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Silver gilt casket containing the freedom of the Burgh of Coatbridge, Scotland, 7th June, 1906

MLA citation style
Coatbridge (Scotland). Town Council,. Silver Gilt Casket Containing The Freedom Of The Burgh Of Coatbridge, Scotland, 7Th June, 1906. no date. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial, 1906June .
APA citation style
Coatbridge (Scotland). Town Council,. (1906). Silver gilt casket containing the freedom of the Burgh of Coatbridge, Scotland, 7th June, 1906. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_193
Chicago citation style
Coatbridge (Scotland). Town Council,. “Silver Gilt Casket Containing The Freedom Of The Burgh Of Coatbridge, Scotland, 7Th June, 1906”, Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives, June 7, 1906. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_193.
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Title

Silver gilt casket containing the freedom of the Burgh of Coatbridge, Scotland, 7th June, 1906

Subject

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

Description

A photograph of the front view of an ornamental silver gilt casket for a burgess ticket from the Town Council of Coatbridge, Scotland, admitting and receiving Andrew Carnegie as a "Burgess of the Burgh of Coatbridge" for his gift of a free public library and his "many benefactions to the cause of education throughout the world." The casket has ornamental decorations, engravings, a scene of a building, a figure sitting next to a spinning wheel and engraved lettering, including the capital letters A and C. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 26 x 34 cm

Creator

Coatbridge (Scotland). Town Council

Publisher

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

Date

1906-06-07

Type

Photograph; Image

Original Format

image/jpg

Identifier

CA-168
71673548

Language

English

Relation

Andrew Carnegie Benefactions Collection

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Contact

For further information about the collection or a specific item please visit the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries website at https://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/portal/help.jsp

Contributing Institution

Carnegie Mellon University

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.