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- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Septs and Dependents entitled to use the Munro Tartan
- Creator:
- W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited. (Edinburgh & London)
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh, Scotland: W. & A. K. Johnston
- Date of Original:
- 1870/1918
- Subject:
- Clans--Scotland
Munro family
Tartans--Scotland
Postcards--Scotland - Location:
- United Kingdom, Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, 57.645, -4.365278
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled Clan Munro – The card features the Arms (badge) and Tartan of the clan, a list of Septs and Dependents entitled to use the Munro Tartan, along with a depiction of a clansman in full dress. The clan badge is common club moss. The clan slogan is “Casteal Fulis na Theine” (Foulis Castle on fire). Clan Munro is a Highland Scottish clan of Irish origins. Historically the clan was based in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands. Traditional origins of the clan give its founder as Donald Munro who came from the north of Ireland and settled in Scotland in the eleventh century. - No descriptive text on reverse. Postage required: Inland ½d. Foreign 1d. *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-429
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-429#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-429/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: