An elegant fig tree from Elizabeth Blackwell’s Herbal. Rich greens and warm tones give this 18th-century illustration a festive feel—proof that nature always knows its #ChristmasColours.
#ArchivesAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
No, that is not #Wrappingpaper. These are the Caledon Shipyard plans. We hold plans for over 300 ships built at the yard in Dundee, including cargo ships, military ships and ferries. We also have photographs of many of the later ships too. #ArchivesAdventCalendar
Three fashion sketches feature whimsical costumes with elaborate details and handwritten notes, focusing on fabric choices and colors.
Artwork depicting a person in black sitting against a pillar on an arched balcony, with handwritten notes and sketches in the background.
A sketch of a historical costume design with annotations detailing fabric choices.
Following on from our York Panorama advent calendar image this morning we are have some images of costume designs for the Mystery Plays from the 1960's.
Which design is your favourite?
Archive ref - YMP/2
#archives #costumes #art #york #ArchivesAdventCalendar #MysteryPlays
Mural with large gears, cogs, and tools, depicting construction workers building and operating machinery. Text references Bishy Road parties and railways.
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This block celebrates the skilled workers of York's Carriage Works. The Carriage Works opened in 1884, at one point employing over 3000 people, before its closure in 1996.
#archivesadventcalendar #archives #york #christmas #railways
This year more than 20% of the enquiries we received were from people researching their family history. They've used our parish records, hospital admission and discharge registers, and nurse training records to track their ancestors
#ArchivesAdventCalendar #Family #Geneaology
Cold winter’s night in Portarlington, Co. Laois, with a #WarmFire glowing nicely onboard Midland Great Western Railway No. 583, pictured on sugar-beet duties in the Midlands. #ArchivesAdventCalendar #irishrailarchives #ExploreYourArchive🔥🚂❄️
#WinterWonderland landscape captured during 1917 of a branch line train in snowdrift @ Ballywilliam, Co. Wexford; today’s theme for #ArchivesAdventCalendar #irishrailarchives #ExploreYourArchive 🚂❄️⛄️
Bright red poinsettia flower petals and deep green leaves.
Business card from the Woman’s Club of Danbury New Fairfield.
Salmony-pink poinsettia flower petals.
Today’s @arascot.bsky.social #ArchivesAdventCalendar theme is #ChristmasCharity. The Woman’s Club of Danbury/New Fairfield sells poinsettias as their annual fundraiser and the proceeds go to many area non-profits. And they are *the* most beautiful plants!
A black and white photo looking down a large ward where patients are sitting up in their beds wearing Xmas hats. Nurses stand by the patients and the ward is decorated with mistletoe and paper decorations.
Most of the hospitals in our collection have photos showing the wards decorated at Xmas time. This photo is from the Eastern Hospital c.1960
#ArchivesAdventCalendar #Decorations #Mistletoe
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A black and white photo of a group of nurses wearing white dresses and caps and dark capes throw snowballs at each other in front of trees and buildings.
A black and white photo of a nurse wearing a white dress and cap and a dark cape dodging a snowball whilst she prepares to throw one.
These nurses were undertaking their preliminary training at Whipps Cross nurses in 1953/4.
Lesson 1 - how to use your cape defensively, lesson 2 - precision snowball targeting of matron!
#ArchivesAdventCalendar #HistNursing #Snowball #Snow #SnowballFight [SBHXWX/P/1/1/46]
