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Inverness riverside silhouettes at dusk, 1959. (Courtesy James S Nairn Colour Collection). ~ *
Reference: jsn013
Inverness riverside silhouette...
Sir Daniel Macauley Stevenson (1851-1944) was a Scottish politician, businessman and philanthropist, and former Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He made his fortune in the shipbroking and coal exportation industries and whilst on the City Council he was responsible for the Sunday-opening of the City's museums and galleries in 1898, the establishment of free branch libraries in 1899 and the introduction of a municipal telephone service in 1900. He was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1911 until 1914, at which point he was awarded an honorary LL.D. by the University of Glasgow, and was created a Baronet, of Cleveden, Kelvinside, in the County of the City of Glasgow. Courtesy John and Aithne Barron.
Reference: H-0246
Sir Daniel Macauley Stevenson ...
Stewart Ross, Grampian Records. Inverness singer and songwriter born in Merkinch in 1929. A well known performer from the 1960s-1980s, signed with Grampian Records in February 1965, about the time this portrait was taken. He wrote 'My Bonnie Maureen' which sold over 350,000 copies for Daniel O'Donnell. He also contributed lyrics to Calum Kennedy's famous recording of 'The Dark Island.' The Am Baile website have published a radio interview with him from 1988 and the songs he wrote are now more widely available via YouTube and MP3 download. 'The Dark Island', sung by Daniel O' Donnell, was in the top thirty of the album charts at the end of 2018. Stewart Ross died in 1993. (Information kindly provided by his son, Alan Ross).
Reference: 47135b
Stewart Ross, Grampian Records...
Stewart Ross, Grampian Records. Inverness singer and songwriter born in Merkinch in 1929. A well known performer from the 1960s-1980s, signed with Grampian Records in February 1965, about the time this portrait was taken. He wrote 'My Bonnie Maureen' which sold over 350,000 copies for Daniel O'Donnell. He also contributed lyrics to Calum Kennedy's famous recording of 'The Dark Island.' The Am Baile website have published a radio interview with him from 1988 and the songs he wrote are now more widely available via YouTube and MP3 download. 'The Dark Island', sung by Daniel O' Donnell, was in the top thirty of the album charts at the end of 2018. Stewart Ross died in 1993. (Information kindly provided by his son, Alan Ross).
Reference: 47135a
Stewart Ross, Grampian Records...
Primary Plays 'The Sunbeams' 1931. (Courtesy Inverness Royal Academy Archive IRAA_048).
Reference: IRAA
Primary Plays 'The Sunbeam...
Lt.Commander Richardson R.N, HMS Courageous. Courageous was torpedoed and sunk on Sunday 17th September 1939 by the German submarine U29, going down with more than 500 of her crew. The name Richardson doesn't appear on either the official list of casualties or survivors, indicating that by the start of World War II he had been re-assigned or was no longer in the navy. This photo dates from c1938.
Reference: 31686b
Lt.Commander Richardson R.N, H...
Lt.Commander Richardson R.N, HMS Courageous. Courageous was torpedoed and sunk on Sunday 17th September 1939 by the German submarine U29, going down with more than 500 of her crew. The name Richardson doesn't appear on either the official list of casualties or survivors, indicating that by the start of World War II he had been re-assigned or was no longer in the navy. This photo dates from c1938.
Reference: 31686a
Lt.Commander Richardson R.N, H...
Andrew Chalmers dressed in school uniform for Sundays at the Loretto Boarding School, Edinburgh. (see also refs: 33898, 39550 and 45474). He was a grandson of the famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 42901g
Andrew Chalmers dressed in sch...
Andrew Chalmers dressed in school uniform for Sundays at the Loretto Boarding School, Edinburgh. (see also refs: 33898, 39550 and 45474). He was a grandson of the famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 42901f
Andrew Chalmers dressed in sch...
Andrew Chalmers dressed in school uniform for Sundays at the Loretto Boarding School, Edinburgh. (see also refs: 33898, 39550 and 45474). He was a grandson of the famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 42901e
Andrew Chalmers dressed in sch...
Andrew Chalmers dressed in school uniform for Sundays at the Loretto Boarding School, Edinburgh. (see also refs: 33898, 39550 and 45474). He was a grandson of the famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 42901d
Andrew Chalmers dressed in sch...
Sun Yat-sen (far left) with group of schoolgirls. Copy from December 1955. Sun Yat-sen (12.11.1866 - 12.3.1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and first president and founding father of the Republic of China (Nationalist China). As the foremost pioneer of the Republic, Sun is referred to as the 'Father of the Nation' in the Republic of China (ROC), and the 'forerunner of democratic revolution' in the People's Republic of China. Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution. Sun was the first provisional president when the Republic of China was founded in 1912 and later co-founded the Kuomintang (KMT), serving as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China, and remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Although Sun is considered one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. After the success of the revolution, he quickly fell out of power in the newly founded Republic of China, and led successive revolutionary governments as a challenge to the warlords who controlled much of the nation. Sun did not live to see his party consolidate its power over the country during the Northern Expedition. His party, which formed a fragile alliance with the Communists, split into two factions after his death.
Reference: 673
Sun Yat-sen (far left) with gr...