A black and white Archive photograph of Orkney photographer William Hourston holding his collie dog. It is looking towards the camera and looks very lovely.
Cheer up your timeline, celebrate the weekend and offset any #FridayThe13th misfortune by
1) telling William Hourston's dog what a good boy he is
2) then asking him if he's a good boy
3) then booping his nose
4) then reminding him he's a good boy.
#PhotographicArchives
As we get ready to present our first Festival in Western Australia, we’re revisiting our archives with this photograph by WA-based artist Leah Kennedy from her series 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴?, first shown as part of the 2018 Head On Photo Festival.
Image credit: Leah Kennedy
#headonphoto #photographicarchives
We've just received copies of the latest @thetimes.com branded book from @harpercollins.bsky.social - Lives Behind the Silver Screen- era defining #obituaries of iconic film stars. It also features many great images from our #photographicarchives
A black and white school photograph from our Photographic Archive. Cropped in on the teacher who looks quite a lot like Richard Osman.
Hey @richardosman1.bsky.social when did you discover time travel and also were you a school teacher called Mr Shaw living in #Orkney in 1971?
#PhotographicArchives
A black and white photograph of a little girl in a school uniform. She doesn't look very happy.
If your kids are struggling with going back to school then it's definitely not a new thing.
This little girl was going to school in Evie, #Orkney in 1920 which is 105 years ago.
She doesn't look terribly keen.
#PhotographicArchives
The trouble they went to for a First Aid Comp - look at the detail of the car!
In 1982 you can be sure an ICI First Aider could take the right steps if you came off your motorbike #iciwestonpointstudios #photographicarchives #iciarchives #winningtonworks
A black and white archive photograph of a cow posing in front of a mill
Back in the old days in #Orkney it was only the very wealthiest cows that could afford to be photographed in front of their home. #CowAppreciationDay #PhotographicArchives
A black and white archive photograph of a scarecrow in a field, dressed in a long coat with a top hat
It's a little known fact that back in the old days in #Orkney, birds were scared away from crops by a dapper gentleman in a top hat calling them bounders and accusing them of rakish behaviour.
#PhotographicArchives
A black and white archive photograph of two women and a dog. The dog is looking straight at the camera but the two women who are dressed in housemaid outfits are looking past each other
When the photographer says to act natural but only the dog heard it.
#photographicarchives
A black and white photograph of a woman with a Shetland pony at the airport in Orkney. The pony is standing on some scales. There are signs for Stavanger and Copenhagen, and an advertisement for Faroe Airways
Baggage allowance restrictions on flights seem to get tighter every year. Back in the old days you could take a Shetland pony as long as it fitted in the overhead locker or under the seat in front.
#PhotographicArchives
A black and white archive photograph of Orkney photographer William Hourston and his dog
The news can be hard work sometimes but it's the 1st of March and the spring bulbs are flowering and look how much William Hourston loved his dog. ❤️
#PhotographicArchives
A black and white photograph showing an old anemometer and sunshine recorder in Deerness, Orkney
Everyone checking the weather between #StormÉowyn leaving and #StormHerminia arriving. 🌬️
(Archive photograph taken by Tom Kent, showing the anemometer and sunshine recorder in Deerness, Orkney) #PhotographicArchives
