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Dracula. A paperback copy of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, with an illustration of a vampire surrounded by purple smoke on the cover.
Novel 'Dracula' by Bram (Abraham) Stoker. First published 1897, this edition Puffin Classics 1986.
Civil defence literature. A small booklet with a message from the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Scotland explaining that civil defence is to "adapt ourselves to the reality that we at present must live with, and to prepare ourselves so that we could alleviate the suffering which war would cause if it came". Further in the text are headings such as "Why bother with civil defence?" and "But surely there is no real protection against a nuclear attack?".
Modern (20th century) civil defence literature. 'Civil Defence why we need it' HMSO 1986.
Document Book
Book produced by National Trust for Scotland 'Culloden'.
Book Document
Book produced by the National Trust for Scotland 'Heroes and heroines of long ago'.
Tartan Map of Scotland. A large folded up piece of paper with numerous swatches of different tartans on it.
Large, fold-out map of Scotland with information and illustrations of tartans. The Tartan Map of Scotland, published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Duncan Street, Edinburgh, 1979.
Painting. Oil painting of a large, tall building with a round tower being demolished. The roof has been removed, there are piles of rubble and labourers are handling pieces of stone. The painting is in a gilded frame.
Oil painting, showing Marischal College in the course of reconstruction. Shows the Adam wing of the old buildings with a grindstone and shed to the left.
Gutting knife. A knife with a hooked steel blade, a curved wooden handle and a cord attached to a metal loop near the blade.
Gutting knife, with a hooked blade.
Snuff box. A rectangular, silver snuff box about 5 centimetres long. It is inscribed Presented to James Thomson FROM THE FISH TRADE OF PETERHEAD 1907.
Silver snuff box, rectangular, with a hinged lid which is engraved with an inscription.
Inscription: Presented to James Thomson from the Fish Trade of Peterhead 1907
Inscription: Presented to James Thomson from the Fish Trade of Peterhead 1907
Plate. A thick plate carved from a single piece of wood.
Round wooden platter.
Arrow Arrow Head
Arrowhead, made from copper-coloured flint. Type: laurel leaf / 1Bf
Inscription: Hill of Brack.... Inverkeithnie
Inscription: Hill of Brack.... Inverkeithnie