Shetland through the eyes of a visitor, 1899-1905
Photographs of Lerwick and vicinity by Thomas S. Boyd (1876-1966)

Out of town
family in coach family at house fireplace Halcrows
Family groups Fireplace Peter & John Halcrow
Bressay cutting peats scalloway castle Scalloway
Bressay Cutting peats Scalloway Castle approaching Scalloway
German Coastal Defence Cruisers
S.M.S. Wittlesbach S.M.S. Wittlesbach, close-up German fleet 1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II
S.M.S. Wittlesbach, "fighting top" etc. At anchor, 23 July 1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II
Later photographs (author unknown)
guizers Ladies fencing 1905
Up-Helly-Aa, guizers,
January 1905
Lerwick Ladies Fencing Class,
3 July 1905
Source: Boyd family albums
Photo archives (valid August 2006): George Washington Wilson (Aberdeen University); Shetland Museum.
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Note: These photographs are presented online for educational purposes only: commercial use is not authorized.
Thanks: Marie Boyd, for authorizing this presentation
More photos by Thomas Boyd: Colombia, Glasgow, Punta Arenas
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Last updated: 25 August 2006