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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Photographs of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Park Keepers</titleproper>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives</publisher>
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          <addressline>Library,<lb/>Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,<lb/>20a Inverleith Row</addressline>
          <addressline>Edinburgh</addressline>
          <addressline>EH3 5LR</addressline>
          <addressline>Telephone: 0131 2481036</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: lpaterson@rbge.org.uk</addressline>
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        <date normal="2026-04-30" encodinganalog="date">2026-04-30</date>
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        <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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      <container type="box">Photograph Collections Box 1</container>
      <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">Photographs of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Park Keepers</unittitle>
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      <unitdate normal="1935/1935" encodinganalog="3.1.3">1935</unitdate>
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        <extent>3 photographs and a biography of George Tait; 0.5cm</extent>
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          <addressline>Library,<lb/>Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh,<lb/>20a Inverleith Row</addressline>
          <addressline>Edinburgh</addressline>
          <addressline>EH3 5LR</addressline>
          <addressline>Telephone: 0131 2481036</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: lpaterson@rbge.org.uk</addressline>
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        <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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      <p>Three photographs of Park Keepers at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh featuring George Tait, donated by his family in 2026.<lb/>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.<lb/>/1 - 'Granddad Tait Britanical Gdns' - photograph of George Tait at West Gate Lodge(?)<lb/>/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.<lb/>/3 - 'Granddad Tait, Gatehouse, Botanic Gardens'; photograph showing three Park Keepers at a gate box; George Tait in the centre.<lb/>A biography of George Tait was provided by his family; kept with accession records.</p>
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      <subject>Constabulary</subject>
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      <p>Donation from the family of George Tait</p>
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      <p>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/</p>
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