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Colour print of a painting of H.M.S. Stromness by Roger Fisher.
ID: 1984.039
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Two 'Prize Tickets' awarded to Joanna C. Tait by her teacher Cecilia Hourston, dated 1866 and 1867. [Cecilia Hourston had charge of The Subscription School].
ID: 1984.040
Mahogany overmantle made up of wood carving from S.M.S. Hinderburg, by Mr John White in 1928.
ID: 1984.041
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White china soup tureen from the German Fleet. German Imperial crest on the front. Lid missing.
ID: 1984.042
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Fine porcelain bowl decorated in blue, dark red and gold with leaf design and formal border. The letters "THE SUPERIOR OF STROMNESS" decipherable on the side.
ID: 1984.043
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Memorial card for Captain Robert Smith Dishon of Orkney, lost overboard from THORNDEAN, 18th Nov. 1872, in lat. 47 N., 36 W., aged 38 years. (Capt.

ID: 1984.044
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"Remarks on Board the Ship Grenville Bay of Newcastle upon Tyne" kept by Robert Wilson and Thomas Twatt, seamen on board said ship. (Typed copy of the original which is missing - see attached notes).
ID: 1984.045
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Two prize tickets inscribed. Ticket a - "Prize ticket to Joanna C. Tait from her teacher Cecilia Hourtson, Sept. 29 1866".
ID: 1984.046.1
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Two prize tickets inscribed. Ticket b - "Prize Ticket to Joanna C. Tait for her progress in Reading, Spelling and Writing. Cecilia Hourston Spet 19 1867.
ID: 1984.046.2
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Ephemera and photographs which belonged to the late Tommy White, 56 Alfred Street, Stromness.
ID: 1984.047.1