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Item of the Month for August on our website is the printed bookmark - an enduring accessory for the bibliophile as it is transferable from book to book.
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Mid-nineteenth century engraving of narwhal hunting. #Ephemera #WorldOceansDay
An engaging photographic study on this carte de visite by William K Munro of 58 Pitt Street, Edinburgh.
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For today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar the theme is #Family. Christmas was a time for families to be reunited and to enjoy themselves to the full, besides the yule log’s Christmas glow. A beautiful example of colour printing by chromolithography.
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For today's #ArchiveAdventCalendar the theme is #Candles. Uninvited guests arrive for Christmas? These little mice have found their winter quarters, who knew they were attracted to candles?
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The Lord Mayor’s Show 13 November 2021:
Detail from a Victorian sheet of the Military Procession of the Lord Mayor’s Show. From G. Ingram’s Cardboard Models, Old Street, St Luke’s E.C.
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#Feathursday: Do you have trouble in keeping your birds well and singing during cold weather? Try English Song Restorer for loss of voice, asthma and all diseases of birds. US advertising trade card 1882.
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This very attractive Victorian scrap is to celebrate the first autumn cyclamens coming into flower on this dull #BankHolidayMonday.
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