Is there a collection of vintage kilt photos?

**HootinHoller** · 27th May 14, 08:07 PM

I keep seeing these old photos posted and wonder if we have a thread devoted to them?

Or are there collections of photos online?

**Downunder Kilt** · 27th May 14, 08:29 PM

There have been threads in the past that have asked members to post photos of kilts being worn. There was a thread devoted to HRH Prince Charles, a thread for anyones old photos of men in kilts. A lot of the photos came from the Web and a lot of posters did not credit the original source. O C Richard has a fine collection of photos, postcards etc. showing kiltwearing in the past. A search thru the search function on the forum should pull up a lot of the old threads. Cheers

**Steve Ashton** · 28th May 14, 12:57 AM

If I'm not mistaken the OP is asking if there is some single source for all the photos he sees here.

Well, frankly no, not as any organized body of work. Kilt wearing is not an earth shaking or government toppling topic to most people.

But many of our member do have a keen interest. and do derive pleasure from, collecting photos they run across on the web, in antique stores and elsewhere.

All we have ever asked is that due credit is given when photos are reproduced here. That is not much to ask. Common courtesy for an artists work.

So, as it is unlikely that there will be a multi-billion dollar Federal research grant to collect every kilt photo ever taken I think we here are doing a pretty good job.

Our members have compiled perhaps one of the greatest collections of kilt photos the world has ever known.

Hey, think about it. X Marks is the worlds single source for all the kilt photos ever taken. How cool is that?

**McMurdo** · 28th May 14, 04:28 AM

You could start by looking at this thread I started a few years ago.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-photos-43316/

**OC Richard** · 28th May 14, 05:29 AM

Yes McMurdo's link will take you to the very thread the OP asks about. The thread about Prince Charles' kilt fashion is excellent too http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-photos-49608/

There's a site in Australia, the School of Piping, which has a fantastic photo gallery of vintage photos of pipers.

**ASinclair** · 28th May 14, 06:40 AM

Great photos! Thanks for the links.

**HootinHoller** · 28th May 14, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

You could start by looking at this thread I started a few years ago.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-photos-43316/

Thank you for that! I've been in there hours at a time now. Just the thing while I recover from surgery today. (A stone in my salivary gland)

**HootinHoller** · 28th May 14, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Ashton

If I'm not mistaken the OP is asking if there is some single source for all the photos he sees here.

Well, frankly no, not as any organized body of work. Kilt wearing is not an earth shaking or government toppling topic to most people.

But many of our member do have a keen interest. and do derive pleasure from, collecting photos they run across on the web, in antique stores and elsewhere.

All we have ever asked is that due credit is given when photos are reproduced here. That is not much to ask. Common courtesy for an artists work.

So, as it is unlikely that there will be a multi-billion dollar Federal research grant to collect every kilt photo ever taken I think we here are doing a pretty good job.

Our members have compiled perhaps one of the greatest collections of kilt photos the world has ever known.

Hey, think about it. X Marks is the worlds single source for all the kilt photos ever taken. How cool is that?

The thing I see happening in the old threads, which is a problem for all kinds of forums, is that photos linked elsewhere like photobucket are disappearing as accounts get cleared and other things.

**Steve Ashton** · 28th May 14, 07:26 PM

While we have no control over a members photobucket account it is unfortunate that sometimes photo do disappear.

We also must be mindful of copyright. If a photo is lifted from somewhere under copyright, and the owner complains, we must remove offending photos. It does happen on occasion but gratefully our members are pretty good folks so it happens seldom.

**HootinHoller** · 28th May 14, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Ashton

While we have no control over a members photobucket account it is unfortunate that sometimes photo do disappear.

We also must be mindful of copyright. If a photo is lifted from somewhere under copyright, and the owner complains, we must remove offending photos. It does happen on occasion but gratefully our members are pretty good folks so it happens seldom.

Which is why there needs to be reliable storage for them. With some planning, I can donate some space on my server, let me know.

As to copyright issues, since the purpose of collection is the education of our members and the public, I think at least in the US, fair use doctrine should apply.