Photograph of Tiree Medical Practice staff, ca 1995
Colour photograph of staff of the Tiree Medical Practice at a dinner at the Lodge Hotel around 1995. Clockwise from left: Clare Jones, Jane MacDonald, Cairin MacLeod, Dr John Holliday, Mary MacKinnon, Rena MacKinnon, Ina MacArthur, Dr Bob le Masurier. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of Tiree Medical Practice staff ca 1995
Colour photograph of staff of the Tiree Medical Practice at a dinner at the Lodge Hotel around 1995. Clockwise from left: Clare Jones, Jane MacDonald, Cairin MacLeod, Dr John Holliday, Mary MacKinnon, Rena MacKinnon, Ina MacArthur, Dr Bob le Masurier, Margie Brown. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Framed photograph of Donald Cameron (1891-1916)
Sepia portrait photograph of Captain Donald Archibald Cameron in the uniform of the Royal Irish Rangers during WWI. Hand-coloured and framed in oval glass. He died in action during WWI. Relative of Robin Cameron, Crossapol. (may have been handed in by someone named Porter, staying at Vaul, pre mid-2008).
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.
Photograph of a young minister, ca 1900.
Sepia portrait photograph taken around 1900 of an unamed graduate who either became a minister on Tiree or was related to the MacKinnon family at Kirkapol. The original photograph was presented with two other portraits in a wooden frame that was carved by one of Hector MacKinnon`s family (Lodge Farm, Kirkapol) at Lady Victoria`s woodworking class, ca 1910. The frame was beautifully ornate but was broken during woodworm treatment in 2013. (originals stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of Angus MacLean, Scarinish
Photograph of Angus MacLean in 2010. It was taken by Mary MacLean, and donated after his passing in 2013.
Angus was the driving force behind the creation of the volunteer fire brigade and was the Special Constable on Tiree for decades. He was a member of the Tiree Pipe Band, a Gaelic scholar, a local genealogist, a great storyteller and could fix anything. He lived all his life on Tiree. Angus was a founding member, past Chairman and a major donor to An Iodhlann’s collection.
Original, plus one other photo, stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
Photograph of RAF engineer Frank Summers and his crew, 1942
Black & white photograph of RAF engineer Frank Cecil Summers (b. 1915) and his crew standing in front of a Nissen hut (probably Tiree) around 1942. Frank was from Birmingham.
Photograph of Mary Flora Chicken on Tiree around 1935
Black & white photograph of Mary Flora Chicken (the girl?) with an unknown man and two women, probably her mother and grandparents, at a community event on Tiree around 1930-1940. Mary Flora lived in the Eventide Home, Scarinish, around 1990.
Photograph of Mary Flora Chicken in Brussels in 1947
Black & white photograph of Mary Flora Chicken with a giant teddy bear in a gift shop in Brussels during Christmas in 1947. Mary is wearing an armed forces uniform. She lived in the Eventide Home, Scarinish, around 1990.
Photograph of John & Nellie MacKinnon, and Sarah MacDonald, ca 1920
Sepia photograph of (seated) John MacKinnon of Glasgow (b. 1871) and his wife Nellie (Helen Muir) of Wick, and (standing) John`s sister Sarah MacDonald (nee MacKinnon; b. 1867), probably taken around 1920. Sarah married Robert MacDonald of Wick (Tiree & Patagonia?) in December 1903, they had one son, Neil (MacKinnon?) (married Katherine?) who had one daughter Nancy. On the reverse of the photo is written `Mhairi`s Granny – Sara MacDonald`. (original photo stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
