RT @WattInstitution
To end this month's #Archive30
this video from @ScotsArchives and @ARAUK_IE explains #WhyArchives matter so much more eloquently than us. Go watch!
https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/all-projects/current-project/why-archives-matter/
RT @FriendsofGRI
NPWGS, 1792, laid out a washing green on banks of Molindar Burn. Residents paid to use it. This £ provided alms to the poor.
Closed in 1873. Land sold to #gri
Income from sale also used to help the poor.
Rondel display by Gordon our fab joiner
#archive30 #archiveinclusion #gri
Love the simplicity of the “WM LOW” logo for William Low & Co. supermarkets.
RT @DundeeArchives@twitter.com
A big name in #ArchiveFoodandDrink in Dundee was William Low & Co. We hold a few collections relating to the company. Which store do you remember? #Archive30 #Dundee
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DundeeArchives/status/1646065617383096321
#dundee #archive30 #archivefoodanddrink
RT @TGAArchive
Today's #Archive30 post is about #ArchiveFoodAndDrink
This lovely menu card from Nov 1901 includes a watercolour of the Glasgow International Exhibition by AH Scott.
Boiled Turbot anyone?
#archivefoodanddrink #archive30
RT @NLWArchives
#ArchiveAdvice #Archive30
🐈 Looking for a cat in the 13thC? According to this manuscript of the Laws of Hywel Dda it must be sound in teeth, claws, and eyes, and not fond of sleeping in front of the hearth (good luck with that last one!)
Peniarth MS 28: http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4400109
RT @JGU_75
Heute haben wir #EtwasGroßes für euch. Mit diesem Fernleihmarkenautomat konnten die #Studis aus einem Land vor unserer Zeit Marken ziehen um ihre Fernleihen @UBMainz zu bezahlen. Manche versuchten auch zu mogeln und fütterten den Automat mit Fremdwährung #archive30 #SomethingBig
#EtwasGroßes #studis #archive30 #SomethingBig
RT @BL_MadeDigital
How do we recover erased and faded text on Greek manuscripts @britishlibrary@twitter.com?
Watch BL Imaging Scientist @DuffyChristina@twitter.com work her #multispectral magic on this 15th-century palimpsest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lli3KiTy_-4 #Archive30 #ArchiveHacks 📷
#archivehacks #archive30 #multispectral
RT @BL_MadeDigital@twitter.activitypub.actor
Although our @britishlibrary@twitter.com buildings are not open at present, we look forward to sharing some #digitised and born-digital collections for #Archive30 month...
Day 1: an overview of digital collections, including plenty of maps🗺️💻
https://www.bl.uk/catalogues-and-collections/digital-collections #YourArchive #BLIsOpen
#blisopen #yourarchive #archive30 #digitised
RT @BL_prints@twitter.com
This fan, designed for cyclists, carries a street map of Paris, map of the environs of the city, and, on the reverse, a map of the Bois de Boulogne. The map of the environs bears a key indicating recommended cycling routes. https://www.bl.uk/picturing-places #Archive30 #Object
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BL_prints/status/1121699852121931777