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  <dc:title>Photographs of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Park Keepers</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>Constabulary</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>Three photographs of Park Keepers at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh featuring George Tait, donated by his family in 2026.
George Tait (1872-1950) was a Park Keeper at RBGE between 1911 and Dec.1936; he served in the Boer War and WW1; Royal Scots / 1st Gordon Highlanders.
/1 - 'Granddad Tait Britanical Gdns' - photograph of George Tait at West Gate Lodge(?)
/2 - Park Keepers, Royal Botanic Gdns, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1935, G.Tait; photograph showing seven Park Keepers at RBGE in 1935; presumably George Tait (front, right) and his colleagues, Sgt John M. Lugton, Arthur W. Hudson, Douglas Hunter, James D. Kerr, Robert M. MacLeish and Henry M. Smith.
/3 - 'Granddad Tait, Gatehouse, Botanic Gardens'; photograph showing three Park Keepers at a gate box; George Tait in the centre.
A biography of George Tait was provided by his family; kept with accession records.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1935</dc:date>
  <dc:format>3 photographs and a biography of George Tait; 0.5cm</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>https://atom-2.rbge.org.uk/photographs-of-royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-park-keepers</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>TAI</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language xsi:type="dcterms:ISO639-3">eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>https://atom-2.rbge.org.uk/royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-2</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/</dc:rights>
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