aberdeen

25 photos and 13 illustrations tagged aberdeen, from 11 members of Flickr Commons.

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1869

2021

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Neon sign at the Twist Cone ice cream stand in Aberdeen, a small city in northeast South Dakota that was founded by a railroad executive whose boss was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, hence the choice of the new town's name (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2022
The BL King’s Topographical Collection: "To James Byres Esqr of Tonley This View of Castle Street, Aberdeen " from British Library uploaded August 2020
British Library digitised image from page 35 of "The Imperial Gazetteer; a general dictionary of geography, physical, political, statistical and descriptive ... Edited by W. G. Blackie ... With ... illustrations, etc" from British Library uploaded July 2018
British Library digitised image from page 65 of "Our own country. Descriptive, historical, pictorial" from British Library uploaded January 2018
British Library digitised image from page 192 of "Scottish Pictures, drawn with pen and pencil, etc" from British Library uploaded July 2016
British Library digitised image from page 175 of "Scotland Picturesque and Traditional. A pilgrimage with staff and knapsack" from British Library uploaded December 2015
British Library digitised image from page 305 of "Macdonald's Scottish Tourists' Guides. Five volumes in one. Illustrated. Accompanied with ... maps and plans, etc" from British Library uploaded November 2015
British Library digitised image from page 43 of "A Gazetteeer of the World, or, Dictionary of geographical knowledge ... Edited by a member of the Royal Geographical Society. Illustrated with ... woodcuts and one hundred and twenty engravings on steel" from British Library uploaded February 2015
British Library digitised image from page 43 of "A Gazetteeer of the World, or, Dictionary of geographical knowledge ... Edited by a member of the Royal Geographical Society. Illustrated with ... woodcuts and one hundred and twenty engravings on steel" from British Library uploaded February 2015
Maid of Lundie from Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts uploaded February 2015
British Library digitised image from page 111 of "The Scenery of the Dee, with pen and pencil. Illustrated by A. Gibb, further illustrated and described by J. M. H" from British Library uploaded March 2014
British Library digitised image from page 77 of "Our own country. Descriptive, historical, pictorial" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 23 of "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland ... New edition. Edited by F. H. Groome" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 230 of "The Tourist's Handy Guide to Scotland. With new charts and illustrations" from British Library uploaded November 2013
British Library digitised image from page 145 of "Edinburgh Past and Present, its associations and surroundings. Drawn with pen and pencil [By various artists. Edited by W. Ballingall.]" from British Library uploaded November 2013

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Jim Esson (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Joe said:
In 1908, "Ogden's Pugilists and Wrestlers (series 1) (England)" featured a Jim Esson on card #49. A card from the series was included as a premium with each packet of Ogden's Cigarettes. It's probably the same Jim Esson in this photo by London photographer Percy Luton. Edit, quoting an article by Willie Baxter titled "The Greatest Wrestler of the Century" (referring to Donald Dinnie, not to Esson), from the March, 2000 issue of the magazine Highland Gathering:
"Jimmy Esson from Aberdeen, was acclaimed as World Heavyweight Champion when he won the Lonsdale Challenge Cup and the National Sporting Club’s tournament in the Alhambra in London in 1908."
(You can find the article on the web with a Google search using terms- highland gathering baxter. For some reason it won't link here.) This 1908 event was "...the first legitimate international championship tournament in Catch-as-catch-can....", according to the author of this page at the website of the Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association.
mikescottnz said:
Great picture and history

[Castle Street and municipal buildings, Aberdeen, Scotland] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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Mando Maniac said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ANYTHING GOES SCOTLAND,VINTAGE PHOTOS,POSTCARDS,EPHEMERAetc..., and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Catch Me Now Photography said:
This is great
Hilarious Trade said:
Nice, these old images are fantastic. Not sure how the names have changed over the years, but to me this shows Union Street in the centre, and King Street to the right. The area in the foreground is known as Castlegate I think.
Scottish Hoosier said:
Detroit, Michigan?!???!!
Pamela Adam said:
hasn't changed much at all, there are no railings round the merkat cross now -- Seen in some comments. (?)

Private William E Alexander

from IWM Collections

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Paul Goodwin said:
Listed in the supplement to the Peoples Journal of 26 Sep 1925 'Our Glorious Dead'. His address is given as 23½ Skene Square. Born William Elrick Alexander to parents David and Jessie, his father was a saddler. William is shown as a telegraph messenger in the 1911 census.
Charlotte Czyzyk said:
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