- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Septs and Dependents entitled to use the MacKay Tartan
- Creator:
- W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited. (Edinburgh & London)
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh, Scotland: W. & A. K. Johnston
- Date of Original:
- 1870/1918
- Subject:
- Clans--Scotland
MacKay family
Tartans--Scotland
Postcards--Scotland - Location:
- United Kingdom, Scotland, Highland, Inverness, 57.47908, -4.22398
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled Clan MacKay – The card features the Arms (badge) and Tartan of the clan, a list of Septs and Dependents entitled to use the MacKay Tartan, along with a depiction of a clansman in full dress. The clan badge is “Bullrush” and the clan slogan is “Bratach bhan chlann aoidh” (The white banner of MacKay). Clan Mackay is an ancient and once-powerful Highland Scottish clan from the far North of the Scottish Highlands, but with roots in the old Kingdom of Moray. – No descriptive text on reverse. *Note: W & AK Johnson produced many postcards. This partnership was originally a printing business from 1825, run by the printer William Johnston and the Queen's Geographer, Alex Keith Johnston. William Johnston was a noted cartographer.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-428
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-428#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-428/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
