Name/TitlePhotograph: Machrihanish W.R.I. 35th Birthday
About this objectBlack and white photograph of Machrihanish Women's Rural Institute celebrating their 35th birthday in the village hall on 18th December 1963. The hall is decorated with a Christmas tree and garlands, and some of the women seated around the banquet table are wearing party hats as a cake is cut at the far end of the table.
MakerGordon Hunter
Maker RolePhotographer
Date Made1963
Period1960s
Place MadeScotland, Argyll
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, handwritten in red pen:
"Mrs. Burgess, [illegible] - Cliff, Machrihanish, Argyll;
Picture by G Hunter, Campbeltown - ACKNOWLEDGE"
Handwritten in black pen:
"N.B. must be here, perhaps obscured!"
On post-it stuck to back, handwritten in pen:
"ARGYLL - KINTYRE
Machrihanish W.R.I. held their 35th Birthday Party in the Village Hall in 18th Dec. 1963. Mrs. Wylie is seen here cutting the cake, assisted by the President, Mrs..." [the rest has been torn off]
MeasurementsH: 165 x W: 214 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsScottish Women's Rural Institutes (SWRI)
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePhotograph
Object numberGWL-2016-135-7
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved