Peter Mitchell collection

/1 Glass plate negative of Anne Rettie [known as Isabel] and Jennetta Rettie [known as Winnie], c1910; /2 Mounted print of nurses and patients, 'Lochee Red Cross Hospital. 14-18 Mar' c1916; /3 Menu: '25 Thomson Street, 28th July 1885' [this is William Low's address]

Annie Belle Rettie (known as Isabel) was born 29th June 1895 and died in October 1987. She married Robert William Mitchell. They had two children Alan Grant Mitchell and Annabell Mitchell (married name Luzzatto). Jennetta Winifred Rettie (known as Winnie) was born in 1899. No precise date of death is known but the family state she was more than 100 years old when she died.
Winnie married John Cargill Fraser and worked as a nurse during the First World War. The parents of Isabel and Winnie were William Cooper Rettie, 1852-1922, of William Low & Co. and Annie Low, 1855-1940, sister of William Low and Sir James Low. William Rettie was also the first chairman of the Dundee Dental Hospital & School in 1917. He purchased the house at 2 Park Place and had it adapted as a dental surgery as a memorial to his son, Philip, who was killed during the First World War.
Peter Mitchell is the nephew of Annabel Luzzatto and the son of Grant Mitchell

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Peter Mitchell

Annie Belle Rettie (known as Isabel) was born 29th June 1895 and died in October 1987. She married Robert William Mitchell. They had two children Alan Grant Mitchell and Annabell Mitchell (married name Luzzatto). Jennetta Winifred Rettie (known as Winnie) was born in 1899. No precise date of death is known but the family state she was more than 100 years old when she died.
Winnie married John Cargill Fraser and worked as a nurse during the First World War. The parents of Isabel and Winnie were William Cooper Rettie, 1852-1922, of William Low & Co. and Annie Low, 1855-1940, sister of William Low and Sir James Low. William Rettie was also the first chairman of the Dundee Dental Hospital & School in 1917. He purchased the house at 2 Park Place and had it adapted as a dental surgery as a memorial to his son, Philip, who was killed during the First World War.
Peter Mitchell is the nephew of Annabel Luzzatto and the son of Grant Mitchell

Hard copy of descriptive list in Search Room.

Please use gloves when handling glass plate negative.

Description compiled by Zoe Rae, volunteer, 9 September 2019

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The items had been in the possession of Annabel Luzzatto (nee Mitchell). On her death the items passed to Peter Mitchell, Annabel's nephew.

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Catalogued

MS 450