Cheese press with iron screw set into a stone base approximately 580 x 500 x 180 mm used to press cheese in a vat to extract the liquid. (Given to donor by Donald MacLean, Ardbeg.) Similar to the one shown in photograph X34
1999.327.1
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Dates: 1890s
2000.183.1
Photocopied extract `The history of the seaweed industry: the alginate industry` by Ernest Booth.
The commercial uses of alginate, Curtis Stanford and various commercial ventures including Kelco.
2000.152.2
Photocopied article about the history of the seaweed industry by Ernest Booth.
Article about Edward Curtis-Stanford and the iodine industry.
2000.49.1
Black and white photograph of Robert Bruce Webster 1892-1959.
Robert Bruce Webster (1892-1959), a Scottish watercolourist whose principal productive period lay between the early 1920s and the 1950s. For examples of his work in Tiree, see photographs E85-E91.
2000.49.2
Biographical notes about established artist Robert Bruce Webster (1892-1959) who had a home at Balephetrish. Composed by his son, Randolf Webster, in 2000.
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2003.177.8
Photocopied account of the discovery of alginic acid by Edward Curtis-Stanford.
Biography of Edward Curtis-Stanford, his discovery of alginic acid and an account of the processes used at the Middleton seaweed factory.
2003.177.10
Photocopied biography of Edward Curtis-Stanford.
An account of the life and work of Edward Curtis-Stanford.
1998.176.7
Black and white photograph of John and Peggy MacEachern, Cornaigbeg.
Blacksmith John MacEachern of Cornaigbeg with his sister Peggy around in the 1880s or 1890s.
1998.176.26
Black and white photograph of Scarinish harbour.
Smack moored in Scarinish harbour with the hotel in the backgound. The smack would bring provisions for the Scarinish shop and was captained by Donald MacLean, who later owned the Mary Stewart.
1998.176.28
Black and white photograph of Maggie MacEachern and Christina MacLean.
L-R: Maggie MacEachern of Cornaigbeg and her cousin Christina MacLean, probably taken at the end of the 19th century,
