[Copy photograph of Robert Garden Senior's car in Kirkwall]

Object detail

Accession number

PHO-2018-6.14

Maker

Unknown

Description

Copy print from original held by Orkney Library collection. Image of Oscar Garden's grandfathers, Robert Garden Senior's car in Straker-Square, Kirkwall in 1894.
R.Garden LTD shop sign is attached to building in right of frame. Robert Garden Senior's (1846 - 1912) was born in Aberdeenshire into poverty (and was illegitimate) and became a wealthy merchant.

Marks

19 Robert Garden Sr. Kirkwall Hand-written
Kirkwall
Straker - Square
R Garden II 1911
Dollan [arrow] Orkney 1 [in circle] Hand-written
1836 Hand-written
Copyright of this photograph belongs to the Orkney Library Tom Kent Collection Ink Stamp

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 16.5 x 22 cm

Collection

Oscar Garden Collection

Credit Line

Unknown. [Unknown]
1894. [Copy photograph of Robert Garden Senior's car in Kirkwall], PHO-2018-6.14. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Scotland
Great Britain
British Isles
Europe
Great Britain
United Kingdom

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Garden, Oscar, Captian, 1903-1997 Scotland

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

Subject auto tags

Wheel Tire Vehicle Car Motor vehicle Automotive design Building Classic car Fender Classic

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Group object

Name/Title: [Oscar Garden Collection] Maker: Mary Garden Production date: 1875-2005 Accession number: COL-2018-2 See full details

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