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Perth & Kinross Joint District Council HQ
13/04/2018
Printed postcard issued by York House Restaurant, Perth, looking SW towards the building on the opposite side of the road, showing now-demolished single-story building to its west. The card is unused and undated, but was one of a series produced by the restaurant probably between the late 1930s and the 1950s. During this period the former Perth City & County Infirmary was used as Council offices (1920-1985).
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Northern District School, Perth
20/03/2018
View from west (Dunkeld Road). Postcard (publisher/photographer unknown) sent to Arbroath with message "This is a view of the school we are billeted in, it is a nice place." Year of posting illegible; the stamp is a George V 1/2d green (in use January 1912-June 1918). It was apparently sent by a soldier during World War I, most likely in the early years when accommodation for troops had to be found in any convenient buildings. The photo was probably taken soon after the school opened in 1908.
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Granton Castle remains
23/10/2017
This photo shows the remnants of Granton Castle. The image is undated, but was printed by Jerome Ltd., an Edinburgh photographer trading between the 1930s and 1950s. The growth of vegetation suggests that the photo was taken some years after the ruins had been demolished for quarrying in 1928.
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![The front cover of the (Christmas?) menu and toast list features a line-drawing of Balhousie Castle, initialled ‘RM’ and dated [19]51, with coloured foil Royal Engineers’ badge in top right-hand corner.
The original menu is in the collections of the Black Watch Museum, No. 2012.492.2 (http://theblackwatch.co.uk/collections/menu-and-toast-list-of-royal-engineers-regimental-dinner-ca-1951-at-balhousie-castle)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/sup-user/l/SUP1_62048.jpg)
Menu for Royal Engineers regimental dinner, ~1951
13/06/2017
The front cover of the (Christmas?) menu and toast list features a line-drawing of Balhousie Castle, initialled ‘RM’ and dated [19]51, with coloured foil Royal Engineers’ badge in top right-hand corner. The original menu is in the collections of the Black Watch Museum, No. 2012.492.2 (http://theblackwatch.co.uk/collections/menu-and-toast-list-of-royal-engineers-regimental-dinner-ca-1951-at-balhousie-castle)
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CRE Highland District, Balhousie Castle, ~1950s
13/06/2017
Group photograph of Highland District Company of Royal Engineers staff, taken outside Balhousie Castle. Undated, but ~1950s, when the Castle served as the Headquarters for CRE Highland District. The original photo is in the collection of the Black Watch Museum, No. 2012.492.1 (www.theblackwatch.co.uk/collections/photograph-of-highland-district-company-of-royal-engineers-staff-taken-outside-of-balhousie-castle). The donor's grandfather, Robert Woolley, is in the picture, 2nd row, 2nd from right.
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Morgan Academy Christmas card, 1947
05/05/2017
Christmas card designed for the school by R.M. MacKay, with stylized illustration of part of the main SW front and tower. Card size is W 9.5 cm x H 14 cm.
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Morgan Academy main SW front, ~1950
05/05/2017
Photo of the school, taken by Charlie Dixon, who was a pupil there in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Note the unsympathetic temporary building erected next to the east end.
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'Old Steeple' used as trademark
05/05/2017
Label for 'Old Steeple' brand of typewriter ribbon, sold by George Ferguson & Co. of Kinghorne Road, Dundee, with illustration showing the Steeple, embossed & printed on metallic gold foil. The label probably dates from around the 1950s or 60s, and is 4.6 cm diameter.
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Bowbridge Works Camel sculpture, 1955
05/05/2017
The famous camel sat above the entrance archway to the works. The archway was dismantled in June 1955, and employees took the opportunity to be photographed sitting on the camel. One of the two men in this photo is James Dixon, a metalworker at the works.
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Scottish Legal Life Assurance contribution book, 1940
05/05/2017
Contribution book covering the years 1940-1947 with decorative cover illustration showing Scottish Legal Building. The policy was issued to Mary Darroch of Dundee. Cover size is W 10.5 cm x H 17 cm.
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Victoria Theatre programme cover, April 1928
18/04/2017
Front cover of programme, with photo of the building's frontage. The programme itself takes up only a small part of the reverse of the page; most of both sides is covered by advertisements for local firms. This issue is for the week commencing Monday 9th April 1928, when the attraction was the farewell visit of Charlie Kemble and his Super Entertainers. The programme is printed both sides on paper 38 cm wide x 25.5 cm high; folded size 13 cm wide x 25.5 cm high.
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D.M. Brown's printed envelope
17/04/2017
Brown paper envelope with flap (not a bag) issued by D.M. Brown Ltd. Dundee department store, presumably for packing small items, showing the store frontages along High Street and Commercial Street and the corner tower. Judging by the cars shown in the drawing, it probably dates from the late 1920s or early 1930s. The envelope is 21.5 cm high x 14 cm wide, printed on one side only. Note the tramlines running along High Street.
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Gaumont Dundee Super Saturday Show flyer ~1973
07/04/2017
A5-sized flyer advertising the Super Saturday Show at the Gaumont cinema, Dundee. This was issued to children attending the Super Saturday Show at the Odeon, Strathmartine Road, which closed in early 1973, so this flyer must date from early 1973 or late 1972. (After refurbishment later in 1973 the Gaumont was itself renamed as the Odeon.)
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![The front cover of the (Christmas?) menu and toast list features a line-drawing of Balhousie Castle, initialled ‘RM’ and dated [19]51, with coloured foil Royal Engineers’ badge in top right-hand corner.
The original menu is in the collections of the Black Watch Museum, No. 2012.492.2 (http://theblackwatch.co.uk/collections/menu-and-toast-list-of-royal-engineers-regimental-dinner-ca-1951-at-balhousie-castle)](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/sup-user/s/SUP1_62048.jpg)
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