Dr Ross – Some Postcards From Her Travels

Attribution: unknown (Procession in High Street for Diamond Jubilee 1897)

We have some photographs of some of the postcards Dr Ross sent during her travels.  What you will see on this page is only a selection of the postcards – more can be viewed in the album at the bottom of the page.

Postcard from Waterloo, to Mary, 1898

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

Postcard from Waterloo, to Mary, 1898:
Lovely passage – We only arrived at Antwerp this morning (Monday) and I can’t start for Strasburg till late to-night.

Write me a p.c., love to all.
Gravenhage, PC to Mary

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

Gravenhage, PC to Mary –
“This is the entrance to a wood in which the Peace Conference was held. Thank you very much for your present”

PC of ruins, to Mary, 7/3/1908

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

PC of ruins, to Mary, 7/3/1908.
“Just received your p.c. to-day. Hope you will get something in Glasgow. ‘Serpent’ much admired here, but lining has fallen to pieces. Fearfully cold. Think this is the North Pole, not East.”

P.C. of Berlin, to Mary

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

P.C. of Berlin, to Mary.
“Lutzow Strasse 31 (c/o Cohn). Thank you very much for letter. Write soon and let me know how you are getting on. Have you a collection of p.c.”

P.C. of Kurfurstendamm, to Mary, 1897

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

P.C. of Kurfurstendamm, to Mary, 1897 –
“Lutzow Strasse 31, Berlin. Thanks for your letter. I may see you next month as I am probably coming to this iland (sic). Write soon again. If you ….. can put on stamp!!”

More photos relating to Dr Ross

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Tain » Tain Environment » Tain Topography » Tain Topography
   
The Fendom looking East
Top of Tain Hill
Trees lost due to erosion
Warning signs at the start of the bombing range
Some of the wartime buildings that dot the Fendom (Land and Marine)
Western part of the Fendom
Eroded dune on NW edge of Morrich More
All that remains of George Small's efforts
The Irish navvies' handiwork
Latest defence against erosion
Lochan Uaine with slopes of Cnocan t-Sabhail in background
Map of the Dornoch Firth showing the local topography
Part of the Morrich More wasteland
Plain of Ross
The raised beach scarp immediately east of Tain
The raised beach scarp immediately east of Tain
The stone gabions built to protect the Alps green
Site of Tain on the raised beach and at the foot of Tain Hill
The Fendom looking East
Top of Tain Hill
Trees lost due to erosion
Warning signs at the start of the bombing range
Some of the wartime buildings that dot the Fendom (Land and Marine)
Western part of the Fendom
Eroded dune on NW edge of Morrich More
All that remains of George Small's efforts
The Irish navvies' handiwork
Latest defence against erosion
Lochan Uaine with slopes of Cnocan t-Sabhail in background
Map of the Dornoch Firth showing the local topography
 

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