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Class photograph mounted on board of Honours Classics Graduates, 9 April 1901, Edinburgh University. The students' names are given under the photo and on the back, Alexander F. Giles is at the bottom right. Photography studio: signature illegible - '25 North Bridge, Edinburgh'.

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Group photograph mounted on board of young officers at Bonskeid, 1903. No names are given. It may refer to Bonskeid House, near Pitlochry. Photography studio: 'P. Cameron, The Studio, Pitlochry'.

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Black-and-white Group photograph mounted on board representing a group of E.U.C.S (Edinburgh University Classics Society) students wearing togas, for the performance of the theatre play Plutus. Their names and roles are given under the photograph. Alexander Falconer Giles is sitting at the bottom right wearing normal clothes, as the stage manager. Photography studio: 'A. Swan Watson, Edinburgh'.

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Black-and-white group photograph mounted on board, showing of 25 men wearing the uniform worn by Scottish soldiers during the First World War. Alexander F. Giles is sitting on the very right, middle row. Inscription: 'Moffat, Edinburgh' (it could be the location, or the photography studio).

Scope and Contents Two 'game books' which belonged to Major William Burton-Stewart, containing score tables recording his session of game birds shooting and black-and-white photographs of social events, hunting, and people. It also includes sketches and handwritten biographical and travelling accounts by Burton-Stewart himself. Places mentioned in the game books include Ratho Park, Conaglen, Stroud, Darleith, Lothians and the Borders, Venice, India, Ontario (Canada), etc.Highlights in the first...