100 objects by date
The RBS History 100 tells the stories of specific events, changes and actions in our history. You can also follow an overview of the RBS story through time.
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1780-1820
2. Business rules, 1792
13. Customer ledger, 1791
22. Glasgow branch daybook, 1783
23. Bank founder's portrait, c.1810
24. Royal Bank rules, 1819
25. Passbook, 1817-23
26. Pocket coin scales, c.1820
41. Spike file, 1781
52. Chinese wallpaper, c.1793
73. Blunderbuss, 1781
74. Directors' minutes, 1793
81. Box for Volunteer papers, 1802
82. Raeburn portrait, 1809
1820-1860
1860-1890
16. Decorative glass, 1865
17. Apprentices's application, 1873
28. Annual reports, 1864-1935
43. Clerk's armrest, 19th century
53. Garibaldi letter of credit, 1860
54. Florence Nightingale letter, 1872
55. Loan certificate, 1880
64. Head office floor tile, 1861
75. Oliver Heywood's diary, 1866
92. Lettre d'indication, 1860s
93. Photo of Fanny Hopkins, c.1870
1890-1920
4. Model of a head office bank vault, c.1900
5. Photograph of Catford branch, 1908
18. Letter from Manchester Ship Canal Company, 1891
36. Branch sign, c.1909
44: Royal Bank Magazine, 1895
45: Montage photograph, 1899
46: Field service postcard, 1918
56: Bank dinner photograph, 1905
57: War loan poster, 1919
76: Notice to branches, 1914
77: Tank lapel flag, 1917
84: Bank holiday notice, 1896
85: Jackanapes, c.1910
86: Book of poetry, 1920
1920-1950
6. Home safe, 1920s
37. Acquisition letter, 1924
47. Typewriter, 1925
48. Exam papers, 1929
49. Marriage ban memo, 1932
58. Overseas business advert, c.1923
59. Foreign delegate telegram, 1931
65. Company history, 1928
78. Manager's spectacles, 1922
79. A Day at Lothbury, 1940
87. Retirement testimonial, 1923
88. Letter from a star runner, 1928
89. Disaster donations, 1897-1932
94. Dolls' house passbook, 1926
95. Advertising leaflet, 1929
96. Night safe wallet, c.1934
97. Cheque completion guide, 1938
1950-1980
7. Cash dispensing machine card, 1969
8. Credit card advert, 1972
19. 'A Diabolical Liberty', 1967
29. Ashes of the A's and U's, 1965
30. Perkins Brailler, 1976
38. Clock, 1961
60. Konkani-English leaflet, 1950s
66. Bank manager's hat, 1950s
67. Cinema advert, 1961
68. £5 note, 1966
69. Brand mark brooch, 1970
98. Saving stamps, 1967
99. Mobile bank film, 1979