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Burgess ticket of the Borough of Eastbourne, England, May, 1905

MLA citation style
Eastbourne (East Sussex, E. ). T. C. Burgess Ticket Of The Borough Of Eastbourne, England, May, 1905. no date. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial, 1905May .
APA citation style
Eastbourne (East Sussex, E. ). T. C. (1905). Burgess ticket of the Borough of Eastbourne, England, May, 1905. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_250
Chicago citation style
Eastbourne (East Sussex, England). Town Council. “Burgess Ticket Of The Borough Of Eastbourne, England, May, 1905”, Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives, May 1905. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_250.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

Burgess ticket of the Borough of Eastbourne, England, May, 1905

Subject

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Eastbourne (East Sussex, England). 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--England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Public libraries--England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Eastbourne (East Sussex, England)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Eastbourne (East Sussex, England)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

Description

A photograph of a handwritten burgess ticket from the Town Council of Eastbourne, England, conferring upon Andrew Carnegie the "honorary freedom of the Borough of Eastbourne," recognizing him for his donation of £10,000 for the "provision of a public library for this Borough." Includes decorations, decorative letters, a seal and the signatures of the mayor and town clerk. Caption title.; On cardboard mount: 34 x 26 cm

Creator

Eastbourne (East Sussex, England). Town Council

Publisher

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

Date

1905-05

Type

Text

Original Format

image/jpg

Identifier

CA-191
72075680

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.