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The King visits the war workers, 1939-1945
Photograph of George VI visiting a naval workyard.

A flight of fancy, 1944
Photograph of a young boy with airman in the cockpit of a Beaufighter aeroplane taken during Dundee's 'Salute the Soldier' week.

VE celebrations in Trafalgar Square, London, 1945
Photograph of Victory in Europe celebrations in Trafalgar square

Gentleman in Victorian wheelchair, late 19th century
Photograph of invalid in wheelchair and companion. The invalid may be Herwald Wake, the magistrate who held the fort at Arrah during the Indian Mutiny, and his son and companion, Herwald Wake.

George Washington regimental return, 1758
Detailed regimental return of the regiments under the command of George Washington, as Comander of the Virginia Regiment, Fort Loudoun. Provides details of numbers, ranks and effectiveness of staff within regiment.

Rob Roy's contract with the Duke of Montrose
Deed between Robert Campbell, alias Rob Roy Macgregor, and the Duke of Montrose. Rob Roy undertakes to buy 840 cows for several landowners in west of Scotland.

Thomas Muir's passport
French passport issued to Thomas Muir the Younger of Huntershill, political radical and reformer.