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Pictured: David Nachmann, around 1934. He was allowed to return to Chemnitz from Poland to wrap up his affairs, but was then arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.refugeemap.org/map/reco...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.refugeemap.org/map/reco...
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Pictured: David Nachmann, around 1934. He was allowed to return to Chemnitz from Poland to wrap up his affairs, but was then arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.refugeemap.org/map/reco...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.refugeemap.org/map/reco...
Trade, first beginning in 1990, was #London’s first #gay after-hours club night, hosted at Turnmills nightclub.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap
See more islingtonspride.com/humap/
#Islington #BritishHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTHistory #QueerHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap
See more islingtonspride.com/humap/
#Islington #BritishHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTHistory #QueerHistory
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Trade, first beginning in 1990, was #London’s first #gay after-hours club night, hosted at Turnmills nightclub.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap
See more islingtonspride.com/humap/
#Islington #BritishHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTHistory #QueerHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap
See more islingtonspride.com/humap/
#Islington #BritishHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTHistory #QueerHistory
“What is it about maps? I could look at them all day, intently studying the names of towns and villages I have never heard of and will never visit..."
-Bill Bryson
Pictured: Europe in 1912, from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Explore at www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
-Bill Bryson
Pictured: Europe in 1912, from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Explore at www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“What is it about maps? I could look at them all day, intently studying the names of towns and villages I have never heard of and will never visit..."
-Bill Bryson
Pictured: Europe in 1912, from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Explore at www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
-Bill Bryson
Pictured: Europe in 1912, from the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social #Humap
Explore at www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
Pictured: Kirkland Jennings, Hardman Street, #Liverpool 1973.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...
#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
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#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Pictured: Kirkland Jennings, Hardman Street, #Liverpool 1973.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...
#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...
#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
Pictured: Clifton Street Mineral Water Company Staff, #Scarborough, 1911
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Pictured: Clifton Street Mineral Water Company Staff, #Scarborough, 1911
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
This #TrailsTuesday take a tour through the historic Crystal Palace park over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#London #Trails #WalkingTrails #CrystalPalace #SouthLondon #Football #FootballHistory
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#London #Trails #WalkingTrails #CrystalPalace #SouthLondon #Football #FootballHistory
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This #TrailsTuesday take a tour through the historic Crystal Palace park over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#London #Trails #WalkingTrails #CrystalPalace #SouthLondon #Football #FootballHistory
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#London #Trails #WalkingTrails #CrystalPalace #SouthLondon #Football #FootballHistory
“Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers
They said for King and country we should do as we were bid.
They said old soldiers never die - but plenty young ones did."
Freddie Gilroy was one of the first soldiers to relieve Belsen-Bergen.
www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
They said for King and country we should do as we were bid.
They said old soldiers never die - but plenty young ones did."
Freddie Gilroy was one of the first soldiers to relieve Belsen-Bergen.
www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers
They said for King and country we should do as we were bid.
They said old soldiers never die - but plenty young ones did."
Freddie Gilroy was one of the first soldiers to relieve Belsen-Bergen.
www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
They said for King and country we should do as we were bid.
They said old soldiers never die - but plenty young ones did."
Freddie Gilroy was one of the first soldiers to relieve Belsen-Bergen.
www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
Pictured: a World War I Memorial in #Tampa, #Florida, 1921.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida
Take a look tampa-through-time.humap.si...
#Humap #USA #USHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida
Take a look tampa-through-time.humap.si...
#Humap #USA #USHistory
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Pictured: a World War I Memorial in #Tampa, #Florida, 1921.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida
Take a look tampa-through-time.humap.si...
#Humap #USA #USHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida
Take a look tampa-through-time.humap.si...
#Humap #USA #USHistory
#MappyMonday! Take a look at this survey of London, 1824-1826.
This map shows both the growth of London and its contemporary administrative structure.
Check it out on @layersoflondon.bsky.social , c/o MOLA and @britishlibrary.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
This map shows both the growth of London and its contemporary administrative structure.
Check it out on @layersoflondon.bsky.social , c/o MOLA and @britishlibrary.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#MappyMonday! Take a look at this survey of London, 1824-1826.
This map shows both the growth of London and its contemporary administrative structure.
Check it out on @layersoflondon.bsky.social , c/o MOLA and @britishlibrary.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
This map shows both the growth of London and its contemporary administrative structure.
Check it out on @layersoflondon.bsky.social , c/o MOLA and @britishlibrary.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
Pictured: the title deeds for a warehouse on St George's Quay, #Lancaster.
These warehouses were used by local merchants to store commodities extracted via slave labour, such as sugar or rum.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap
www.facingthepast.org/map/r...
These warehouses were used by local merchants to store commodities extracted via slave labour, such as sugar or rum.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap
www.facingthepast.org/map/r...
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Pictured: the title deeds for a warehouse on St George's Quay, #Lancaster.
These warehouses were used by local merchants to store commodities extracted via slave labour, such as sugar or rum.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap
www.facingthepast.org/map/r...
These warehouses were used by local merchants to store commodities extracted via slave labour, such as sugar or rum.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap
www.facingthepast.org/map/r...
Pictured: a funfair at Hampstead Heath, #London, c.1905
This photo was contributed by @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
Take a look www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
This photo was contributed by @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
Take a look www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Pictured: a funfair at Hampstead Heath, #London, c.1905
This photo was contributed by @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
Take a look www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
This photo was contributed by @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
Take a look www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
'From the Kitchen of...'
Pictured: Recipe Book produced by the Rosa Wollstein Society, 1975.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from Unlocking North Eastern Jewish Heritage, a project by @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
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Pictured: Recipe Book produced by the Rosa Wollstein Society, 1975.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from Unlocking North Eastern Jewish Heritage, a project by @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
See more unejh.humap.site/map/record...
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
'From the Kitchen of...'
Pictured: Recipe Book produced by the Rosa Wollstein Society, 1975.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from Unlocking North Eastern Jewish Heritage, a project by @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
See more unejh.humap.site/map/record...
Pictured: Recipe Book produced by the Rosa Wollstein Society, 1975.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from Unlocking North Eastern Jewish Heritage, a project by @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
See more unejh.humap.site/map/record...
📱 You can use our QR code feature to embed your Humap project in physical spaces, like gallery labels or plaques
The Islington's Pride project team put plaques up all over Islington linking into a walking trail!
Take a look islingtonspride.com/humap/
The Islington's Pride project team put plaques up all over Islington linking into a walking trail!
Take a look islingtonspride.com/humap/
October 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📱 You can use our QR code feature to embed your Humap project in physical spaces, like gallery labels or plaques
The Islington's Pride project team put plaques up all over Islington linking into a walking trail!
Take a look islingtonspride.com/humap/
The Islington's Pride project team put plaques up all over Islington linking into a walking trail!
Take a look islingtonspride.com/humap/
Pictured: a bombed-out house on Wykeham Street, #Scarborough, 1914.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Pictured: a bombed-out house on Wykeham Street, #Scarborough, 1914.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
"The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind." ~ Anderson Cooper
Visuals: Europe, 1926, from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #DH
Visuals: Europe, 1926, from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #DH
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind." ~ Anderson Cooper
Visuals: Europe, 1926, from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #DH
Visuals: Europe, 1926, from @wienerlibrary.bsky.social www.refugeemap.org/map/over...
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #DH
Pictured: Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears.
Benjamin and Peter were in a romantic relationship from 1939 until Britten’s death in 1976. Their relationship was illegal for all but the last 9 years.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap
islingtonspride.com/humap/
#LGBTQHistory
Benjamin and Peter were in a romantic relationship from 1939 until Britten’s death in 1976. Their relationship was illegal for all but the last 9 years.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap
islingtonspride.com/humap/
#LGBTQHistory
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Pictured: Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears.
Benjamin and Peter were in a romantic relationship from 1939 until Britten’s death in 1976. Their relationship was illegal for all but the last 9 years.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap
islingtonspride.com/humap/
#LGBTQHistory
Benjamin and Peter were in a romantic relationship from 1939 until Britten’s death in 1976. Their relationship was illegal for all but the last 9 years.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap
islingtonspride.com/humap/
#LGBTQHistory
Pictured: Cast iron Sailors' Home railing detail c1850, #Liverpool.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...
#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...
#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Pictured: Cast iron Sailors' Home railing detail c1850, #Liverpool.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...
#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #MappingMemory #Humap
See more www.mappingmemory.org/map/r...
#OralHistory #LiverpoolDock #LiverpoolWaterfront #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom #IndustrialHistory
It's #TrailsTuesday and Halloween week - take a look at this macabre Crime & Punishment history trail over on the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Scarborough Atlas!
www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#TrueCrime #Maps #HistoricalMaps #DigitalHumanities #CulturalHeritage #Education #GLAM #Tourism
www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#TrueCrime #Maps #HistoricalMaps #DigitalHumanities #CulturalHeritage #Education #GLAM #Tourism
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's #TrailsTuesday and Halloween week - take a look at this macabre Crime & Punishment history trail over on the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Scarborough Atlas!
www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#TrueCrime #Maps #HistoricalMaps #DigitalHumanities #CulturalHeritage #Education #GLAM #Tourism
www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#TrueCrime #Maps #HistoricalMaps #DigitalHumanities #CulturalHeritage #Education #GLAM #Tourism
Pictured: the original #WorkHouse on Dean Road, #Scarborough.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#History #Heritage #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#History #Heritage #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Pictured: the original #WorkHouse on Dean Road, #Scarborough.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#History #Heritage #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#History #Heritage #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory
#MappyMonday! Take a trip through #Coventry in 1914 at www.coventryatlas.org/map/o...
From #CoventryAtlas
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps #MapMonday
From #CoventryAtlas
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps #MapMonday
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#MappyMonday! Take a trip through #Coventry in 1914 at www.coventryatlas.org/map/o...
From #CoventryAtlas
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps #MapMonday
From #CoventryAtlas
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps #MapMonday
Feeling spooky yet?
Explore London through the eyes of sci-fi/horror icon Mary Shelley - her love affair with Percy Shelley, her literary influences and haunts - with this fantastic collection from Mapping Heritage on Layers of #London @layersoflondon.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
Explore London through the eyes of sci-fi/horror icon Mary Shelley - her love affair with Percy Shelley, her literary influences and haunts - with this fantastic collection from Mapping Heritage on Layers of #London @layersoflondon.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Feeling spooky yet?
Explore London through the eyes of sci-fi/horror icon Mary Shelley - her love affair with Percy Shelley, her literary influences and haunts - with this fantastic collection from Mapping Heritage on Layers of #London @layersoflondon.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
Explore London through the eyes of sci-fi/horror icon Mary Shelley - her love affair with Percy Shelley, her literary influences and haunts - with this fantastic collection from Mapping Heritage on Layers of #London @layersoflondon.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
Trevor Chadwick was a schoolmaster who quit his job in #Swanage, #Dorset, to risk his life forging papers for Jewish refugees.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the UK Holocaust Map, created by @theajruk.bsky.social
Learn more www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
#WorldWar2 #WW2
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the UK Holocaust Map, created by @theajruk.bsky.social
Learn more www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
#WorldWar2 #WW2
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Trevor Chadwick was a schoolmaster who quit his job in #Swanage, #Dorset, to risk his life forging papers for Jewish refugees.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the UK Holocaust Map, created by @theajruk.bsky.social
Learn more www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
#WorldWar2 #WW2
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the UK Holocaust Map, created by @theajruk.bsky.social
Learn more www.ukholocaustmap.org.uk/m...
#WorldWar2 #WW2
Pictured: Schwab Davis and Company Cigar Factory on Habana Avenue, June 5, 1925
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida
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Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida
See more tampa-through-time.humap.si...
October 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Pictured: Schwab Davis and Company Cigar Factory on Habana Avenue, June 5, 1925
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida
See more tampa-through-time.humap.si...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from #Tampa Through Time, created by the University of South Florida
See more tampa-through-time.humap.si...
The #Lancaster Canal Company was established in 1791, funded in part by profits made from the #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap
See more www.facingthepast.org/map/r...
#Lancashire #BritishHistory #GLAM
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap
See more www.facingthepast.org/map/r...
#Lancashire #BritishHistory #GLAM
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The #Lancaster Canal Company was established in 1791, funded in part by profits made from the #TransAtlanticSlaveTrade.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap
See more www.facingthepast.org/map/r...
#Lancashire #BritishHistory #GLAM
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #FacingThePast #Humap
See more www.facingthepast.org/map/r...
#Lancashire #BritishHistory #GLAM
