Walrus bone seam presser.
Walrus bone carving (115 x 40 x 16 mm) with the letters `L B` on one side and `M. L.` on the other, found in a cave in Vaul by Donald Brown and given to Donald MacDonald, Heanish. Probably carved by a sailor.
Carved hardwood seam presser.
Carved hardwood seam presser (150 mm in length) with the letters `J M L`, found in the Neuk, Vaul by Donald Brown and given to Donald MacDonald, Heanish. Probably made by a sailor.
Serving mallet.
Serving mallet carved from a single piece of whalebone and used, most probably by sailors, to splice rope. Found by George Holleyman in a ruined cottage in Caoles in 1942.
Black and white photograph of the gravestone of ship`s engineer Alexander Campbell 1866-1891.
The gravestone of ship`s engineer Alexander Campbell who died of smallpox in 1891 aged 25 and was buried in Tientsin, China. He was an uncle of Jessie MacKinnon (Jessie Lachainn) of Mannal and brother of Thomas Campbell (see L33).
Black and white photograph of Chief Steward John Maclean with stokers and greasers.
Chief Steward John MacLean of Balevullin with the ship`s stokers and greasers, possibly photographed in Canada. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
Black and white photograph of Chief Steward John MacLean of Balevullin.
Centre in the back row is Chief Steward John MacLean from the Croft, Balevullin, possibly photographed in Canada. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
Black and white photograph of unknown ship`s crew.
Unknown ship`s crew photographed in Montreal, Canada. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
Black and white photograph of unknown ship`s crew.
Unknown ships crew. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
Gaelic poem/song handwritten by John MacDonald on 26/9/1939.
Gaelic poem/song `Oran Noan` handwritten by John MacDonald (Iain Noan) on board the SS `Buteshire` on 26/9/1939.
Photocopied newspaper article about Malcolm Campbell, Balemartine, who survived four sinkings in the two World Wars.
Newspaper article ‘Survived Four Sinkings in Two Wars’ published in the Campeltown Courier, 8th May, 1943. The story of Malcolm Campbell, a ship`s carpenter from Tiree, whose ship was sunk twice in World War I and who was torpedoed twice in four months during World War II.
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