1969 – Fire photos
One day after fire Firemen carry out mopping up operations after the spectacular blaze which destroyed half the buildings of Aberdeen Combworks in Hutcheon Street in April 1969.
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02, 2017
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02, 2017
1961 Fire photo
Here firemen tackle the blaze which badly damaged the works in September 1961
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10, 2015
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09, 2015
1951 Aberdeen Combworks Handbook Extract
The Aberdeen Combworks Company Limited is the oldest comb making firm in Great Britain, having been in existence over 140 years. The basic material for combs in use at that time was horn, and skilled craftsmen still fashion articles in horn today, although the supply of that material is rapidly diminishing. As other articles were [...]
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11, 2014
Advice on Stocking a Fancy Goods Showroom
No trader who knows his business needs instructions in the fact that his fancy-goods department provides of the the readiest turn-overs in his business. It is in this department that the buyer sees "something which catches her eye". In it, too, she very frequently has to find those personal and toilet goods which she needs [...]