Emailed information, photographs and query about medals and portrait of Hugh Archie MacArthur of Milton, Caoles, in uniform during WW2. The framed portrait hung in the house of the enquirer’s parents in Gloucestershire for many years, having been found in a local junk shop. How the shop came by it is unknown.
Photograph of the Munn house at Baugh, ca 1930
Black & white postcard photograph of the Munn house in Baugh around 1930. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of the Munn house at Baugh, ca 1940
Black & white postcard photograph of the Munn house at Baugh around 1940. Note that the section on the left has been extended upwards since the previous photo V148. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of a seaplane at Coll, 1932
Black & white photograph of a Supermarine Southampton seaplane or `flying boat` at Arinagour, Coll, in 1932. Four of these planes were used to help the Scottish fishing fleet locate herring, and occasionally for emergency medical aid in the islands (see 2015.5.2).
Two newspaper articles about seaplanes, 1932
Digital copies of two newspaper articles from the Edinburgh Evening News, 6th and 18th June 1932, regarding the use of Supermarine Southampton seaplanes to locate herring shoals for the Scottish fishing fleet, and to transport a doctor to the Island of Coll in a medical emergency.
Painting by the wife of Duncan MacGregor Whyte
Framed watercolour painting of a Perthshire glen with Highland cattle, by Mary Barnard, the artist wife of artist Duncan MacGregor Whyte of Oban and Balephuil. They built `The Studio` in Balephuil.
Photograph of a woman feeding a gull ca 1940
Copy of a colour transparency of a woman feeding a black-backed gull from the ferry around 1940.
Photograph of Dunmore, Vaul, 1920-1950
Black & white photograph of the house and outbuildings at Dunmore, Vaul, between 1920 and 1950.
Photograph of a cow being loaded onto the ferry, 1930s
Black & white photograph of a cow being hoisted by winch onto the deck of the Claymore ferry at Coll during the 1930s.
Photograph of a Remembrance Day wreath “On behalf of Tiree”, 2014
Colour photograph of a wreath of poppies with a ribbon stating “On behalf of Tiree”, placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada, on Remembrance Day, 11 November 2014. It is unknown who placed the wreath.
