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Royal visit decoration, Nethergate, Dundee - Ref: WC1664
Photograph from Alexander Wilson Collection. View of the Nethergate looking west
Lots of decorations and bunting on viewWith crowds of people thronging the streets. J B Hurrie Millinery & Clothing Shop in the picture. Many of the ladies appear to beWearing straw boaters.
Notice in Dundee Advertiser 16/8/1899. "Lord Provost H McGrady and Town Clerk Thos Thornton have declared a Public Holiday on Saturday 26 August 1899 for the Royal visit to open the Victoria Hospital for Incurables and unveil the statue of Queen Victoria"