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For now, this simple French nightdress qualifies for #UnusualArchives in the Karun Thakar Collection, the only European piece we hold & in contrast to the #ColourfulArchives so far... #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk
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April 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
whitchurchhospital.bsky.social
Day 13 @arascot.bsky.social

#ColourfulArchives #archive30

A selection of colourful photos from the archive
Colour at the Beauty Salon Nursing Badge from Whitchurch Hospital The Practitioner Colour photo showing the main entrance, bowling green and the water tower
April 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
This colourful postcard advertising Southampton comes from the Peter Cook Postcard Collection which includes over 3,000 postcards buff.ly/FThteDH
#Archive30 #ColourfulArchives @arascot.bsky.social
A world globe with a man and woman stood behind it. The text reads: "We've looked over the globe. Southampton is the nicest place on earth." The man wears a blue jackets, white waistcoat and shirt, black bow tie and boater hat. The woman wears a red and white striped dress with a sailor collar and a white hat with a red bow.
April 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
This beautiful purse from the Montse Stanley Collection is super colourful and perfect to share today for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 theme #ColourfulArchives. It's one of around 70 purses that we hold buff.ly/Ups6EYI
Purse with a metal clasp and chain handle. It has a cream and burgundy background with pick, orange and purple flowers
April 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
designarchives.bsky.social
For @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 #ColourfulArchives this painting by exhibition designer James Gardner depicting a general view of the National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan, 1986-88
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very colourful illustration of the inside of a science museum. Visible are many 3-d shapes, (cubes, spheres, pyramids and more complex shapes) many of which hang from the ceiling or are found in cases.
April 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
chuarchives.bsky.social
Today's #Archive30 theme is #ColourfulArchives!

These gorgeous painted cards from the 80s and 90s are preserved in the archive of political journalist Chris Moncrieff. The watercolours are by Yorkshire artists Ashley Jackson and Les Packham. [Reference code: MRCF 2/4]
Watercolour of Big Ben by Les Packham Watercolour of the Millennium Dome by Les Packham Scenic watercolour of a farmhouse with smoke rising from a chimney by Les Packham Watercolour of the Houses of Parliament by Ashley Jackson
April 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
mpsheritage.bsky.social
The Women's Social and Political Union presented its members with artistic certificates for their hunger strikes, forced feeding and prison sentences. Examples are in @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social, public collections in Bath and Cumnock, and our own collections. #Archive30 #ColourfulArchives
Detail from the bottom right hand corner of our 1908 WSPU certificate, showing Emmeline Pankhurst's signature, a golden heart, green stems, purple, gold and pink flowers, and a golden broad arrow surrounded by a laurel wreath. Possibly originating with the Sidney family, that arrow first appeared on British prison uniforms around the 1830s and was proudly adopted by the WSPU in reference to its activists' gaol spells. This certificate was awarded jointly to five women, including Florence Haig (cousin of the future Field Marshal Douglas Haig) and half-Hungarian Girton College graduate Maud Joachim.
April 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM
jcnarchives.bsky.social
Day 13: #ColourfulArchives

Our map collection contains some colourful maps and plans, especially those depicting the different farm boundaries. This example is from 1950.

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April 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
@arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 theme for today is #ColourfulArchives. This image from a collection of pen, ink and watercolour paintings of architecture in India certainly fits the bill!
buff.ly/dsMASFS
Colourful pen, ink and watercolour image including oranges and terracotta colours
April 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM
dundeecityarchives.bsky.social
One of our favourite #ColourfulArchives is this Keiller's poster from 1897 to celebrate the centenary of the company. I wonder what a poster from 1997 would have looked like? 🤔

Reference: GD/K

#Archive30
April 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
arascot.bsky.social
Archives aren’t all just black and white, show us your most #ColourfulArchives

#Archive30
April 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Scenes of a revolution

These tinted slides show Russia at a time of revolutions and civil war

Produced in the USA by the Victor Animatograph Company, they were used for Henry Sara's UK lantern lecture tours

See more Sara slides at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

#Archive30 #ColourfulArchives
Colourised lantern slide showing a woman dressed in 'peasant' clothing, including headscarf, holding a bowl which contains a small amount of food. Her face is lined with age and she looks gaunt. Colourised lantern slide showing a Russian street scene. A man in a fur hat is sitting on the pavement. The lower part of his legs have been amputated and he is using a four wheeled trolley to move. The crowd also includes soldiers, children and a well-dressed woman who is looking down on the amputee. Colourised lantern slide showing bundles of pro-Bolshevik leaflets or other publications being unloaded from a decorated propaganda train. Colourised lantern slide showing the vast head of a statue of Alexander III, upside down and removed from the rest of the Moscow statue. Two men are adjusting the ropes that have been used to lower it.
April 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM
unistirarchives.bsky.social
A 'colour-flower' drawn by the filmmaker/artist #NormanMcLaren in 1947.
#ColourfulArchives for today's #Archive30
#CultureOnStirCampus
A 'colour-flower' drawn by the filmmaker/artist Norman McLaren in 1947 (ref. GAA31/PP/9) University of Stirling Archives.
April 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
derbyshiredro.bsky.social
Here are some beautifully #ColourfulArchives from the Edmund Potter and Company collection. The firm was based in Glossop and produced wonderfully colourful fabrics during the 19th and 20th centuries. Edmund was also grandfather to author Beatrix Potter.
#Archive30 #histfashion
Open book of fabric swatches. The fabrics are highly colourful floral designs. Brief handwritten information is next to each swatch giving the details of chemicals used in the dyes. Open book of fabric swatches. The fabrics are highly colourful designs showing flowers and birds. Brief handwritten information is next to each swatch giving the details of chemicals used in the dyes.
April 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
berksarchives.bsky.social
For #ColourfulArchives we thought we'd share this lovely piece of embroidery, stitched by Kathleen Barnes during her time at Cholsey Board School, 1932. 🪡 🌈 #Archive30
📸 D/EX2821/3
A green cloth displaying numerous types of embroidery stitches, stitched across the fabric in a range of different, bright colours
April 13, 2026 at 9:46 AM
gwentarchives.bsky.social
We hold this beautiful watercolour painting in our collection of the proposed Castle Lake in Abergavenny by John Prichard in 1900.
#ColourfulArchives
April 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
niscreenarchive.eurosky.social
#Archives30 #ColourfulArchives
This utterly charming little animation is adapted from the book series by the Czech author Miroslav Šašek and aimed at the tourist, as commercial air travel became ever more popular.

digitalfilmarchive.net/media/this-i...
This is Ireland - View media
Over 129 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2026, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.
digitalfilmarchive.net
April 13, 2026 at 8:54 AM
dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social
We're completely spoilt for choice for today's #ColourfulArchives theme with the Karun Thakar Collection! But we ❤️ these men's trousers trousers from Rajasthan with their beautiful #embroidery & mirror work. #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social #antiquetextiles
April 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
rcpsgheritage.bsky.social
This lovely colour-coded map shows the Surgeon's districts of Glasgow, c.1831. The surgeon assigned to each district was responsible for visiting the poor for free.

#ColourfulArchives #Archive30
colourful map
April 13, 2026 at 6:08 AM
agrfnkl.bsky.social
Watercolor of the medical center building for #ColourfulArchives #Archive30
Dark watercolor with minor water damage of a medical center building
April 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
valeanddownland.bsky.social
Day 6 of #Archive30 was #ColourfulArchives and what could be more colourful than a handmade quilt? This is just a photo of the quilt and a certificate presented to Mrs E Elliott by the children of Wantage CofE School for designing and making their Millenium Quilt.
A framed photo of a patchwork quilt on the left and a paper certificate on the right
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
unkarchives.bsky.social
With @unkearney.bsky.social Homecoming comes even more color on campus! Although it's not Homecoming time, we'll take a pop of color whenever we can get it. The Centennial Towers folks here are showing off their school spirit with a huge star and a rainbow banner. #Archive30 #ColourfulArchives
Centennial Towers building with a 2-story multi-colored star decoration, and a banner hung over the front door reading The Wonderful World of KSC. A paper football player stands on the lawn.
April 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
berksarchives.bsky.social
Sunday's #Archive30 theme was #ColourfulArchives. Archives aren't always black & white; sometimes they're full of vibrant colours, like this watercolour painting of the stained glass window by Louise Cecilia Bazalgette Lucas Stratton in 1897. The window was made for Lucas Hospital, Wokingham in 1655
Watercolor painting of the stained glass window
April 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
thschmid.bsky.social
#Archive30 #ColourfulArchives
thschmid.bsky.social Thomas Schmid @thschmid.bsky.social · Jan 21
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Facebook-post der #Burgerbibliothek #Bern (GA Reismusketen 63)
#histBE
April 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
bbfdipf.bsky.social
#Archive30 #ColourfulArchives
One of our most colourful collections is our collection of student drawings.
The more than 14,000 sketches provide an insight into art education in German schools with their variety of techniques, materials and themes:
bbf.dipf.de/en/student-d...
#histed
April 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM