The Duke and Duchess of York (Later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) - visiting a Durham Colliery on 29th July 1936 - most likely the Glamis Pit at Kibblesworth Colliery. The Duke is wearing a miner's helmet and both are holding Miner's lamps. (see also: 11095694). Date: 1936

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