Two unopened tin boxes containing gauze and cotton wool from the 1930s and 40s.
(1) box containing 2 x 6 yards of gauze and 2 pads of cotton wool, (2) box containing 8 ozs of cotton wool in 2 pieces. Used by the father of Elizabeth Robertson, Gott, a GP in England in the 1930s and 40s. Sealed shut with solder.
Tin box of dressings.
Blue tin box from the Surgical Manufacturing Company containing gauze and lint used by Elizabeth Robertson`s father, a GP in England in the 1930s and 40s.
Glass bottle with rubber stopper.
Small clear glass bottle (stamped glyco-thymoline) with rubber stopper used by Elizabeth Robertson`s father, a GP in England in the 1930s and 40s.
Cotton bag originally containing 70 lb of flour, producer`s name faded and illegible.
Black and white photograph of the old mill at Cornaig.
The old mill at Cornaig showing water wheel and mill stream.
Baumanometer (USA) brand of sphygmomanometer for measuring blood pressure in the 1930s and 40s. Belonged to the GP father of Elizabeth Robertson, Gott.
Book `Finlay MacQueen of St Kilda` by W. R. Mitchell.
Biography of Finlay MacQueen (1862 – 1941) from St Kilda. Includes chapters on St Kilda`s cragsmen, crofting, kirk, school, visitors, wartime experience, and evacuation in 1930.
Biographical and artistic information about artists Mary Barnard and Duncan MacGregor Whyte of Oban and Balephuil.
Bound book extracts about Duncan MacGregor Whyte and his wife Mary Barnard from the `Dictionary of Scottish Art & Architecture` by Peter J.M. McEwan , pp 63, 605 and `The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition 1826-1990` edited by Charles Baile de Laperriere, p 420. Includes a list of works exhibited by Duncan MacGregor Whyte. DMcGW built The Studio at Balephuil and painted many scenes and portraits of Tiree.
Book `Beyond the Bamboo Screen – Scottish Prisoners of War under the Japanese` by Tom McGowran.
Experiences of Prisoners of War in the Far East – including the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Black and white photograph of a fisherman at Hynish.
Unknown man – photograph inscribed on back `Fisherman at Heylipol, Tiree` but more likely Hynish pier.
