Remember in the 90s when we all thought factor 4 was fine. #ArchiveTravel

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For #Archive30 #ArchiveTravel we present this magnificent illustration from 1867 of a rail worker from The British Workman periodical. More information and a link to the digitised resource can be found on our blog here: caledonianblogs.net/library/2020/0…

While Cumbernauld is a town better known for its roads and pedestrian walkways, this booklet focuses on railway travel and the history of the Caledonian Railway at Cumbernauld.🚂
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Where journeys begin and end in the #IsleOfMan : the Sea Terminal in Douglas and Ronaldsway Airport in Ballasalla (both photos circa 1965, from Department of Trade & Industry records). #ArchiveTravel #Archive30 #IOMSPC #BoatsAndPlanes #ManxArchives

Today’s #Archive30 is a different kind of #ArchiveTravel while pushing the archive trolley my phone went on to driving mode…. Who knew you could go so fast pushing some archive boxes? 💨

#Archive30 #ArchiveTravel British Museum had its own #Tube Station from 1900-33 (©️London Transport Museum ) & had a further association with #LondonUnderground #Tube after using its tunnels for safe storage in #WWII #archive #BritishMuseum

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This is Dr George Buchanan's diary of his tour of Europe in 1850. The diary contains sketches, maps, newspaper clippings & much more. You can read it online at heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/193

Clocking the time differences in Croydon Airport booking hall [date unknown]... arguably the hardest part of travelling 🤧 #ArchiveTravel #Archive30 ARA Scotland

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Photographed here is the ferry bound for Tobermory from Kilchoan, c1920s.

[source: M.E.M. Donaldson Collection, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery]

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ARA Scotland #Arcive30 #ArchiveTravel I traveled yesterday to see some some entire buildings that qualify as archives. * Now I'm encouraging more people to visit Toronto ON CA for their Doors Open weekend on May 24/25.
*If curious check my posts today mainly on this subject

The Schools class of locomotive was introduced in 1930. When removed from service each school was given one of the nameplates. #ArchiveTravel #SchoolArchives #Archive30 .

Joseph Plummer took a version of a grand tour. This 1911 letter was written in Istanbul. 'I never saw such a conglomerate mass of humanity in my life anywhere...All kinds and colors and dressed in all the different garbs this world has ever saw...'
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Goodness ARA Scotland - #Archive30 and I could be probably accused of having too many things for #ArchiveTravel ! But a recent addition is quite interesting - a 'pop-up' view of Köln/Cologne in a 1930s travel brochure. #Germany

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#ArchiveTravel of #archive30 Mary Morland writes to William Buckland while he was on a Scottish excursion, 'I anticipate your doing great things there while you are traversing the Sea and the Land and contemplating Nature in her wildest and most imposing attire.'

A Sunday afternoon sketch of life on board the S.S. Neuralia with Bruce Oliver, August 1932. 🛳️⚓️
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Here's some pictures of MS YOU 3, a book of biblical plants collected in Syria by Mrs Grainger and the Misses Somerville, 1887. They sent them to Rev. W. Young, as a reminder of his travels.

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Taking a step back in time? No, that's just #ArchiveTravel - and today we're travelling by boat. Specifically, this steam ferry, the 'New St. George', seen here in 1901 / 1902. Our friend sitting on the edge must be very brave! #Archive30

A pair of hand drawn (& very colourful!) maps by the Visitation Committee for their upcoming visits to shipbuilding yards c.1930 #ArchiveTravel 🗺️✏️
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Local land owner Charles Philips Trevelyan captured the sites of many of his travels in his photo albums. Here are two pages from his 1888 trip to Australia and New Zealand.

All his albums have been digitised and can seen here: ncl.ac.uk/library/specia…

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When opened in April 1908, Cardiff patients were in asylums all over the country.

Patients were as far as Somerset & Brighton, often returned by train 🚂

I wonder what they thought of Cardiff City Mental Hospital on arrival?