Black and white photograph of unknown woman driving a gig.
Possibly Lady Victoria Campbell driving a gig around 1900. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 Drawer 1)
2002.163.12
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1997.181.1
Black and white photograph of John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm.
John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol is pictured here outside the Lodge with Lady Victoria Campbell’s buckboard. The daughter of the 8th Duke of Argyll, Lady Victoria contracted polio in 1859 when 5 years old and was lame for the rest of her life. When rough seas or low tides made it impossible for passengers to board the lighter for the mail-boat at either of the small piers at Scarinish harbour, the boat was run in as far as possible on the beach at Gott Bay. ‘Faithful John’ would drive the horse and buckboard through the water to the stranded lighter to transfer Lady Victoria, fortunately always without accident.
1997.168.1
Board-mounted photographs of visits to the Lodge 1911-1921.
Originals photographs taken during visits to the Lodge 1911-1921, copied as C27-C37, D1-D30, H37 and J1.
1997.159.31
Black and white photograph of the Lodge in 1912.
The Lodge in 1912 with Lady Frances Balfour`s samoyed, Vaul, and the track to Kirkapol graveyard.
1997.159.34
Black and white photograph of Oliver Balfour taken on Gott Bay in 1912.
Oliver Balfour (Lady Frances Balfour`s son) lying on the sand on Gott Bay with Lady Frances` samoyed, Vaul, taken in 1912.
1997.159.35
Black and white photograph of Oliver Balfour taken in the Lodge gardens in 1912.
Oliver Balfour, Lady Frances Balfour`s son, with the family dogs in the Lodge gardens, taken in 1912.
1997.159.36
Black and white photograph of Annie Balfour taken at the Lodge in 1912.
Annie Balfour, Lady Frances` daughter, with a pony called Blackie taken at the Lodge in 1912.
1997.159.37
Black and white photograph of Lady Balfour, Archie Campbell and John MacKinnon taken in 1911.
Lady Frances Balfour, her brother Lord Archie Campbell, son of the 8th Duke of Argyll and John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, taken at Scarinish pier by Annie Balfour, Lady Frances`s daughter and wife of Arthur Milne, in 1911.
1997.159.38
Black and white photograph of Archie Campbell and John MacKinnon taken in 1911.
L-R: Lord Archie Campbell, son of the 8th Duke of Argyll, and John MacKinnon (`Faithful John`), Lodge Farm, with Lady Victoria`s buckboard drawn by Polly, taken at the Lodge by Annie Balfour, Lady Frances`s daughter and wife of Arthur Milne, in 1911.
1997.159.39
Lady Frances Balfour, Lord Archibald Campbell and Malcolm MacIntyre at Gott Bay pier
Photograph of Lady Frances Balfour, Lord Archibald Campbell and Malcolm MacIntyre at the top of Gott Bay pier in 1911.
Courtesy of Mrs Jean Lindsay
Lady Frances Balfour and her brother Lord Archibald Campbell, son of the 8th Duke of Argyll, are pictured talking to Malcolm MacIntyre in 1911 at the top of Gott Bay pier during its construction. Lord Archibald cut the first sod at the site on 2nd September 1909.
For many years prior to this, the islanders had been calling out for a new pier. Landings from the steamers calling at the island were made by lighter from the tiny harbour at Scarinish. This was often a most hazardous adventure.
Goods, mail, livestock and passengers were packed together in the boat, which had to be rowed in all weathers to the old tidal pier. When a strong south-easterly prevailed, as it often did for days, there could be no landings at all.
Black and white photograph of Lady Balfour, Archie Campbell and Malcolm MacIntyre taken in 1911.
L-R: Lady Frances Balfour, Lord Archie Campbell and Malcolm MacIntyre (Rosie MacIntyre`s father), taken at the pierhead by Annie Balfour, Lady Frances`s daughter and wife of Arthur Milne, in 1911.