Old Photograph Anna Zinkeisen Scotland

Old photograph of Anna Zinkeisen who was born in Kilcreggan, Scotland. Anna, born 29 August 1901, died 23 September 1976, was a Scottish painter and artist. She was the daughter of Clare Bolton Charles and Victor Zinkeisen, a timber merchant. The family moved to Middlesex, England, in 1909, where Anna and her sister Doris attended the Harrow School of Art before they both won scholarships to the Royal Academy Schools. In 1935, Anna and Doris Zinkeisen were commissioned by John Brown and Company Shipbuilders of Clydebank by Glasgow, to paint murals on the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary. Their work can still be seen, in the Verandah Grill room, on the ship now permanently moored in Long Beach, California, USA. During World War II, Anna worked as a Medical Artist and nursing auxiliary in the Order of St John at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. She made pathological drawings of war injuries for the Royal College of Surgeons. Her self-portrait and her painting of plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe are both exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

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Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Stromness Orney Scotland

Old photograph of a woman standing outside her crofters cottage near Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Spectators Christmas Ba' Kirkwall Scotland

Old photograph of spectators at the Christmas Ba' game in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Kirkwall Ba Game, also spelled ba', is one of the main annual events held in the town of Kirkwall, in Orkney, Scotland. It is one of a number of Ba Games played in the streets of towns around Scotland; these are examples of traditional football games which are still played in towns in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Games are played twice a year, normally on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Played in the Royal Burgh of Kirkwall, the two sides are the Uppies and the Doonies, or more correctly, " Up-the-Gates " and " Doon-the-Gates " from Norn gata, path or road, although it is also common in Scots. The tradition belongs to Kirkwall and the surrounding area of St Ola, and has always been played by men from those two areas since before records began. In the past 50 years, mainly due to improved transport, the game's popularity has grown to include players from all areas of Orkney, including some of the outer isles.



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Old Photograph Gentlemen's Ha' Cave Westray Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of Gentlemen's Ha' cave, Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland. This Scottish cave is near the top of a cliff on the East coast of Rapness. It was here that several Orkney Jacobites lay concealed for several months in 1745, and while in the cave they depended for food upon a single person's stealthy visits to their hiding place. The cave was the main refuge in 1746 of four Jacobites lairds, William Balfour of Trenaby; Archibald Stewart of Brough; John Traill of Westness and John Traill of Elsness.



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Old Photographs Victoria Street Stromness Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and houses on Victoria Street in Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The town served as a recruiting center for the Hudson's Bay Company and was a key stop for ships heading to and from America. First recorded as the site of an inn in the 16th century, Stromness became important during the late 17th century, when England was at war with France and shipping was forced to avoid the English Channel. Ships of the Hudson's Bay Company were regular visitors, as were whaling fleets. Large numbers of Orkneymen, many of whom came from the Stromness area, served as traders, explorers and seamen for both. Captain Cook's ships, Discovery and Resolution, called at the town in 1780 on their return voyage from the South Seas where Cook had been killed. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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