#Whatisitwednesday? This fantastic artefact is actually a piece of trench art – a lampshade made from a #WW1 German shell. It was made in Mesopotamia in 1918 and was brought back as a souvenir to the UK by a soldier of the South Wales Borderers.
#trenchart #collection #museum #history
This is a driver-side view of of the 1957 Aurora, a one-off prototype by Juliana Custom Cars, Inc., Branford, CT USA. The gull-wing side windows and bulbous front winshield design were to be safety features for the cars of the future. The windshield shape was to minimize head injuries of front seat occupants in a collison. The fiberglass body paint is metalic gray. Exterior door pillars are trimmed in ribbed chrome (or possibly aluminum). Dashboard, interior pillars, and horizontal door cushions are trimmed in a mottled of gray and white horizontally streaked fabric. The futuristic wrap-around swivel bucket seats are stitched in padded vertical ribs of white vinyl that matches the padded interior side walls. Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, TN USA. # # #
#WhatIsItWednesday #WeirdWednesday #WindowsonWednesday #humpday #OriginalContent #photography #antiqueauto #experimental #prototype #samsung #S23Ultra 📱📷
#WhatIsItWednesday? Your guess is as good as ours! This pic of three of the 2nd Bn, South Wales Borderers, definitely poses more questions than it answers! No idea what’s going on but we do know that RSM Sydney Bean is on the right and that Bandmaster Fenner is astride the lion. Taken in 1914. #WW1
#WhatIsItWednesday? Here we have a 1935 pattern Luftwaffe steel helmet with national decal and eagle and swastika emblems on it. It was found in Sicily by a soldier of the Welch Regiment in 1943.
#WW2 #ItalianCampaign #souvenir #museum #collection #history #uniform #collectioncloseup
#WhatIsItWednesday? This is a Pegasus car bonnet mascot, which was fixed to the front of the jeep used by Lt Col C. H. Bowker. Lt Col Bowker commanded the 5th Battalion, Welch Regiment, during the campaign in northwest Europe, 1944/45.
#WW2 #SecondWorldWar #army #liberators #lestweforget #armylife
#WhatIsItWednesday – here's an unusually framed memorial plaque or death penny. Sent to the families of those who died during #WW1, this one commemorates Pte Gwilym Lewis, 5th Bn, SWB, who died on the 26th October 1917, during the third Battle of Ypres. #lestweforget
#WhatIsItWednesday this unusual artefact is a Zulu boy shield brought back from Africa as a souvenir by C/Sgt Bourne, 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment. C/Sgt Bourne was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his part in the Defence of Rorke’s Drift, 1879.
AngloZuluWar #souvenir #Zulu #history
#WhatIsItWednesday? This large, unusual and rather beautiful artefact from our collection is a #Victorian carriage rug. It was made by Private Amni Lathrope, 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment, whilst stationed out in India between 1857-1859. The rug is made from pieces of uniform.
#craft #armylife
#WhatIsItWednesday – this odd-looking artefact is a bible bound with wood to protect it while crossing the Orange River in South Africa! The bible belonged to Private Fred Walby who served with the South Wales Borderers during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).
#armylife #bible #BoerWar #Victorian
A mystery object with a pencil alongside for scale
A mystery object
This week ‘The Museum of Everyday Life’ are going all out with #WhatIsItWednesday
If you think you know what it is head over to Instagram and let them know your suggestion.
Close up of a Braille notepad and the punch intended to leave indentations on the pad.
A Braille notepad.
Hallelujah!
I was victorious this week in the #WhatIsItWednesday challenge set by the Museum of Everyday Life on Instagram.
It was a Braille notepad.
This makes up for crashing out of today’s #Wordle though I’m sure my nerd knowledge will be found lacking next week. In the meantime happy me!
#WhatIsItWednesday? A fan makes for an unusual object in a regimental collection but here we have one taken from a Japanese staff car after an attack by the 6th Bn, Welch Regiment, in 1944. The battalion ambushed a colony of Japanese vehicles on the road from Maymo to Mandalay in Burma during #WW2.
The ‘Museum of Everyday Life’ has posted another mystery object for #WhatIsItWednesday
If you have any suggestions or you can identify it, head over to their Instagram account.
It’s a regular nerd-fest. 🤓
The first commenter to correctly identify what this new item is gets a cool metallic mandala sticker. 🌋🌿🏆
(Online and in our park stores soon!) 😃🛍️
#whatisthis #whatisitwednesday #coolnewstuff #hotnewarrival
Reflecting on this picture, for #WhatIsItWednesday, can you guess what year the DU Ski Team was founded or the first year of competition for the Varsity Ski Team?
Pictured (L-R): team captain Art Kidder, Jr., Ross Davis, Jim Patterson, Coach Gordon Wren, Ralph Ball, and Jerry Hiatt.
This incredible sea creature shares some surprising similarities with us. 🧑🤝🧑🔍 #WhatIsItWednesday #MarineBiology #Invertebrates #diginverts
#WhatIsItWednesday – this artefact, dating from #WW1, is a cigarette case carried in the breast pocket by Lance Cpl “Lottie” Collins of the 2nd Bn, Welsh Reg. It saved his life when he was wounded by rifle fire during the Battle of the Aisne, September 1914. #collection #history #museum
For #FamilyHistory this week we were looking at some items my mum found at the bottom of my dad’s wardrobe, including this - #whatisitwednesday? #OnePlaceWednesday
Some of us might know that Warren lived in Hermosa Beach, California, Sun Valley, Idaho, and Orcas Island, Washington. But for #WhatIsItWednesday, we wanted to know what Colorado ski town Warren Miller lived in. Can you guess?
Answer revealed tomorrow in the comments here.
#WhatIsItWednesday? Here we have a piece of trench art, created during the First World War. A brass paper knife with bullet handle and inscribed “Cambrai 1917”, brought back from France as a souvenir by a soldier of the Welsh Regiment.
#WW1 #FirstWorldWar #souvenir #trenchart #WarArt #history
Take a guess! What is this object from the #OSVMuseumCollection?
#WhatIsItWednesday #History #Trivia
Aviation jargon explained: "calling the ball" or "meatball" - refers to a pilot's call when they see the landing signal lights during an aircraft carrier approach. It indicates they are on the right glide path for landing.
#whatisitwednesday #aviationfacts #aviationterms
It is a lt 18th/ea 19th c trade bead. Likely associated with a Native American settlement around Prophetstown, but after the battle, possibly the family given a treaty reserve. It was coincidentally found with a modern screw. It was an exciting find to explore! #archaeology #WhatIsItWednesday
It is a lt 17th/ea 18th c trade bead. Likely associated with a Native American settlement around Prophetstown, but after the battle, possibly the family given a treaty reserve. It was coincidentally found with a modern screw. It was an exciting find to explore! #archaeology #WhatIsItWednesday
A glossy blue round object with a small <2mm central hole on white background, with metric scale. Edges are irregularly faceted. Side 1
A glossy blue round object with a small <2mm central hole on white background, with metric scale. Edges are irregularly faceted. Side 2
Not going to make a habit of it, but #WhatIsItWednesday from the Applied Anthropology Laboratories. Found this summer during a metal detector survey. #archaeology #CRMArch #LearnWorkDiscover 🧪
A request for help from ‘The Museum of Everyday Life’ over on Instagram.
For #WhatIsItWednesday they’re asking the #SocialHistory #History hive-mind for its help in identifying this artefact.
Any ideas, suggestions or information the Museum would love to hear from you.
A picture of a museum artefact alongside a pencil for scale.
A close-up of a museum artefact.
A further close-up of a museum artefact.
Today’s quiz from the Museum of Everyday Life for #WhatIsItWednesday
Lots of history minded people here on BlueSky, though I am nervous about all them entering the wonders of #WhatIsItWednesday 😃👍
Can I handle the competition? 🤣🙈
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#FantasyFootballTips #QuarterbackStats #NFLExplained #GridironGoddess #WhatIsItWednesday
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#WhatIsItWednesday courtesy of the ‘Museum of Everyday Life’ on Instagram.
