Colour photograph of a painting of Malcolm MacLean, Kilmoluaig, presiding over his Inaugural Council Meeting in 1886 as the first Mayor of Vancouver, Canada. Titled ‘The Builders’ and painted by John Innes in 1936, it used to hang in City Hall, Vancouver, but is now preserved in the Vancouver Archives vault, awaiting restoration.
Photo by Kristy Waller, Auxiliary Archivist, 2017. On the left is Louise MacDougall, a Canadian descendant of Tiree, and donor of the photograph to An Iodhlann.
Black & white photograph of the Rev. Donald MacCallum (seated) and an unidentified crofter at the cairn at Kilkenneth, which was erected to him by the people of Tiree in 1889 for all he did for them during the Crofters’ War. Digitally enhanced from a copy of the original, which was published in a newspaper from the time.
Black & white photograph of James Galbraith (seated with beard) and family outside his thatched house at Balevullin in around 1890. Standing – daughter Janet Galbraith (later MacDonald, Kilmoluaig); seated – daughter Sarah Donald (nee Galbraith) with baby Dorothy on her lap, and her other children Charlie, Jessie and Margaret. Sarah and her family lived in Glasgow and were probably paying a summer visit.
James Galbraith (1821-1903) was born in Gigha, and came to Tiree from Rothiemurchus, near Aviemore, with his wife and children in 1874 to take up the position of School Master of the Parochial School at Balevullin. He was given the croft at Balevullin as part of his payment.
Black & white photograph of Leading Aircraftman John Roberts and his wife during WWII. John served at RAF Tiree in 1944-45.
Black & white photograph of Leading Aircraftman John Roberts, Wales (front row, far right), with his RAF squadron during WWII (unknown location). John served at RAF Tiree in 1944-45.
Black & white photograph of Leading Aircraftman Richard Roberts, Wales, (left) and an unidentified friend. Both served at RAF Tiree in 1944-45.
Black & white portrait photograph of Leading Aircraftman Richard Roberts, Wales, who served at RAF Tiree during WWII.
Robert John Roberts, service number 1406025, was on Tiree when his daughter was born in October 1944, and was still there at Christmas time of the same year.
Coloured photograph of two men from Clachan, Cornaig, creel-fishing off the north coast of Tiree, near the Ringing Stone. The photo was found in ‘The Captain’s House’ in Cornaigbeg, and is printed from a hand-painted glass slide.
Black & white studio photographic portrait of an unknown man in around 1910, thought to be “a minister from the east end of Tiree” by Donald Brown, Vaul.
Colour photograph of Donald Brown, Vaul, standing next to a large United States Coast Guard buoy washed ashore at Vaul in 2017.
