Photograph of people in a tractor trailer, 1960s
Black & white photograph of 6 members of the Knapman family being driven to the shops by tractor and trailer at Vaul in the 1960s.
2014.120.5
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2014.120.7
Photograph of a group of people at Dunmore, Vaul, around 1950
Copy of a colour transparency of 18 adults and children of the Knapman family grouped for a photograph outside Dunmore house at Vaul around 1950.
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Photograph of the old road for Lower Vaul ca 1940
Copy of colour transparency of an elderly couple (probably of the Knapman family) walking down the old road to Lower Vaul around 1940.
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Photograph of Lower Vaul ca 1960
Copy of colour transparency of a middle-aged couple (probably of the Knapman family) walking by a black-roofed house by the old road in Lower Vaul around 1960.
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Photograph of Vaul beach ca 1960
Copy of a colour transparency of the bay and beach at Vaul, photographed from the west around 1960.
2014.117.1
Collection of 18 postcards of photographs of Tiree, 1920-1960
Collection of 18 original postcards showing photographed scenes from Tiree, some of which are used and stamped. Most are duplicates of existing archive items. Six scanned and accessioned separately (V121-V126).
2014.117.5
Photograph of Vaul Bay, ca 1930
Postcard photograph of a view of Vaul Bay around 1930, with much wind-blown sand over the machair.
2014.91.1
Large blunt chisel-shaped iron tool for forcing tar-soaked hemp (oakum) into the bottom strake of a boat to make it water-tight. Used by Vaul boat-builders in the 1930s.
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Tar-soaked hemp rope used in boat-building, ca 1930s
Length of hemp rope soaked in Stockhom tar used as caulking for sealing the bottom strake in traditional fishing boats. Used by Vaul boat-builders in the 1930s.
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Certificate of Competency – Master (steamship), 1928
Black and gold bound wallet containing the Certificate of Competency as Master of a Foreign-going steamship awarded to Neil MacKinnon (b. Glasgow, October 1903) on 10th December 1928. Neil had Vaul connections.
