Wight Collection

Daredevil Diver Leslie Gadsby, Shanklin Pier, Isle of Wight and his variety of crazy dives, including a 90ft dive in a sack, a 45ft long arm balance

Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875, by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895). French Impressionist painter. Eug?¨ne Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Map of Isle of Wight
A Map of the Isle of Wight, showing the internal railway system and the new & short route between the island and the Hampshire coast

Map / Isle of Wight C1857
Map of the Isle of Wight (County series)

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Spithead Air Ferry to and from the island, winter fare seven shillings and sixpence return, seven services daily

Boys Swimming, Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, Hants
Boys from the Training Ship Mercury swimming nude in the River Hamble. The Mercury, established in 1885 by the London philanthropist Charles Hoare

Isle of Wight / Needles
Isle of Wight: The Needles

Ventnor, Steephill Cove, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Isle of Wight / Ventnor
Isle of Wight: Ventnor

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, showing a passenger airliner flying above a cruise liner, advertising Travel by Air Ferry to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. 20th century

Map of the Isle of Wight, showing the principal roads (marked in red) and the internal Island rail network Date: 1910

Suspension Pier, Seaview, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
The elegant Suspension Pier, Seaview, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. The suspension pier was designed by Frank Caws, a Seaview-born engineer/architect then working in Sunderland

Shanklin, old village, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Training Ship Mercury and boys racing crew, River Hamble
The racing crew of the training ship Mercury with the ship itself in the background. The Mercury, established in 1885 by Charles Hoare, was originally based at Binstead, Isle of Wight

Sandbanks Chain Ferry No. 1 - Entrance to Poole Harbour
The No.1 steam-powered Sandbanks chain ferry. Sandbanks Ferry is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the entrance of Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset

Yachting at Cowes
In the foaming wake of a racing cutter Date: 1914

British and Russian Royal Families at Osborne House, Isle of Wight on 4th August 1909. Pictured are Tsar (Czar) Nicholas and Tsarina (Czarina) Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, later Alexandra Feodorovna

Spithead & Shoreham Air Ferries Poster
Poster, Spithead & Shoreham Air Ferries, showing a passenger plane G-ABVB above a map of the south coast. Save time, see more, give your holiday a flying start

Railway Air Services Poster
Railway Air Services (RAS) Poster, serving Plymouth, Teignmouth, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool, Cowes (Isle of Wight), Southampton, Bristol and Birmingham, London (Croydon) and Isle of Wight

Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, Hampshire
The Training Ship Mercury was established in 1885 by the London philanthropist Charles Hoare. The ship, a barque previously named Illova, was originally moored at Binstead on the Isle of Wight

Western Airways Ltd Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar Western Airways Ltd, Bristol to Cardiff Air Express, 15 minutes, 9 shillings and sixpence single fare

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), showing an aeroplane flying above a route map from London to the Isle of Wight, with a May to August timetable and fares

Western Airways Poster
Poster, Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd, showing prices and times from Bristol to various destinations by Air Express Daily, including special day returns. 20th century

Pleasure Flights Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, Bembridge Farm Aerodrome at any time by arrangement at the farm

Seaview near Ryde, II. Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Ventnor, Isle of Wight, one of the pleasant resorts of this lovely island

Multiview, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Multiview, Cowes, near Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1910s

Seaview near Ryde, I. Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd, showing a passenger airliner flying above a cruise liner. With a list of principal agents, fares and route map. 20th century

Shanklin, Chine, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bembridge Lifeboat Stn
The Lifeboat Station at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England

Queen Elizabeth Liner
The Queen Elizabeth, the largest of the P. & O. Liners, seen here in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight, England

Bonchurch the Church
The old church

Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Poster
Poster, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd (PS & IOWA), Daily Air Services to Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth, Portsmouth & Southsea, London. Book Here. 20th century

Bonchurch Pond, I. Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Isle of Wight / Shorwell
Isle of Wight: Shorwell

Whitecliff Bay, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Date: circa 1930s

Winkle Street, Calbourne, Isle of Wight - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Picture No. 10741229
Carisbrooke Castle, a historic motte-and-bailey castle, village of Carisbrooke, near Newport, Isle of Wight Date:

The Beach, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
The Beach, Shanklin, near Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. Showing Bathing Huts & Rowing Boats Date: 1910s

Westland SRN6, SR-N6-150, of Hovertravel, leaving the Southsea Terminal en route to Ryde, Isle of Wight

Freshwater Bay Arch and Stag Rocks, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Lord Mountbatten inspecting Sea Scouts
Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma, Commodore of Sea Scouts, inspecting the 2nd Cowes Sea Scouts on the opening of their new Headquarters. August 1977

County Asylum, Newport, Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight County Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1896 at Sandy Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight. It later became the Isle of Wight County Mental Hospital and then Whitecroft Hospital

Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in an aeroplane
Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in a two-seater aeroplane. The lady passenger is bereft of flying hat/helmet and goggles and obviously therefore enjoys the feeling of the wind in her hair

The Beach at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1909

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