Collection of 18 postcards of photographs of Tiree, 1920-1960
Collection of 18 original postcards showing photographed scenes from Tiree, some of which are used and stamped. Most are duplicates of existing archive items. Six scanned and accessioned separately (V121-V126).
Photograph of Gott Bay pier as it was in the 1920s
Postcard photograph of the original pier at Gott Bay during the 1920s, showing its timber construction.
Photograph of a view from Ben Hough ca 1930
Postcard photograph showing the fields of Hough township with Loch Bhasapol in the background. Taken from the top of Ben Hough around 1930.
Photograph of the west end of Soroby beach, ca 1930
Postcard photograph of the corner of Soroby beach at the stream outlet opposite the cemetery, with a house on the right.
Photograph of Vaul Bay, ca 1930
Postcard photograph of a view of Vaul Bay around 1930, with much wind-blown sand over the machair.
Photograph of Scarinish from the south, ca 1930
Postcard photograph of Tràigh na Muice / Beach of the Whale with Scarinish in the background.
Photograph of skiffs moored in Skippinish Bay, ca 1930
Poscard photograph of three skiffs moored in Skippinish Bay, Ruaig, with the Skippinish guesthouse in the background.
Tiree Association souvenir programme for their Jubilee Gathering, 1950
Small card-covered souvenir programme of events by the Tiree Association to celebrate the Jubilee anniversary of the association in 1950. Includes a notice about the Jubilee Gathering concert and dance, a word from the event Chairman – the Duke of Argyll, articles about the association, emminent members of the association, the committee (including photos) and memories of Tiree by the diaspora, and adverts. Signed inside by Flora MacKinnon, Ardnafuaran.
Photograph of Crossapol Bay with Beinn Hough in the background, ca 1910
Card-mounted, black & white photograph across Crossapol Bay with Beinn Hough in the backround. Taken from An Àird, Tràigh Bhàigh, by well-known art photographer Andrew Swan Watson around 1910. Watson worked in photography from at least as early as 1884 until around 1930, had a studio in Edinburgh, was the President of the Edinburgh Professional Photographers Society, won several European awards, and was noted for his photographs of clouds. This landscape shot may be one of the earliest ever taken. Information about Watson and his studio on label on reverse.
Autobiography by Ethel McCallum, 2006
Unbound photocopy of autobiography `Who Knows?` by Ethel MacCallum (nee Woods; b. 1937). Ethel was born in Glasgow. Her unmarried mother left her in a children`s home in Glasgow, from where she was boarded out to a family in Aberdeenshire at the age of 9 months. At 5 years old, she was returned to the home in Glasgow. When the bombs started falling during WWII, she and other children were boarded out to Tiree families in 1943. She was given a safe and loving home by `Aunt` Kate and `Uncle` Hugh Lamont who ran a post office, and went to school at Ruaig. Moved to the mainland after she married Archie McCallum. Her son Duncan has a house on Tiree.
