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: 1900s
2018.85.1
Hardback book ‘MacAlpine’s Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary’ by Neil MacAlpine, 1948 (first printed in 1832). Includes old spellings and pronounciations in use before the Gaelic Orthographic Conventions (GOC) were introduced in 1981. Signed by J M Blair 6/2/51.
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Collection of three mail order catalogues belonging to the Lamont/MacKenzie family of Harbour, Caoles, in the 1920s: Forrest’s Country Boots in stamped brown envelope addressed to Mr D MacKinnon; J D Williams & Co., the Dale Street Warehouse, Manchester; Greenlees & Sons (Easiephit Footwear) Ltd, Possilpark, Glasgow.
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Sepia portrait photograph of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe in Naval uniform in around 1900. Found in The Harbour, Caoles, in the belongings of the Lamont/MacKenzie family. The link between the family and the Admiral is unknown, although it is possible that one of the men served with, or was decorated by, the Admiral.
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Sepia photograph of two women, probably sisters, of the Lamont/MacKenzie family of Harbour, Caoles, taken in around 1900. “Yrs sincerely Effie MacFadyen” is handwritten in the lower right corner.
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Hand-coloured portrait photograph of a young woman of the Lamont/MacKenzie family of Harbour, Caoles, in around 1900s possibly Mary Ann Stewart (nee Lamont).
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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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Section of composite sepia photograph of three studio photographs of members of the Lamont/MacKenzie family of Harbour, Caoles, in around 1900.
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Bakerlite and copper insulator.
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Brass bed-warmer which would have been filled with heated stones.