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Official site of the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Exploring the history of the modern world through unique archives.
go.warwick.ac.uk/mrc

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Inspiration from the archives. Medals optional. Dramatic pose recommended.

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P is for Pooches which we celebrate on Here we have Trotsky, sporting some fabulous knitwear, with his beloved mutt. No we don't know their name. (ref https://t.co/m9nBS4FH7X)

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And as it's we thought we'd share some of the lighter side of the archive including these glorious racing cats

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For today's '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

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day 2! Our 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

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"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

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? Every day is Punday in the depths of our cycling archives

Some subtle-as-a-brick samples from the Cyclists' Touring Club's collection

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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)

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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)

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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

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