Greetings card titled “Compliments of the Season” showing a photograph of a steam ship “Loading produce, West Devonport” from around 1900. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Studio portrait photograph of two unidentified women, probably sisters, from the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal, taken between 1880 and 1920. From a collection from Mannal House.
Studio portrait photograph of an unidentified young man from the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal, taken between 1880 and 1920. From a collection from Mannal House.
Studio portrait photograph of an unidentified young woman from the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal, taken between 1880 and 1920. Signed “Yours sincerely Katie”. From a collection from Mannal House.
Collection of 22 original studio portrait photographs of members of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal in the late 1800s – early 1900s. Found in Mannal House. The photos are accessioned separately as 2016.2.2 to 2016.2.23 (other number W109-W130).
Weather data collected at the Tiree Metereological Office, January 1928 to September 2015: max. temp; min. temp; af (days); rain; sunshine hours.
Extract from book The Tiree Bards / Na Baird Tirisdeach about the Balephuil fishing disaster of 1856. One boat belonged to Donald MacLean of Cheann-na-Creige at the south end of Traigh Bhi, Balephuil, where The Studio now stands. Plus some information about Ceit Chalein (Katie Dubh) of Am Bail’ Ur who helped Donald MacLean while his house was being built.
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One of the ceramic red poppies from the display of 888,246 from the Tower of London in 2014 commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war. Each represented one British or colonial life lost. Bought and donated by Greta Travers who was posted to Tiree as a WAAF in 1945, during the second world war. The poppy was placed in the ground in front of the RAF Halifax memorial at Tiree’s airport for a while during 2015. See also 2017.12.2
Three handwritten Gaelic songs/poems by Rev Hector Cameron, Cornaigmore, around 1920. The first lin/title of each is (1) Air faillirinn o, ‘sna ho orinn o (title – Fear a’ bhata?), (2) Nach aithne shuit fhein?, (3) title – Naire graibh.
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Handwritten letter from Rev. Hector Cameron, Cornaigmore, to his daughter Edith around 1920 about his translation into English of a Gaelic song beginning ‘Fair my dear, my Highland laddie’, which he wrote on the reverse of the sheet. Includes some other news.
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