William Rae

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551 609

Description William Rae

Date 1957 to 1961

Collection William Rae

Catalogue Number 551 609

Category All Other

Scope and Content A collection of glass slides of sites around Scotland including Mallaig, Eilean Donan, Lochalsh, Kyleakin, Plockton, Helmsdale, Dounreay, Achnasheen Station, Castlecraig Golf Club, Nigg, Inverness, and Edinburgh, taken by William Rae, c1960.

Archive History Gifted to Historic Environment Scotland by Mrs Rae, 2019 (Acc No 2019/28).

Access Conditions Open, but note that access may be subject to provisions outlined in the Data Protection Act and conservation requirements. Please contact the archive to confirm access in advance of a visit.

Administrative History William Rae (1928-2014), Edinburgh journalist, chair of Grange Association Conservation Group, 1980, and photographer.

Accruals No accruals are anticipated.

Accession Number 2019/28

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1809332

Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level

Collection Level (551 609) William Rae

Category	Catalogue Number	Title	Date	Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 924	General view from NW.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 921	View from NW showing boats docked at Helmsdale Harbour.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 922	View from WNW showing boats docked at Helmsdale Harbour.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 925	General view from NE.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 927	View from NE of 36-43 Harbour Street, Plockton	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 929	View from NE showing ferry with Lochalsh Hotel in background.		Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 930	View from E of clubhouse	c. 1961	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 932	General view looking ENE along Princes Street, Edinburgh	1956	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 919	View from W showing footbridge with bus across railway line.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 920	View from SW showing boats docked at Mallaig Harbour.	c. 5/1957	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 923	View from NW showing Inverness Castle with part of suspension bridge in foreground.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 926	General view from SE.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 928	General view from NE.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 931	View from NE showing boat approaching pier with Kyleakin in distance.	1959	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 933	General view from SW of trees in blossom	c. 5/1956	Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images	K 934	Distant view from SE	c. 1959	Item Level

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