Silver casket enclosing Freedom of Ayr, Scotland

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Ayr (Scotland). Town Council--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Carnegie Library (Ayr, Scotland)--Endowments--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--Ayr--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Public libraries--Scotland--Ayr--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Education--Scotland--Ayr--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Silver boxes--Pictorial works.
Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works.
Ayr (Scotland)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Ayr (Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

A photograph of a decorative silver casket for a burgess ticket from the Town Council of Ayr, Scotland, conferring upon Andrew Carnegie the "freedom of the Royal Burgh of Ayr" for his gift of a public library and his promotion of education in Scotland. Engraved in the silver casket are a building and decorations and the intertwined initials AC. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 35 cm

Ayr (Scotland). Town Council

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial

Photograph; Image

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CA-155
71359144

Andrew Carnegie Benefactions Collection

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