Trees
Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:
Tree on Ant Heap, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a tree growing on an ant heap in [South Africa?] in the early 20th century.
[Tree on Ant Heap], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a tree growing on an ant heap in [South Africa?] in the early 20th century.
Trees in Lyallpur [Pakistan], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of 'early years' growth of trees in Lyallpur' with a man standing next to a row of trees in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Trees Killed on Native Land [Africa], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of trees killed on native land in [Africa] in the early 20th century.
Trees Killed on Native Lands, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of trees killed on native lands in Africa in the early 20th century.
Tubers On a Six-Month Old Ceara Tree, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of tubers on a six-month old Ceara tree that was reproduced by Tropical Life from the Hawaii Bulletin in the early 20th century.
Two photographs of drawings of (British) trees, mid 19th century
Two photographs of (British) trees, mounted on one sheet-upper annotated "Alnus, Acer", lower "Fraxinus".
Vocabulary note and story about the name Craideag, 18 May 1895
Vocabulary note and story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about the name Craidsag, stating that it is a name for a bad joiner or 'timber-spoiler' from the word cnag meaning a short cutting of timber. He adds that 'A man in North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath] is known as Craidsag and a joiner of the most primitive style.'
Vocabulary note and story about the name Cruaicean, 18 May 1895
Vocabulary note and story written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula about the name Cruaicean. He states that it is 'applied to a short thick stout man of considerable strength. Cruaic a short stump of a tree or a course (sic) piece of timber'. A man from Rona, North Uist [Rònaigh/Ronay, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] who was known as Cruaicean emigrated to America with his family about sixty years before [c1835] where they are known as 'Clann Chruaicean'.
Vocabulary note for 'Calpa na craoibh', 6 July 1892
Vocabulary note probably collected from Duncan MacNiven, retired schoolmaster, Airds Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire for 'Calpa na craoibh' which is the trunk of a tree. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.