Original and transcript of a message in a bottle found on a beach on the southeast of Tiree in July 1964. It was thrown out to sea from the vessel ‘Monte Vlia’, sailing from London to Las Palmas (Canary Islands) on the 11th December 1963.
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Six labels for shipment of live lobsters to S. Scutt Ltd and to B.H. Witt Ltd, both in Billingsgate, London. Used in the mid-1900s.
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PowerPoint presentation about Captain Donald MacKinnon, Heanish (1827-1867), who captained the winning tea clipper ‘Taeping’ to victory in the Great China Tea Race of 1866. Used to illustrate a talk given on Tiree in 2012 by Lloyd Pitcher, an Australian descendent. Includes biographical and genealogical information.
Memorial card for the funeral of Private Angus MacCallum of the 7th Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action in France in 1915. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Memorial card for the funeral of Mary Ann Brown, Tiree and Skye, 1856-1903. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Memorial card for the funeral of Captain Archibald Brown, Mannal, 1830-1898. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Memorial card for the funeral of Archibald Brown, Balephuil, 1820-1895. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Christmas card from Mr & Mrs James D MacTaggart, Glenmore Farm, Oban, around 1900, with a photograph of the farmhouse. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Christmas card made in Canada from “Nonnie Maclean” around 1900. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Cairt Phostail / Postcard showing a photograph of three women with a spinning wheel next to Iona Cross, produced for the Highland Clachan Scottish Exhibition in Glasgow in 1911. Addressed to Miss Campbell, Fairview, Mannal, from UMG(?). Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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