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Accession Number: 
10469
Object type: 
photograph
Civic reception: Accession No. 10469

This photograph was taken on the occasion of a Civic Reception at North Berwick in 1946. The reception was for Rear Admiral AEMB Cunninghame-Graham and the captain of HMS Birmingham which was lying off the town.

This is a black and white photograph by GW Day of North Berwick. It is printed on paper and shows robed councillors and Royal Navy Officers in front of and on a set of steps beside a building.

In the years after World War II, most of East Lothian's towns hosted formal events for elements of the armed forces.
 

Description

Accession Number: 
10469
Object type: 
photograph

Description

b & w on paper mounted on cream card, shows councillors, officials and a rear-admiral at the foot of NB Town House steps, typed label on the back, see below

Material: 
pa
Number of objects: 
1
Height (cm): 
25.10
Width (cm): 
20.20
Date - earliest/single: 
19/07/1946 - 01

Associated

Accession Number: 
10469
Object type: 
photograph
Object production place: 
Associated date text: 
19/07/1946
Associated place: 
North Berwick * Town House

Media

Accession Number: 
10469
Object type: 
photograph
Object has been photographed/scanned: 
Yes
Civic reception: Accession No. 10469
Image on SCRAN: 
Yes
SCRAN Link: 
Link To SCRAN Record