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Toy creel made by Tom Wishart for Howie Firth.
ID: 1994.006.1

Toy creel made by Tom Wishart for Howie Firth.

ID: 1994.006.2
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Pair of brass binoculars from German Fleet. Engraved "M 54 Emil Busch A G Rathenau".
ID: 1994.006.3
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RR. Gunsights from German battleship in Scapa Flow.
ID: 1994.006.4
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Coathanger inscribed 'MARWICK, TAILOR, STROMNESS'
ID: 1994.007
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Book: 'Sir John Franklin and the Romance of the North-West Passage' by G. Barnett Smith. 1st Prize for attendance Stromness Public School 28.6.1895 awarded to John R. Flett.
ID: 1994.008
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Square of pink silk from the dress for which silk was ordered from James Gordon of Cairston by John Riddoch of Kirkwall in 1764.
ID: 1994.009
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10 cloth badges 'Stromness Academy' with ship and 'Per Mare' motto. From P L Johnston, Tailor, for school blazers.
ID: 1994.010.1
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Reel of thread from P. L. Johnstons - W. & J. Knox, Kilbiruie, Scotland
ID: 1994.010.10
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Reel of thread from P. L. Johnstons - 100 yds 916 metres THIN CORD
ID: 1994.010.11