Black and white photograph of crofters carting marram grass for thatching.
Two crofters carting marram grass for thatching behind Ben Hough in the 1930s or 1940s.
1999.113.24
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1998.107.3
Black and white photograph of Lady Victoria Campbell.
Lady Victoria Campbell in the door of the annexe to the Lodge, known in the family as `The Crystal Palace`, probably photographed in the 1890s or early 1900s.
1998.107.1
Photocopied letter from estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 13/7/1905 about a soup kitchen in Moss.
Letter from estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 13/7/1905 to Donald MacDonald, teacher at Heylipol School, about a soup kitchen in Moss started by Lady Victoria Campbell for the benefit of scholars
1998.51.1
Typewritten township history of Barrapol by Neil Brownlie.
Township history of Barrapol and The Land giving position and descriptions of houses and ruins wnd who lived in them.
1998.70.11
Five horse rosettes and ribbons.
Three tartan (one with white bead work) and two red and blue horse rosettes and extra ribbons used for decorating horses shown at Agricultural Shows (see photo D3 – 1997.159.14)
1998.72.1
Leaflet about St Columba and Tiree by the Rev. Robert Higham.
Acoount of Columban settlements on Tiree.
1998.77.1
Newspaper article about Dr John Holliday ‘The Happiest Man in the World’.
Article about Dr John Holliday’s new post as Tiree’s GP in The Sunday Post, 1988.
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2003.35.3
Metal tin containing empty ointment boxes, empty lozenge tins and a pin-on apron. It also used to contain sterile dressings.
2000.82.2
Colour photograph of Alasdair MacDonald, Kilmoluaig.
Alasdair MacDonald, Kilmoluaig milking a cow into a `tanger`, used to milk cows that kicked and to measure feed for calves.
1999.228.4
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on the beach at Balephetrish in 1945.
Coal puffer on the beach at Balephetrish in September 1945.
