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Explore Your Archive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social · Aug 28
🎉 Exciting announcement….🎉

The daily themes for EYA Focus Week are here!! ✨

Focus Week will take place from the 29th November to the 7th December. It’s time to start planning your posts! 👀 We can’t wait to see them in November ❤️

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A graphic entitled "2025 Focus Week Themes" with the EYA logo beneath it. Beneath them is listed the dates and corresponding hashtag to use, which are: 29 November - #EYAConservation 30 November - #EYABeauty 1 December - #EYAMedieval 2 December - #EYASilence 3 December - #EYAPets 4 Devember - #EYADigital 5 December - #EYAInclusion 6 December - #EYAAnniversaries 7 December - #EYAYourArchives
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bethlemmuseum.bsky.social
The work of Stanley Lench is both beautiful and simultaneously a critique of the construction of beauty, and of art itself. You can view more of his extraordinary and vivid art here 🔗 bit.ly/MOTM_Lench
#EYABeauty
Image: Marlene Dietrich (c.1975)
Stanley R. Lench
The Bethlem Museum of the Mind artwork collection by Stanley R. Lench. Containing 80 pieces.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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btobirds.bsky.social
At BTO we hold Robert T. (Bobby) Smith’s incredible bird photographs taken over his decades in the field in our archives. 📷 Here are some of our favourites of particularly colourful birds the European Bee-eater, Hoopoe and Kingfisher! 🐦 🪶 #ExploreYourArchive #EYABeauty
A Bee-eater with its colourful chestnut and blue plumage turns to face the direction of the camera showing its red eye. A forward facing view of a Bee-eater with its colourful chestnut and blue plumage perched on a branch. A sideways view of a Kingfisher perched on a branch showing its striking blue plumage and long bill, with mud on the tip. A Hoopoe by a tree trunk showing its pinkish-orange crest raised, and its striking black and white striped wings.
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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whitchurchhospital.bsky.social
The theme today is #EYABeauty

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How about some vintage Beauty Salon photos, you may well remember the hairdresser and the barber. From the date it looks like this particular salon was opened just over 50years ago!!

#EYAFocusWeekl
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#EYABeauty
Black and white photo showing a lady seated and the hospital hairdresser cutting her hair. A mirror can be seen with a reflection of the hairdresser’s arm. Two windows in the background. Beauty Salon Presented by The League of Friends Handed over by Mrs E M Pugh 20th November 1975 Beauty Salon Presented by The League of Friends Handed over by Mrs E M Pugh 20th November 1975
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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soas-speccoll.bsky.social
This image is from an album of paintings of flowers, fruits, birds and animals by Chinese artist Jiang Liren, c. 1774 #EYABeauty
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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berksarchives.bsky.social
For #EYABeauty here is a beauty contest winner in a beautiful hat! This photograph shows the Dairy Queen of 1968 trying on hats in the millinery department of the Reading Co-op department store. #ExploreYourArchive
A woman trying on a hat and looking in a mirror surrounded by more hats
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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uofglasgowasc.bsky.social
The House of Fraser Archive offers a glimpse into the past of the 200 stores that have been acquired by the company since its foundation as a Glasgow drapery in 1849. For #EYABeauty we’re taking a look at some cosmetics counters through the decades💄
FRAS 813/3
FRAS 1226/1
FRAS 771/5
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
"How to become good looking"

A page from a recipe book produced by the people of Barnsley during WW2

"a cupful of kindness 4oz of goodwill, and a pinch of hope and a bunch of faith..."

#ExploreYourArchive #EYABeauty
Vintage book excerpt featuring a poetic recipe titled “How to Become Good Looking” by Mrs. J. G. Lee, printed on aged, yellowed paper. The text lists whimsical ingredients such as “2 oz. of patience,” “a cupful of kindness,” “4 oz. of goodwill,” “a pinch of hope,” “a bunch of faith,” “industry,” “prudence,” “sympathy,” “humility,” and “good humour,” combining them into a metaphorical mixture seasoned with “common sense” and “daily content.”
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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theriversideucc.bsky.social
We have so many fantatsic photographs in our collection @ucclibrary.bsky.social, it was difficult to narrow it down for the theme of beauty. We are sharing three stellar examples here by Alen MacWeeney [UCC © 2022 (All Rights Reserved)] and from the Liam Kennedy Collection. #EYA2025 #EYABeauty
Courtesy University College Cork © 2022 (All Rights Reserved). Person with long blonde hair face-down in swaying grass. Wearing yellow scraf and blue coat. Motion blur of first communions people walking through St. fin barre's cathedral. Black-and-white photo, long-exposure to create the motion-blur. four glass plate negatives inverted to show the positive image. One rura; scene, one street scene, one of a man and a woman in a cottage, one of a ship.
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social
Today's #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week theme is #EYABeauty.

Beauty can be found in many places in archives, here are a few illustrations from our Local Illustration Collection showing off some nearby naturally beautiful places.

[Refs. ILL/2/60, ILL/2/135, ILL/2/137, ILL/12/97]
Colour illustration of Tunsal Hill, near Sunderland Black and white illustration of Caldron Snout in Teesdale. Black and white illustration of High Force in Teesdale. Black and white illustration of Lambton Peep.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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uwtsdlib.bsky.social
Maen nhw yn dweud bod harddwch yn rhywbeth personol!

#EYAHarddwch #LlyfrPCYDDS
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They do say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

#EYABeauty #UWTSDlib
This is a square image of a photograph. The photograph is black and white and shows a person wearing a curly wig and dress. Theya are standing next to a large puppet of a horse.
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
Siobhán McKenna's collection of 1950s Vogue magazines including a feature on Siobhán and her family, and plenty of ads for nylon tights.

A snapshot of beauty in the 1950s!

#EYABeauty #ExploreYourArchive
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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linneansociety.bsky.social
Next up in #ExploreYourArchives week, we have just a few of the #beauty products available on the market at the end of the 19th century, found in the J.C. Sawer archive (MS/485/4). #EYABeauty
An advert for vaseline products, illustrated in warm tones.
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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soas-speccoll.bsky.social
Barbers in China, photographed by tea trader J C Oswald in late C19th China #EYABeauty
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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nationalmons.bsky.social
#Day2 Ireland’s archaeological monuments are enhanced by the #beauty of the surrounding landscape.
📷Killeshin Church, Co. Laois
📷Muckross Abbey, Co. Kerry
📷Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
#ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann #EYAÁilleacht
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Decorated stone at Killeshin Church, Co. Laois Church, LA032-020002- ©Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland. Muckross Abbey, Co. Kerry Religious house – Franciscan friars, KE066-081001- ©Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland. Glendalough, Co. Wicklow Including Round Tower, WI023-008002-; Cathedral, WI023-008003-; Church, WI023-009---- ©Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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derbyshiredro.bsky.social
Arbor Low, a #Neolithic henge in the Peak District, has an atmospheric beauty all year round, but under a blanket of snow it takes on an other-worldly quality. This stunning image was captured by a Peak Park photographer in 1979 and captures the ethereal serenity of the landmark.
#EYABeauty
Snow-covered Arbor Low at sunset, with smooth drifts in the foreground and glowing orange sky on the horizon. In the distance a cluster of stones mark the ancient stone circle.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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jcnarchives.bsky.social
#exploreyourarchive Day 2 #beauty

For today's theme, we highlight a Falkland-born celebrity of the early 1900's, whose portrait features in several photograph albums in our collection.

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November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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yorkarchive.bsky.social
For this weeks EYA Focus Theme 'Beauty', this image of the beautiful York Minster showcases the special kind of beauty it has to offer, one that isn't loud or fleeting, but that rises slowly out of history and stands resilient through centuries. 

#EYABeauty #YorkMinster #BeautyInArchitecture
Exterior of York Minster and part of the Minster Gardens, c.1900 Gothic cathedral with two tall towers, intricate stone facade, and large arched windows, set against a clear sky and open lawn.
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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lbwfarchives.bsky.social
'Tiara by Halex will make your hair more beautiful', product publicity photo c.1960s. British Xylonite was located at Hale End from 1897, becoming Halex Ltd in 1939. The original factory was replaced in 1960. Halex was a major local employer until closure in 1971. #EYABeauty #ExploreYourArchive
'Tiara by Halex will make your hair more beautiful', Halex product publicity photo c.1960s. On the right is a display box containing Tiara combs in individual packages. On upper left is a single package, labelled with the caption 'Tiara by Halex ... a new aid to hair beauty' and the price 1 shilling & 3d. On lower left is a Tiara comb removed from its package.
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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nmbluk.bsky.social
Today it's #EYABeauty and our Library Assistant has picked one of her favourite images - an illustration of the polychaete worm Epigamia alexandri, by Elsie Sexton. Elsie was based @thembauk.bsky.social and was highly regarded for her research and scientific illustrations
A photograph of a colour illustration of the head of an orange coloured polychaete worm Epigamia alexandri
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social
🎨 #ExploreYourArchive Day 2: What is #EYABeauty anyway? The Cooper Hewitt Museum define it with 7 concepts. Exploring our fab @dmu.ac.uk artists through each, we can’t help feeling they forgot an 8th! @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #archives #dmuforlife
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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archpbu.bsky.social
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYABeauty

“Duty on Certificate for Using Hair Powder”

#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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frannabel2010.bsky.social
#eyabeauty There are very many beautiful drawings & images in the Museum’s archive-here is a selection from bound volumes & scrapbooks. #britishmuseum #archives #scrapbooks #architecturaldrawings
From George Witt scrapbook, Temple of Azima in Japan British Museum Book of Illustrations, modes of lifting Egyptian sculpture, early 19th C Architectural drawings for Montagu House, early 19th C, George Saunders Samuel Lysons, volume of Romano-British mosaics. 1812
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
It’s Day 2 of #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week 🎉 Use today’s hashtag #EYABeauty to celebrate the beauty in your archives! ✨

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White text #EYABeauty on an orange background with a flower. Further text 2025 EYA 30th November ArchI’ve explored
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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araireland.bsky.social
It is day 2 of the Explore Your Archive focus week & we want to see all things #EYABeauty | #EYAÁilleacht! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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btobirds.bsky.social
This #ExploreYourArchive Week we’re delving into our BTO collections, starting with lantern slides belonging to pioneer wildlife photographer Oliver G. Pike (1877-1963). #EYAConservation #WildlifePhotography 🪶
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM