Victorian Tennis RacketNairn Museum This Slazenger ‘Queens Junior’ wooden tennis racket dates from Victorian times. Tennis became a popular sport during the Victorian era among the middle and upper classes. The game has been played for centuries, but it was during the...
Presentation Trowel and MalletCromarty Courthouse Museum The custom of using a special commemorative trowel, usually made in gold or silver, was established near the start of the nineteenth century. A beautifully decorative object, a trowel was used at the ceremonial...
Box Brownie 2 CameraBrora Heritage Centre This Box Brownie 2 camera is a great example of the camera that transformed who was able to take photographs. It was the first mass-produced and affordable camera, developed at the start of the twentieth century. The...
Film Strips Battery ProjectorHighland Museum of Childhood This handheld projector from the 1950s would have been considered hi-tech when it first became available to buy. It was battery operated, making it mobile for use anywhere. However, in the 1950s, batteries were...
MangleUllapol Museum The mangle was a tool designed for removing water from laundry by squeezing the fabrics. Later designs also pressed and smoothed. The first known instance of using a mangle was in the mid-1400s but they were still widely used up into the twentieth...
