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Credit: Peter Chin

Malik Al Nasir

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Credit: Bradley Ormesher

Malik Al Nasir

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This is the first time the team wore the ‘Rosebery’ colours of primrose and pink hoops (the horse racing colours of Lord Rosebery). Watson was selected as captain and is pictured sitting in the middle of the group. 

Credit: Scottish Football Museum

Scotland 6-1 victory against England, the Oval, London, 1881. Watson captain (centre).

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This is the first time the team were given caps and they are proudly wearing them in the picture. They are wearing blue and white hooped shirts. 

Credit: Scottish Football Museum.

Scotland 5-1 victory against England at 1st Hampden Park, 1882

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Credit: Scottish Football Museum.

Watson with Scotland,1881 international match against Wales

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Andrew Watson from the ‘Scottish Athletic Celebrities Album’, 1886

Andrew Watson

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The Wick Kinora Reels are the oldest surviving moving images of Wick, dating approximately 1897-1910.

KINORA REELS STILL 3

The Wick Kinora Reels are the oldest surviving moving images of Wick, dating approximately 1897-1910.

KINORA REELS STILL 2

The Wick Kinora Reels are the oldest surviving moving images of Wick, dating approximately 1897-1910.

KINORA REELS STILL 1

Unknown photographer
Packing Herrings at Aberdeen,  Ca. 1920
Gelatin silver print
Collection: National Library of Scotland, MacKinnon Collection, acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland with assistance from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Scottish Government and Art Fund

Packing Herrings at Aberdeen

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Fish wife with net , 1890s 
Albumen print 
Collection: National Library of Scotland, MacKinnon Collection, acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland with assistance from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Scottish Government and Art Fund

Fish wife with net

George Washington Wilson 
A Group, St Kilda, 1870s
Albumen print
Collection: National Library of Scotland, MacKinnon Collection, acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland with assistance from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Scottish Government and Art Fund

A Group, St Kilda

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