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Archive Services and Information Governance at the University of Dundee.

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If you missed Kenneth's recent talk on #Dundee's #railway history to the Abertay Historical Society you can now catch it online at https://t.co/LES7VywEx5 #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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#FlashbackFriday The foot of Dens Road, #Dundee as it looked c 1975. The view is dominated by one of the famous obelisk-style chimneys of Upper Dens Works. The Eagle Mill is on the left and the Victoria Bar is on the corner of Victoria Rd on the right #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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#WaybackWednesday An early 20th century view taken outside Baxter Brothers Dens Works in Princes Street, #Dundee. Several children seem quite taken with the camera #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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For #FlashbackFriday a #photograph of the Wellgate Centre taken by Alex Coupar about the time of its opening in 1978. Among the shops visible are Lowdons and Wellgate Cards - do you remember them? #Archives #Dundee #DundeeUniCulture
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#WaybackWednesday 1887 drawing of Cox Brothers massive Camperdown Works in #Lochee. Not only #Dundee's largest jute works, it was once the largest such complex in the world #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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#ThrowbackTuesday #TransportTuesday Late 1950s view of the lost #Dundee East #Railway Station which closed in 1959. If you want to know more about Dundee's railway history Kenneth will be giving a talk on it tomorrow https://t.co/RqjoOXBH7K #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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We enjoyed welcoming the @DJCAD Partnerships Networks and Connections class to the #Archives yesterday to see some of our items relating to gardens/botany to inspire their project work #DundeeUniCulture
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#FlashbackFriday A lovely 1960s Broughty Ferry view captured by Professor G. H. Bell. The magnificent Broughty Castle dominates the view, but you can also see a boat at the pier and the slipway from the lifeboat shed #Archives #Dundee #DundeeUniCulture
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#WaybackWednesday A fantastic c 1870s photograph looking over #Dundee from the Law #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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As part of #Railway200 Kenneth will be giving a talk to the Abertay Historical Society on 200 years of #Dundee's railway history on 8th October - more details at https://t.co/6KRaK9l621 #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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A talk by Kenneth Baxter hosted by the Abertay Historical Society
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#FlashbackFriday Who remembers this brilliant #Dundee mural that was in the foyer of the Odeon Cinema in the Stack Leisure Park in Lochee in the 1990s? #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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Today marks 110th anniversary of the Battle of Loos. The 4th Black Watch "#Dundee's Own" was one of many Scottish battalions to suffer devastating losses. One of those who fell was former University College, #Dundee student Captain Stanley Lee Watson aged 22. #Archives #WW1
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#TransportTuesday #ThrowbackTuesday A nice #photograph taken by Hugh Pincott in 1964 showing a steam-hauled train on the Tay Bridge #Archives #DundeeUniCulture #Railway200
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#FlashbackFriday This 1967 #photograph was taken by Queen's College, #Dundee (now @DundeeUni) student Robert Nash in the High Street and shows part of the parade held as part of Student Charities Week held on 22nd April #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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#WaybackWednesday A view from the Wormit end of the then brand new Tay Railway Bridge in the summer of 1887, with #Dundee in the background #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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1949 #photograph looking over #Dundee and the #Tay with a good view of the Tay Railway Bridge. This was taken by Professor A. C. Lendrum from his home in Adelaide Terrace #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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#FlashbackFriday The western end of #Dundee High Street as it looked in the early 1960s with a Corporation bus displaying the Milk Marketing Board's "Drinka Pinta Quencha Thirst" slogan #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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The official opening of Harris Academy, #Dundee's first local authority secondary school took place #onthisday in 1885. The original Harris building in Park Place became home to St John's RC school in 1931. @DundeeUni's Bonar Hall is now on the site #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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#ThrowbackTuesday #TransportTuesday A vintage view of Magdalen Green and the #Dundee end of the Tay Railway Bridge #Archives #Railways #DundeeUniCulture
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A c 1950s view form the Auld Steeple looking over #Dundee West Station with the Tay in the background #Archives #DundeeUniCulture
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