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BP16 Letterbook 133

Letter from Fred Wilkins & Brother, Theatrical Furnishers

BP16 Letterbook 138

Letter from the United Irish League of Great Britain

BP16 Letterbook 142

Letter from Mike Joggy, The Marvellous Burmese Magician

BP16 Letterbook 143

Letter from Thos Nisbet, Office of Public Works, Glasgow City Chambers

BP16 Letterbook 148

Britannia Panopticon contract signed by Ida Campbell

BP16 Letterbook 151

Letter from Brough & MacLaren Solicitors

BP16 Letterbook 152

Letter from George Watson & Son, Manufacturing Stationers, Printers, & Bookbinders

BP16 Letterbook 153

Letter from the Register of Joint Stock Companies

BP16 Letterbook 153B

Back of letter from the Register of Joint Stock Companies

BP16 Letterbook 154

Letter from the Society of St Vincent De Paul

BP16 Letterbook 159

Letter from Mons. Diavolo the Fire Demon

BP16 Letterbook 164

Letter from Rotunda Skating Rink Limited

BP16 Letterbook 168

Letter from David Allen & Sons Ltd, Pictorial Placard Printers

BP16 Letterbook 169B

Back of letter from John Rankin with handwritten note

BP16 Letterbook 171B

Back of notice from Besson & Co Ltd with handwritten note

BP16 Letterbook 173

Letter from John Lewis / The Donaldson Lithograph Co

BP16 Letterbook 181

Letter from Consol Automatic Aerators Limited

BP16 Letterbook 185

Letter from A & A Crawford, Wholesale Whisky and Wine Merchants

BP16 Letterbook 191

Letter from the Glasgow Corporation Electricity Department

BP16 Letterbook 204

Letter from The Automobile Association and Motor Union

BP16 Letterbook 206

Letter from George Mason, Licensed Valuator & Business Agent

BP16 Letterbook 207

Letter from The Scottish Adhesive Company

BP16 Letterbook 208

Letter from The Scottish Adhesive Company

BP16 Letterbook 209

Letter from John Lewis/The Donaldson Lithograph Co

BP16 Letterbook 214

Postcard from John Horn Ltd, Commercial Printers, Lithographers & Stationers

BP16 Letterbook 214B

Postcard from John Horn Ltd, Commercial Printers, Lithographers & Stationers

BP16 Letterbook 215

Letter from The Variety Artistes Federation

BP16 Letterbook 215B

Letter from The Variety Artistes Federation

BP16 Letterbook 218

Letter from The Dangerfield Printing Company Limited

BP16 Letterbook 219

Telegram from the Uniform and Equipment Co

BP16 Letterbook 219B

Telegram from the Uniform and Equipment Co

BP16 Letterbook 220

Letter from David Allen & Sons Ltd, Pictorial Placard Printers

BP16 Letterbook 220A

Letter from A & A Crawford Wholesale Whisky & Wine Merchants

BP16 Letterbook 226

Letter from The Scottish Catholic Printing Company Limited

BP16 Letterbook 228

List of specifications from The Gaumont Co Ltd and handwritten notes

BP16 Letterbook 229

Credit note from John Walker & Sons Limited, and stamped by Gordon and Blair Ltd

BP16 Letterbook 230

Letter from Thomas Lawrie & Co, Decorators

BP16 Letterbook 230B

Letter from Thomas Lawrie & Co, Decorators

BP16 Letterbook 230C

Letter from Thomas Lawrie & Co, Decorators

BP16 Letterbook 230D

Letter from Thomas Lawrie & Co, Decorators

BP16 Letterbook 230E

Back of letter from Thomas Lawrie & Co, Decorators

BP16 Letterbook 231

Letter from Ebenezer Calder, Manufacturer of Venetian Wire, Gauze, Cloth Blinds and Outside Sunshades

BP16 Letterbook 232

Letter from Leslie Kirk, Building Contractor

BP16 Letterbook 234

Letter from David Allen & Sons Ltd, Pictorial Placard Printers

BP16 Letterbook 235

Letter from Fred Wilkins & Brother, Theatrical Furnishers

Catalogue of the Important Sale By Auction of All the Live Stock Forming The Scottish Zoo.

Two cover pages of auction catalogues (one blue, one orange) detailing the animals being sold at auction from The Scottish Zoo on New City Road, Glasgow. The catalogue cover states that the collection animals will be displayed during the auction,…

Tags: animals, auction catalogue, E.H Bostock, New City Road, The Scottish Zoo

Conditions of Sale/Catalogue.

The first page of the catalogue describes the conditions of sale for bidders purchasing animals in The Scottish Zoo auction. The conditions of sale are specific and require bidders to (among other things) agree to uplift the animals they buy by 5pm…

Tags: animals, auction catalogue, conditions of sale, E.H Bostock, The Scottish Zoo

Catalogue.

Continuation of the list of animals available for purchase at The Scottish Zoo auction. The diverse variety of animals on sale and the descriptions which accompany them are indicative of not only the ambitious nature of the zoo when it was in…

Tags: animals, auction catalogue, boxing, kangaroo, The Scottish Zoo

Catalogue.

Continuation of the list of animals available for purchase at The Scottish Zoo auction. Particularly notable is the mention of a female Chimpanzee who carries the following lofty description: One of the best animals ever seen in this country. Very…

Tags: animals, auction catalogue, chimpanzee, elephant, The Scottish Zoo

Catalogue.

Continuation of the list of animals available for purchase at The Scottish Zoo auction. Particularly notable is the mention of the Australian Gin Gin Bird, who, according to the catalogues author is one of the finest whistlers ever heard. This…

Tags: animals, auction catalogue, Australia, Gin Gin Bird, The Scottish Zoo, whistling, Yankee

Catalogue.

Last page of the list of animals available for purchase at The Scottish Zoo auction. As with the other pages of the catalogue there is a significant amount of scrawled handwriting which seems to pertain to the certain animals the writer wishes to…

Tags: alligator, animals, auction catalogue, lion, python, rat, The Scottish Zoo

The Scottish Zoo. Admission to Sale.

Ticket admitting the owner entry to the auction of the animals comprising The Scottish Zoo. The ticket states that a refund of the ticket price (2/6) will be given to those who purchase animals, perhaps an incentive designed to encourage bidding.

Tags: animals, auction, sale, The Scottish Zoo, ticket

Gorilla Catches Influenza and Succumbs.

Short article describing the brief life of Dick the Gorilla who, after being removed from Africa and brought to the Regents Park zoo in London by the African explorer Dr. Ansorge, found the new climate uninhabitable and died from influenza. The…

Tags: Dick the Gorilla, Dr. Ansorge, Gaboon, influenza, London, Regents Park, zoo

In A Serpents Coils.

Short article detailing a potentially fatal incident which occurred in the Bronx Zoo, whereupon a zoo keeper accidentally fell into the muscular grip of a boa constrictor snake. The article describes how 15 men were required to remove the man from…

Tags: boa constrictor, incident, the Bronx Zoo

The Rights of the Worker.

Cartoon of two baboons reading newspapers and an accompanying caption. The piece is entitled The Rights of the Worker and is presumably a satirical comment on the rights of the working classes to a fair share of the profits they help turn over for…

Tags: baboons, cartoon, humour, satire, Simian, the Evening Times, working classes

A Cargo of Alligators.

Short article from the Evening Citizen describing the voyage of the biggest consignment of live alligators ever shipped across the Atlantic. According to a wireless message received from the ship the animals were travelling on (the Minnetonka), all…

Tags: Alligators, Bostock, Earls Court, Minnetonka, ship, travel

The Parrots Egg.

A letter addressed to the editor of the Glasgow News describing how a pet parrot, who has been in the readers family for 30 years, marked the occasion of its birthday by laying a nice white egg. The sender of the letter believes that this may be some…

Tags: egg, Glasgow News Editor, Parrot, world record

Stone-Eating Elephant.

Short article detailing the peculiar case of an elephant who consumed vast quantities of stones, precisely 168 stones, weighing altogether 7lb. 13oz. The case was presented to the Zoological Society by Dr. A. Smith Woodward and the stones were found…

Tags: crocodiles, Dr. A. Smith Woodward, quartzite, Stone-eating elephant

Scottish Sea Serpent.

Drawing of 8 sailors presenting the rare oar-fish they caught, referring to the real-life capture of the fish which was caught near Dunbar. According to the pictures caption the fish measured 13 feet 10 inches in length. Judging from the drawing, the…

Tags: Dunbar, fishing, haul, oar-fish, rare fish, Sailor

The Missing Link.

Article from the Daily Record and Mail detailing the acquisition of a new female chimpanzee for The Scottish Zoo. The article describes how the chimpanzee is intended to fill the shoes of the late Wee Macgreegor, a beloved creature who the writer…

Tags: Bostock, chimpanzee, Congo, Darwin, Missing Link, monkeys, The Scottish Zoo, Wee Macgreegor

Le Lever De Consul.

Collection of photographs depicting the morning routine of Consul the wonderfully trained monkey, an attraction of Bostocks Jungle at the Earls Court Exhibition. The text at the bottom of the collection indicates what each photograph represents, for…

Tags: Bostocks Jungle, Consul, Earls Court Exhibition, monkey, The Sketch

Fate of the Zoo.

Short article detailing Councillor Bostocks decision to close The Scottish Zoo and Hippodrome on New City Road, Glasgow, in order to make way for a brand new skating rink. According to the author the sport was apparently all the rage at the time and,…

Tags: Councillor Bostock, demolition, hippodrome, New City Road, skating rink, The Scottish Zoo

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