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TITLE
Woman seated at table
EXTERNAL ID
GB1796_859_20_0563
PLACENAME
unidentified
PERIOD
20c
CREATOR
M E M Donaldson
SOURCE
Highland Photographic Archive (IMAG)
ASSET ID
10482
KEYWORDS
tea
uniforms, service
uniform
Woman seated at table

This photograph of a woman seated at a table, taking tea and reading a letter, was taken by M.E.M. Donaldson in the first half of the 20th century. From her outfit, (cap and apron) it may be that the woman is employed in service.

The photographer, Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson, was born in 1876 and came to the Highlands around 1908. She travelled extensively around the North and West Highlands, writing and taking photographs. Between 1912 and 1949 she produced many books on the social history and customs of the North and West Highlands. 'Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands' and 'Further Wanderings - Mainly in Argyll' are two of her best known works and both are illustrated with her own photographs. She died in a nursing home in Edinburgh in 1958, and was buried in Oban


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Woman seated at table

20c

tea; uniforms, service; uniform

Highland Photographic Archive (IMAG)

M E M Donaldson Collection

This photograph of a woman seated at a table, taking tea and reading a letter, was taken by M.E.M. Donaldson in the first half of the 20th century. From her outfit, (cap and apron) it may be that the woman is employed in service.<br /> <br /> The photographer, Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson, was born in 1876 and came to the Highlands around 1908. She travelled extensively around the North and West Highlands, writing and taking photographs. Between 1912 and 1949 she produced many books on the social history and customs of the North and West Highlands. 'Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands' and 'Further Wanderings - Mainly in Argyll' are two of her best known works and both are illustrated with her own photographs. She died in a nursing home in Edinburgh in 1958, and was buried in Oban <br /> <br /> <br /> This image can be purchased.<br /> For further information about purchasing and prices please email the<br /> <a href="mailto: photographic.archive@highlifehighland.com">Highland Photographic Archive</a> quoting the External ID.