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  • Subject = Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works.
  • Date = 1909-05-29
  • Subject = Carnegie libraries--Great Britain--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 gilt casket enclosing Freedom of Wigan, England, May 29th, 1909
Silver gilt casket enclosing Freedom of Wigan, England, May 29th, 1909
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Wigan (England : District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie Hero Fund Trust--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--England--Wigan (District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie libraries--Great Britain--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Public libraries--England--Wigan (District)--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Public libraries--Great Britain--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Silver boxes--Pictorial works., Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works., Pemberton (Wigan, England, District)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Wigan (England : District)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Pemberton (Wigan, England, District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Wigan (England : District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
A photograph of the front view of an ornamental silver gilt casket for a burgess ticket from the County Borough of Wigan, England admitting Andrew Carnegie "as honorary freeman of the County Borough of Wigan" for his provision of free public libraries in the United Kingdom, establishment of the Civil Hero Fund and his gift of a public library at Pemberton. The box has ornamental decorations, engravings, and a portrait of Andrew Carnegie in the middle of the box with two paintings of buildings on either side of the portrait. It contains a commemorative plaque at the base of the stand the box is on. Caption title.; "P-2490."; "See also negative P-2490."; On cardboard mount: 26 x 34 cm
Silver gilt casket enclosing Freedom of Wigan, England, May 29th, 1909
Silver gilt casket enclosing Freedom of Wigan, England, May 29th, 1909
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Wigan (England : District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie Hero Fund Trust--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--England--Wigan (District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Carnegie libraries--Great Britain--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Public libraries--England--Wigan (District)--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Public libraries--Great Britain--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Silver boxes--Pictorial works., Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works., Pemberton (Wigan, England, District)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Wigan (England : District)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Pemberton (Wigan, England, District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works., Wigan (England : District)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
A photograph of the reverse view of an ornamental silver gilt casket for a burgess ticket from the County Borough of Wigan, England admitting Andrew Carnegie "as honorary freeman of the County Borough of Wigan" for his provision of free public libraries in the United Kingdom, establishment of the Civil Hero Fund and his gift of a public library at Pemberton. The box has ornamental decorations, engravings, and an engraved coat of arms in the middle of the box with two paintings of buildings on either side of the coat of arms. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 34 cm