Tour Scotland the Edwardian way. Imagery from the 1907 guidebook titled “The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd.”

Drawings and sketches, Plates (llustrations) from books 3 Minutes

Highland Cottage. Image 10. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Color plate from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/n5/mode/1up

Dunollie (Donolly) Castle. Page 41. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Illustration taken from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/41/mode/1up
Loch Leven. Image 66. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Color plate from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/n66/mode/1up
Landing at Staffa. Image 108. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Color plate from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/n108/mode/1up
Loch Scavaig. Image 128. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Color plate from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/n128/mode/1up
Entrance to Loch Hourn. Page 99. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Illustration taken from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/99/mode/1up
Eilan Donan Castle, Loch Duich. Image 148. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Color plate from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/n148/mode/1up
Lochinver. Page 112. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Illustration taken from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/112/mode/1up
Highland Sheiling. Image 198. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Color plate from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/n198/mode/1up
Corryhalloch Ullapool. From a photograph by J. Valentine and Sons. Page 202. Scottish. Printed in 1907 in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose and Company Ltd. Illustration taken from The Royal Route. Summer Tours in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland by the Royal Mail Steamers, “Columba,” “Iona,” &c. of David MacBrayne, Ltd. University of Guelph Library Collections. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/royalroutesummermacb_0/page/n202/mode/1up

I wish I could say I found this great guidebook and its pictures by myself which happens often enough. But I found it here https://www.kaaterskillbooks.com/pages/books/28226/david-macbrayne/the-royal-route-summer-tours-in-the-western-highlands-and-islands-of-scotland-by-the-royal-mail and then went looking for a scanned version.

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