Houses
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Story entitled 'Daoine Sith' about getting rid of the fairies, May 1874
Texas Ranch House, William Coleman, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of William Coleman's Texas ranch house in the early 20th century.
The House Which Gave Its Name to "The Oaks", 1870s-1930s
Photograph and description of the mansion, "The Oaks", in Banstead, Surrey, England in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that the house was originally purchased in the 1700's by General Burgoyne and then sold to the Earl of Derby, who in 1779 instituted a horse race, "The Oaks" for 'three-year old fillies to be run on the neighboring downs' which was named after the house.
The Residency, Nagpur, [India], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the Residency, the home of the Chief Commissioner, in Nagpur, India in the early 20th century. According to the text beneath the image, 'Nagpur is the juncition of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway with the Bengal Nagpur Railway.'
Todas at Home, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a Toda family in front of their home, a barrel-shaped, thatched-roof structure in a woodland in Southern India in the early 20th century.
Vocabulary note for Eiteag and accompanying song fragment, 7 August 1886
Vocabulary note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which reads 'Eiteag = Quay stone egg shaped Deideag = .' The song fragment begins 'San an tai ghlas a bha n Deideag' and a note added reads 'See Allt-an t suain'.
Vocabulary note relating to thatch, 1894
Vocabulary note which reads 'Dromanach = the forked stick going into the thatch of a house. Sguilbh Sgolbh = the rods going into the thatch along the edge.'
Vocabulary note which reads 'Praban Refuse Shebeen', 1894
Vocabulary note which reads 'Praban Refuse Shebeen'.
Warlaby House, 1870s-1930s
Drawing from a photograph 'taken by the author' [unknown] of Thomas Booth's residence, Warlaby House in 1892. This was the house he moved to in 1819 after leaving Killerby.