Civic Governance and Services
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 2,000 items related to civic governance in Glasgow which date from between 1650 and 2002. This collection includes a diverse range of items including sculpture, paintings, drawings, prints and photographs, plaques, police and fire brigade equipment. It also contains civic chains of office, medals and badges, books, plans, newsletters, postcards and leaflets. In addition there are uniforms and helmets, wash house signs, tickets and ticket machines, passports, burgh ephemera including swords and coats of arms for Glasgow and incorporated burghs and villages, weights and measures, stained glass and architectural fragments. It also includes bottled water from the Clyde dating from 1893 and the 1990s. These items represent the surrounding villages and burghs of Glasgow prior to being part of the Greater Glasgow local authority. These areas include such Anderston, Calton, Gorbals, Govan, Govanhill, Hillhead, Kinning Park, Maryhill, Partick and Pollokshaws. As well as regalia and images of Lord Provosts, bailies and councillors, the material culture reflects civic provision of a wide range of public services, a field in which Glasgow developed a global reputation for innovation in the late 1800s. Such services included the police service, fire brigade, trading standards, water supply and sewerage, housing, baths and washhouses, museums, galleries and parks, halls, electricity and gas supply, and transport and telephone networks.
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