Old Photograph Corn Mill Rosneath Scotland

Old photograph of the Corn Mill in Rosneath in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Mother And Children Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of a mother walking with her children outside her cottage on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. In the early 19th century Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, born 1767, died 1852, embarked on a programme of clearances that had a devastating effect on the island's population. These " improvements " typically led to land that had been rented out to as many as 27 families being converted into a single farm. In some cases, land was promised in Canada for each adult emigrant male. In April 1829, for example, 86 islanders boarded the brig Caledonia for the two month journey, half their fares being paid for by the Duke. However, on arrival in Quebec only 100 acres was made available to the heads of extended families. Whole villages were removed and the Gaelic culture of the island devastated.



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Old Photograph Mother And Children Outside A Tenement In Aberdeeen Scotland

Old photograph of mother and children outside a tenement in Aberdeen, Scotland. A tenement was a substandard multi family dwelling occupied by the poor. Tenements make up a large percentage of the housing stock of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Glasgow tenements were built to provide high-density housing for the large number of people immigrating to the city in the 19th and early 20th century as a result of the Industrial Revolution, when the city's population boomed to more than 1 million people. Edinburgh's tenements are much older, dating from the 17th century onwards, and some were up to 15 stories high when first built, which made them the tallest houses in the world at that time.



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Old Photograph Tin Can Factory Aberdeeen Scotland

Old photograph of Scottish women working in a Tin Can factory in Aberdeen, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Vintage Cars Aberdeeen Scotland

Old photograph of vintage cars in Aberdeen, Scotland.



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