A4 print of a postcard titled ‘Tiree Ferry’ by D.R.M, showing passengers and cargo being transferred between the ferry and its tender off Scarinish Harbour in around 1900.
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Dates: 1870s
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Studio photograph of Lady Frances Balfour (nee Campbell), the Duke of Argyll’s sister, in around 1880, aged about 20. Mounted on a 62 x 100 mm card labelled by the studio ‘Numa Blanc Fils’. Lady Frances was at the forefront of women’s rights and the suffragist movement.
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Section of a large hand-enhanced portrait photograph of four female members of the Lamont/MacKenzie family of Harbour, Caoles, in around the late 1800s. The youngest may be Mary Ann Stewart (nee Lamont).
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Brass bed-warmer which would have been filled with heated stones.
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Rounded wooden core for weaving a ‘monkey’s fist’ – the rope ball at the end of a ship’s throwing line. Used by Vaul boat-builders.
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Collection of 27 brass sail eyelets of various sizes, threaded onto a rope. From the workshop of Vaul boat-builders.
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Ardennes-Corticule Belgian Blue whetstone from the workshop of the Vaul boat-builders.
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Sharpening stone in its wooden case used by Vaul boat-builders around 1850-1950.
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Large, heavy caulking mallet from the workshop of the Vaul boat-builders around 1850-1950.
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Two-handled wood and steel drawknife used by the Vaul boat-builders around 1850-1950.