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Pioneering Paddle Steamers
The Caird Library's display case has a new display featuring items which tell the story of early steam vessels.
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Saving a colourful past
Cleaning and consolidation of a 19th century mask from Vanuatu, Melanesia
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A journal by the first female Navigating Cadet in the Merchant Navy
This item of the month is a 1970s journal kept by the merchant navy's first female navigating cadet, 18 year old Nina Baker on board British Petroleum (BP) Tanker Vessel British Willow. Nina's journal influenced me to explore women's developing role in the merchant navy during the second half of the 20th Century and beyond.
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August’s Item of the month: Captain George Peacock: naval officer, inventor...and more
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July's Item of the Month: The WW1 journal and photographs of Commander Geoffrey Middleton Randall Rayne
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May's item of the month- stories from the 1915 Crew List project
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July's Item of the Month
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June's Item of the Month
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May's Item of the Month: Guiding Lights