Aerial hotograph of the MacKinnon homestead, Canada.
Black & white aerial photograph of the MacKinnon homestead in Canada around 1960. John MacKinnon, Kirkapol, farmed here before coming home to Tiree in the 1930s.
2008.98.5
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Dates: 1940s
2008.98.6
Photograph of Angela MacRae in Balinoe, ca. 1950.
Black & white photograph of Angela MacRae sitting on a chair on the machair at Balinoe around 1950. Angela`s father was an electrician who helped lay out the electricity cables around the east end of Tiree.
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Photograph of Mary MacKinnon, Heanish, ca 1950.
Black & white photograph of Mary MacKinnon, `Avadale`, Heanish, standing on the well at Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, around 1950.
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Five photographs of Alec MacPhail, cousin of Neil MacPhail, Kirkapol, 1930-1950
Collection of five photographs linked to Alec MacPhail, Canada: (1) Unknown Lady (linked to Alec MacPhail) taken at Clear Lake in July 1934. The back of the photograph reads; `Taken at Clear Lake, July 1934.`, (2) Alec MacPhail and his cousin Margartet McPhail which was taken in Hamilton Ont when East in June 1947. The back of the photograph reads; `Margaret McOhail and I (a cousin) taken in, taken in Hamilton Ont when I was East in June 1947.`, (3) Snow fall taken from the South East in February 1943. The back of the photograph reads ` Taken from the South East, Feb 1943.`, (4) Photograph taken in January 1942 of Alec MacPhail and Dodge in the snow along with a cat and a dog. The back of the photo reads; `Jan. 1942, myself and Dodge can get ast fall so the cat on top also Wallie the dog taken at the side of the house.`, (5) taken from the bee keeping area in June 1942. The back of the photograph reads; `Where I keep the bees in front of the house Natric Marion, a Miss Turner and the hired girl in the corner. All well, how is John. Taken June 1942.`
2008.63.1
Biography of Donald Ewen MacDonald (1925-2002) of Heanish by his son Dr John MacDonald.
Biography with photograph of Donald (Jock) Ewen MacDonald (1925-2002) of Heanish by his son Dr John MacDonald. He was a sailor in the Merchant Navy and eventually settled in Australia where he married, raised a family and worked for over twenty years with ICI.
2008.61.5
Two Clan Gillean badges, two name badges with ribbons and a silver ring.
Two Clan Gillean / MacLean badges: OSC Toronto (1931-32) and “Past Royal Deputy” , two name badges with ribbons for clan conventions in Detroit (1953) and New York (1956), and a silver ring with the Clan Gillean crest. From a collection of memorabilia belonging to Alexander C. MacLean.
2008.46.6
Black and white photograph of an iceboat crew at Pictou Island in the early 20th century.
An iceboat crew at Pictou Island in the first half of the 20th century. The Northumberland Strait is frozen during the winter and, before the advent of air services to the island in the 1920s or 1930s, iceboat was the only form of transportation to mainland Nova Scotia.
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Black and white photograph of the Pictou Island mailplane in the mid-19th century.
The Pictou Island mailplane. Since the 1930s mail has been delivered to Pictou Island from mainland Nova Scotia by small airplane. There is no landing strip and the plane lands on the island`s unpaved main road, which in winter is generally covered in snow.
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Black and white photograph of oat stooks at Maraekakho in New Zealand.
Stooking oats at the MacPhee`s at Maraekakho Station in New Zealand. L-R: Bill MacPhee (Annie MacKinnon`s husband); Annie`s brother Hugh with unknown child; Bill`s father John MacPhee; Hugh and Annie`s father Donald MacKinnon; Tony Player.
2008.26.1
Black and white photograph of rescue of a Swordfish crew in June 1944.
The rescue of a two-man Fairey Swordfish crew in June 1944 aided by 281 Squadron (Air-sea Rescue) from RAF Tiree. One crew member died later in hospital. Ship H91 is a small convoy escort vessel. Fairey Swordfish carried torpedoes and operated from aircraft carriers.
