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  • Subject = Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works.
  • Date = 1902-10-24
  • Subject = Branch libraries--Scotland--Dundee--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

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This collection contains primary resources about Carnegie's bequests along with supporting explanatory text, that teachers will be able to use as part of their curriculum.
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Silver casket containing the freedom of the City of Dundee, Scotland, 24th October, 1902
Silver casket containing the freedom of the City of Dundee, Scotland, 24th October, 1902
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Dundee (Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Library benefactors--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie libraries--Scotland--Dundee--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Public libraries--Scotland--Dundee--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Branch libraries--Scotland--Dundee--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Silver boxes--Pictorial works., Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works., Dundee (Scotland)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Dundee (Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
A photograph of the front view of a silver casket from the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Councilors of Dundee, Scotland, conferring upon Andrew Carnegie the "freedom of the said City and Royal Burgh of Dundee" in recognition of his gift "in extending the public library of Dundee by the establishment of branch libraries." The silver casket includes numerous decorations, two dragons at the top of the container holding a silver plate decorated with raised silver flowers, the intertwined initials A and C above a scene with buildings, etc. that is in the middle of the casket. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 34 cm