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The Bon Accord and Northern Pictorial Special Strike Number No 2
The 2nd special General Strike edition. The paper was not in favour of the strike.
The Bon Accord and Northern Pictorial Special Strike Number No 1
Special General Strike issue of the Bon-Accord Pictorial
Grand Reform meeting held on the Broad Hill of the Links, Aberdeen 18th May 1832
A full description of the Great Reform Meeting held at the Links on 18th May 1832.
Grand Reform meeting held at Aberdeen 18th May 1832
The only illustration of the Great Reform Meeting held at Aberdeen Links on the Broadhill, a common meeting ground.
West Aberdeenshire, caricature of Robert Farquharson of Finzean
Caricature which appeared in the publication Vanity Fair, and also in Farquharson's book, In and Out of Parliament. See RAD076.
Great Attraction Feats of Legerdemain
This is a Tory advert, which belittles the then current Liberal MP, Alexander Bannerman.
A Secret for the Ears of Liberal Moderates, Voluntaries, and Dissenters
A last-minute attempt by the Tory faction in Aberdeen to worry the Liberals before the 1841 general election, about their candidate Alexander Bannerman.
Aberdeen Party of Progress
The central, seated figure represents Provost William Leslie, to whom the image is dedicated. Aberdeen town council at this time were Liberal. The Party of Progress were clearly not as progressive as they wished the town to believe. The image shows…
Fellow Electors Beware
This poster requests that voters place their votes in support of Alex Bannerman rather than Provost Hadden.
To Be, or Not to Be
Poem by 'A Townsman' in support of Colonel Sykes' attempt to win in the 1857 election. Sykes was returned.