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Inspiration from the archives. Medals optional. Dramatic pose recommended. #archives #movember2020 #Movember
P is for Pooches which we celebrate on #InternationalDogDay Here we have Trotsky, sporting some fabulous knitwear, with his beloved mutt. No we don't know their name. (ref https://t.co/m9nBS4FH7X) #ArchiveZ
And as it's #WorldBicycleDay #WorldBicycleDay2020 we thought we'd share some of the lighter side of the archive including these glorious racing cats #CatsOfTwitter
For today's #ArchiveZ 'B' is for Brassworkers & Button-makers
Two trades which emerged from the Midlands metal industry feature in our digitised archives on the 'Sweated Trades' - find out more about the workers, their wages & conditions @ https://t.co/WHnY9j8Vs2 #MRCTradeBoards
#Archive30 day 2! Our #FavouriteItem changes daily (sometimes hourly), but the current fave is this interloper's eye view of Bermondsey boxmakers in 1909 (complete with ranks of glaring women solderers)
You can find out more about the image at https://t.co/OECL2PheWE
"Do you ever shop-crawl?"
Managing shortages & rationing - government publicity from 1940/1, discouraging stockpiling & calling for "Fair Shares" to prevent those "without so much leisure as yourself" from going without
From our digitised resources at https://t.co/KYpk6O4nrf
#UKPunDay ? Every day is Punday in the depths of our cycling archives
Some subtle-as-a-brick samples from the Cyclists' Touring Club's collection
Because nothing says 'festive' like a loincloth-clad academic gorilla painting a post-apocalyptic London through an arch decorated with bike-riding ancient Egyptians
The traditional Victorian Christmas as seen in the 1888/9 'Xmas No.' of 'Cyclist' (https://t.co/uC7ZJulZfq)
@OSaumarezSmith The Brewers' Society archive contains a whole series of proof & draft artworks for beer-based advertising campaigns between 1930s-1960s...
(catalogue at https://t.co/DlixqhT0Xn) (3/4)
#OTD 1945 Paul Robeson, actor & singer, wins the Spingarn Medal (which recognizes the achievements of African Americans). Image below is from the archive of the Bristol Unity Players (MSS.212/L/3/1). https://t.co/MQ7DbwJlPP #musichistory #actinghistory @TheRSC @TheatreWarwick