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ALT National Library of Scotland logo
ALT A teddy bear wearing a 'Princh' branded t-shirt sits on a chair with a baby blue National Library of Scotland totebag on one shoulder, and a Danish flag by the other.
ALT screenshot of Georeferenced maps viewer from National Library of Scotland
ALT GL campaign welcomes new partners text, logos - glc, conul, national librar of scotland, rluk. Image background is of an empty office
ALT Two people stand in front of a wall-sized map of Europe from the Renaissance period. They are facing away from the camera, appearing to ponder the wall.
ALT A National Library of Scotland tote bag in Edinburgh's Botanic gardens.
ALT Town plan of St Andrews by John Geddy 1580. S. Andre sive Andreapolis Scotiae Universitas Metropolitana.
ALT A student from Tynecastle High School looking at the Gutenberg Bible on display in the Library's 'Treasures' exhibition.
ALT The appendix of John Reid's 'The Scots Gard'ner', published in Edinburgh by David Lindsay in 1683.
ALT John Logie Baird sits in a suit in front of his television system, which was first successful in transmitting moving images in 1925. Credit: Royal Television Society
ALT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh from the side. Murrayfield opened in March 1925, with a Scotland vs England rugby match that Scotland won. Credit: Edinburgh Tourist
ALT 'Sangschaw' by Hugh McDiarmid, a Scottish poet and journalist whose work was influential in a resurgence in Scots writing. Credit: Harrington Books
ALT 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in 1925. On the first edition cover, there is a dark blue sky with crying eyes and lips over a bright city street. Credit: Chatto & Windus
ALT The August 1959 issue of 'Scottish Field' magazine featuring the Edinburgh International Festival on the cover.