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B/W newspaper clipping which has been glued onto cardboard. Picture shows a group of men in the street outside "McVitty & Co. Produce Merchants and Timber Yards". A typed caption has been pasted onto top of photograph:- "Established in 1877 Mr. McVitty from 1860 till 1877 was engaged as a mining manager in the Smythesdale district. On April 26th 1896 a fire destroyed the engine house. The building was re - erected and at the death of Mr. McVitty the business was purchased by J. Brown and Sons which firm still is in business (1953) photo 1901".