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PA 133 |
General Collection. Photograph Albums. |
Photograph Album No.133: The Mackays of Upper Gray Street, 1903-1938
Dark green hard backed album, the front decorated and titled 'POSTCARDS', the end papers of coloured jugendstijl pattern and labelled inside the back 'Marshall 6 Salisbury Place Edinr.' (listed there in 1903).
75 green pages slotted to hold at least 4 postcards each side.
Most spaces are filled with unused postcards grouped topographically mainly of Scotland and the north of England. Also 3 woven silk cards of 1908 and 1911 exhibitions. A few unused cards reveal that this is probably a travel record of the MacKay family at 29 (and later 3) Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh. It also includes eight post cards in a series produced by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1903/4 on SY "Scotia" which show, 1. Capt Robertson and Mr Fitchie fixing Scotia's position; 2. Scotia sledge camp, S. Orkneys 1903; 3. Saddle Island, S. Orkneys where Capt. Weddell (Leith) landed 1823, and Scotia naturalists in 1903; 4. Ringed penguins - first arrivals at MacDougall Bay, S. Orkneys 1903; 8. Dr RNR Brown, Mr D Walton and Dr THH Pirie in Scotia's laboratory; 9. Mr RC Mossman and Scottish party at Omond House, Jessie Bay, built by the crew if the Scotia 1903/4; 11 Glacier ice-face on Pirie peninsula, Brown's Bay, S. Orkneys; 12. Scotia frozen up, wintering in Scotia Bay, March-November 1903. [Nos. 5,6,7,and 10 are nt present.]
Other post cards show the Royal Review 1905; a series of portraits of Admirals (Nelson, Hardie, Collingwood, Duncan and Napier); Actors (Edward Compton, Lewis Waller, Martin Harvey, JG Taylor, Holbrook Blane, Pauline Chase, Nora Lancaster, Miss N de Silva, Miss Coleridge, Bessie Elder, Lily Brayton and Mr and Mrs Laurence Irving -Mabel Hackney) and scenes from plays "The Breed of the Treshams", "The Only Way", "The Unwritten Law", "A Cigarette Maker's Romance" and "Hamlet". |
1903 |
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PA 39 |
General Collection. Photograph Albums. |
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO.39: TRAVELS ALBUM
Album in book format, light brown leather, embossed, gilt inlay.
Insc: (first page) 'PARKINS/GOTTO' (1887-1891)
Album of professional prints by G.W.Wilson and J.Valentine plus snapshots of the Southern Mediterranean, Germany, Paris, Isle of Wight and castles, bridges, towns of Scotland, including Shetland, Orkney, Pittenweem, St Monans and Drummond Castle from the gardens. There is a photograph of the SS Patua ?; a group in the Consul's garden Shanghai showing five European men and one woman with four Chinese people, probably servants; Dr Palin, Frances and Fergus with horses; and several tennis parties, at Mrs Kennedy's, 1887 and at St Leonards, 1891. |
c. 1876 |
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PA 87 |
Collection of photograph albums relating to the Strang family |
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO. 87: THE STRANG COLLECTION, DUNEARN |
1887 |
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PA 62 |
General Collection. Photograph Albums. |
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO 62: THE BANFF ALBUM
Album of amateur snapshots bound in bottle green cloth with gilt inscription
Insc: (front cover) 'Photographs', no personal inscription, compiler unknown.
Buildings and topography of Perthshire, Banffshire and Eigg, taken on three holiday tours in 1908, 1909 and 1913. Many views are dated and accompanied by short inscriptions.
Other photographs show an elephant being led through the streets at Ballinluig; the cottage where Alexander Mackenzie, Premier of Canada was born at Logierait, and there are views of Grandtully, Castle Menzies, Dull, Weem, Fortingall and Kenmore; Hog Hill at Loch Tay where Dr. Macdonald preached during the revival; Lady of Lawers Church; Croft Moraig; the well at Fincastle and Glen Tilt Hotel. Also shown are St John's Church, Gamrie More; Low Shore, Banff; Findlater Castle; and MacDuff Harbour, 1909 with fishing boats including BF130, ("Annie Jane, a Zulu of 37 tons, built 1900 for G.Anderson MacDuff); Cleadale and a picture of a boy using a foot plough. |
1908 |
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