Elephants and trains together; 🐘🚂 CIÉ's "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime" slogan @ Kingsbridge (Heuston), Dublin, 1961. #ExploreYourArchive #EYAAnimals #irishrailarchives

Engraving of a perky looking dog with a plaque around his neck. A small orphan in a dress and slightly odd looking headband is shown pointing at him. The caption reads "Help, The Orphan's Friend".

Newspaper cutting: "Death of Dog "Help". Mr. J. Climpson, the trainer of the well-known canine collector for the Orphan Fund of the A.S.R.S., informs us that "Help" is no more, having died at Newhaven, Sussex, where he has spent his time since he has been on the retired list. This animal, some years ago, was without doubt the best known dog in the United Kingdom, and he was a welcome visitor in the homes of both the humble and the great. "Help", with his trainer, was a familiar feature of the tidal train from London Bridge to Newhaven, and on two occasions crossed the Channel. Few passengers on the London and Brighton were unacquainted with the dog and his mission. ... It is estimated that "Help" was instrumental in obtaining upwards of £1,000 for the Orphan Fund. The amount collection, of course, varied from the copper of the workman to the gold of the well to do. At the Bristol Dog Show, in 1884, "Help" was presented with a silver medal, and ten guineas were realised as a result of his visit. In the same year Mr. F.W. Hughes, of the Gresham Club, presented him with a silver collar and tablet, and he constantly met with tokens of the esteem in which he and the cause were held by the public. Though "Help" had not been on active duty for nearly two years at the time of his death, he still assisted the Orphan Fund, as several gentlemen continued their subscriptions to that fund marked, "For Dog 'Help.'" As the cause remains - and with considerably increased obligations - for which he travelled, it rests with our friends to make up for his loss by increased efforts."

We hit Peak Victorian with 'Help' the dog, shown here in 1888 with a pointing orphan

'Help' was a popular fundraiser for the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants Orphan Fund. His fame & good work meant that he was honoured with a touching obituary in 'The Railway Review' in 1891 #EYAAnimals

Authorisation for revision of a traffic sign 'Small Animals Likely to be in the road ahead', Department for Transport (DfT), document certified 14 December 2023, archived version dated 22 January 2024: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/202401... #EYAAnimals #Exploreyourarchive #Hedgehog

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In 1959 The Salvation Army published Bramwell Darbyshire's book 'Woodland Citadel', which imaged a Salvation Army corps populated by animals (like the Little Grey Rabbit books). Here we find Colonel Swallow, Commissioner Bullfrog and Sly Fox- drawn by James Moss.

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Vintage poster for Bostock Hippodrome with illustrations of an array of animals under a domed theatre building.

Newspaper cutting with the headline The New Sensation at the Hippodrome: How the elephants came down the slide

Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAAnimals

In the Victorian era, hippodromes and circuses were popular entertainment with buildings built to host animal acts

Here is a poster for a hippodrome and a fascinating article about London Hippodrome's elephant slide 🐘

The cover of the book "bran agus a dhaideo" by Eric Hill, a cartoon puppy sits on top of a cartoon older dog's back on a green background.

The cover of the book "bran agus a mhamó" by Eric Hill, a cartoon puppy cuddles a cartoon older dog on a red background

Today's #ExploreYourArchive is Animals! We love Bran. Here's Bran agus a Mhamó & Bran agus a Dhaideo from our CICE collection. 📚🗃️

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Oliver Goldsmith. Pictorial History of the Earth and animated nature (1776), Eamon de Buitléar (Bird Beak and Claw)
Though published two centuries apart these books reflect the fascination of Irish authors with the natural world.

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Lá 9: #CuardaighDoChartlann
…bhí an oiread grá ag de hÍde do na gadhar Uachtaránachta seo. Roinnt cait le feiscint freisin! 2/2

calmview.co.uk/NUIG/CalmVie...
#EYAAinmhithe #EYAAnimals @araireland.bsky.social

Lá 9: #CuardaighDoChartlann

Déanann an t-albam grianghraf seo cur síos ar shaol 7 ar aimsir an phobail a bhí ag céad uachtarán na hÉireann, Dubhghlas de hÍde.Tógadh an pictúir seo ag Páirc an Fhrinsigh,Co. Ros Comáin.1/2
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A black and white photo of a group of actors (two male at the back and three female at the front) surrounding a small black kitten. The two female actors in the middle of the photo are holding the kitten.

An adorable archive find for #EYAAnimals day of #ExploreYourArchive !

We love this photo from the Bristol Unity Players' Club collection featuring the cast of On Guard For Spain (written by Jack Lindsay) enjoying the company of a cute feline friend 😻

[ mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/BUP ]

Letter from Princess Grace of Monaco to Eamon de Valera thanking him for the pony, Babbling Brook, which he sent her daughter Caroline.

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For #EYAAnimals here is an image of a price list for Horse & Cattle Medicines along with their Uses & Doses which were sold by Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists (1897-1998) @araireland.bsky.social #histmed #historyofpharmacy #explorearchives

We love finding animals in the archives!

(With the exception of rodents, and insects like moths, silverfish and woolly bears, which can cause major damage to collections! 😱)

Here are some of our favourite animals from the archives!

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Black and white photo of a young boy wearing a cardigan, shorts and wellies. He is standing in a field, with a calf next to him, which he is petting.

For today's Explore Your Archive theme we have this sweet photo of young John Alan Thickett and his calf in the early 1950s. It was taken on Poplars Farm in Newton Solney.

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An extract from an old handwritten book, a modernised version of which reads ‘…but it happened the river proved deeper than we expected it. and I kept up my horse as well as I could from standly and so bore up a long time but, when we were gone so far that I could not turn back, the river proved past riding and the bottom could not be come to by the poor mare (which was an excellent mare of my poor brother George Wandesford's). So, I saw myself in such apparent danger and begged of God to assist me and the poor beast I rid on, and to be merciful to me and deliver me out of that death for Jesus Christ…’

In summer 1644, teenaged Alice was saved from drowning in a river by her brother’s horse: ‘the poor mare drew up her fore feet and perceived she did swim ... and ... brought me over that river in safety.’ #EYAAnimals #EarlyModern 🗃️ 📜
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Another story, from the same edition of the London Log recounts the admission of 'Mr Fred Fish and the treatment he received during his stay in hospital

#EYAAnimals #Fish

A black and white print article which documents the transporter's decision to go to the London to save some fish he was transporting to Woodford and the treatment that the fish received from hospital staff [RLHLH/A/27/3/20].

One of our favourite animal stories we found in the archives this year is taken from the July 1972 edition of the London Log (London Hospital magazine). When a person transporting fish saw the bags had split he dashed to the London and sought assistance for the piscine-patients!

#EYAAnimals #Fish

Paws helping out a cause! Bang the dog was the best fundraiser for Salisbury Infirmary collecting £16 11s 3d in 1888 #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive
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Horse and foal by her side in a field with trees and a mountain in the background

Cow with a first prize label being held by a herdsman and a shed in the background

Presentation slide with a photo of Mr Alfred Beech and some text

The hospital pigs! A sow and several pigglets with the hospital fence in the background

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Some of the Whitchurch Hospital farm animals… thanks to the Beech family for 📷
Mr Alfred Beech was the hospital farmer from 1926 (last photo)

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Lá 9 #CuardaighDoChartlann
Roinn na míreanna cartlainne is fearr leat a bhaineann le téama an lae inniu -
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Sketch of a penguin standing on a rock in the sea and using bow and arrows to shoot at a creature that looks like a sea horse.

As it's #EYAAnimals day, I can't resist sharing this marvellous sketch of a very intrepid penguin. It's a doodle on WWII track chart of part of the Arctic, so the penguin was a very long way from home. [The National Archives: MR 1/1007, no 12] #ExploreYourArchive

Do other libraries keep Biography files for cats?!! Ours for Tetley, late of Walthamstow village, includes a souvenir of his attendance at a Vestry House citizenship ceremony in 2007. #ExploreYourArchive #EYAAnimals

Entry reading "DISMISSAL.-D. [Division] P.C.190, Lee, inside a cow shed, and milking a cow, when on duty ; pay to 22nd ; 3rd report".

Often the most entertaining part of #PoliceOrders (the Victorian version of intranet updates) is the entry on dismissals ... #animals #EYAanimals #ExploreYourArchive

Two small plastic toy penguins on a framed painting depicting penguins on an ice float, by Edward Wilson

Two small plastic toy penguins on some old-looking books on a shelf

Two small plastic toy penguins on a book open on instructions on preserving birds: 'Some birds are too large to be preserved whole, therefore it becomes necessary to observe their external appearances before the parts are separated'

Two small plastic toy penguins on a picture frame looking at a photograph of a penguin

We know, we know, we're getting ahead of ourselves again, but...

These little penguins have been exploring the archives. Look at all the other penguins! Things took a sinister turn however when they came across a book instructing on the preservation of birds 🤯

#EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive