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      Postcard to Rev. R.B. Layton, 13 Derby Terrace, Sauciehall St., Glasgow, Scotland, mailed from Liverpool, England.

      Bowdon is mentioned in William the Conquerer's Domesday Book (1086), citing the existence of a church and a mill. Bowdon is in Cheshire, England, now part of Greater Manchester.

      The American icon Uncle Sam was based on Samuel Wilson, a businessman from Troy, New York. During the War of 1812 he supplied the army with beef in barrels labeled "U.S." (for "United States") but it was jokingly said that the letters stood for "Uncle Sam." Soon, "Uncle Sam" was …

      St. Giles, founded in 1120s as a Catholic church, is basically a 15th century Gothic structure with many alterations. The leader of the Scottish Reformation, John Knox (1505-1572), served as minister from 1559-1572. St. Giles is the Mother Church of Presbyterianism.

      Three miles east of Dunblane, at Sheriffmuir is the "Gathering Stone." It was here in 1715 that the powerful Duke of Argyll is said to have watched the opposing Jacobite army gather.

      Cambuskenneth Abbey was an Augustinian monastery, near Stirling, Scotland, that lies in ruins. Nearby is the tomb of King James III, who was buried in 1488.

      Stirling Castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries.

      The Stirling beheading stone is thought to have been used for capital punishments in the 15th Century and was probably used in the executions of various important figures.

      The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.

      The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland. Founded as a monastery by David I, King of Scots in 1128, it has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 15th century. The Palace stands …

      By the use of galleries, and a dividing wall, two separate congregations could, at the same hour, be accommodated, with seating sufficient for 2,000 worshippers. Church of the Holy Rude (Holy Cross).

      Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) was King of the Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. He became one of Scotland’s greatest kings and warriors, leading Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence against the Kingdom of England.

      Reverse: "River very winding, 5 miles to Alloa by air, 21 by river, very fertile valley. [note written by Rev. R.B. Layton]"...

      Prominently situated on a hill above the Glasgow Cathedral (also known as the Cathedral of St. Mungo), the Glasgow Necropolis is the final resting place for at least fifty thousand people who have been buried in approximately 3,500 tombs. The Necropolis, established in 1831 by the Merchants' House of Glasgow, …

      Unpublished stereoview labeled MARLOTTS Oakville, of a two-masted yacht possibly sailing in Lake Ontario, off Oakville. There is a uniformed crew forward and at the helm, with a man in a jacket and tie standing near the stern.

      Unpublished stereoview of a small, unnamed sloop just off Oakville. The one of four-man crew is holding a line to a small boat with a fifth person, which may have just towed them out of the harbour.

      Unpublished stereoview of a group of canoes on Sixteen Mile Creek in a 1908 event. The evidence of the right panel, with one of the men in the canoe standing upright suggests that it is a pair with another stereoview of the canoe tipping contest. Three or four other canoes …

      Unpublished stereoview of a canoe tipping contest on Sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville. A pair of two man canoes are on the creek. One crew member holds a canoe paddle, the second a long pole with what appears to be a boxing glove tied to the end. The near canoe …

      Unpublished stereoview of a swimming race in Sixteen Mile Creek, with the two swimmers paced by three canoes.

      Unpublished stereoviews of the final leg of a canoe race on Sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville in 1908. A crowd of onlookers watch from the shore, both at water level and from a balcony. This appears to be a coed, four person race with two women paddling in the bow.