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  • Collection: Encyclopaedia of the North East

A large red manuscript capital letter C, with clocks and watches, metal, ceramic and stone objects from Coull Castle, two ptarmigans and a black crystal.

A large printed capital letter C inside a square area of decorative scrolls, with a taxidermy capercaillie, red squirrel and crossbills, and a large wooden frame with pulleys and a small brass windmill.

A large, printed capital letter B with swords, a silver cup and a small metal staff.

A large manuscript lower case letter B with musical instruments, a hat, a plaster cast of a skull and iron branks.

A large, printed capital letter B with agricultural implements and two small blocks of wood.

A large, blue letter capital A from a manuscript with astronomical and meteorological equipment and arrows.

Printed map of Aberdeen and Old Aberdeen in 1796, with the river Don to the North and the Dee to the South, surrounding farmland and terrain features such as hills. The route of a proposed canal from Inverurie is shown passing North of Aberdeen into the harbour.

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South Breakwater, Aberdeen around 1920. A concrete breakwater with a tower at the end projects from a rocky shore. Two figures stand on the breakwater in the distance. A small steamboat and a sailboat head past the breakwater, and the Aberdeenshire coast is visible on the horizon.

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Central Aberdeen around 1900: trams, cyclists, a horse and pedestrians on Union Street with Union Terrace Gardens and municipal buildings to the north.

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A large, printed capital letter A with stone, bronze and iron axe heads, a bull harness and a tin opener.
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