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Cushions made for the consecration of the ‘new’ Chapel in 1666, bearing the arms of College founders Bishop William Smyth and Sir Richard Sutton, and the bill for making them. Read more here brasenosecollegelibrary.wordpress.com #EYABeauty #ExploreYourArchive #ExploreYourArchives
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
crowdcymru.bsky.social
Want to look your best for the office Christmas party? Get those pearly whites twinkling with Mary Long’s recipe for tooth powder – image from her handwritten recipe book dated 1828! #EYABeauty 😁😁😁 From the Rolls Family Archive held @gwentarchives.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchives
Image shows double page of Mary Long’s handwritten recipe book dated 1828. On the left page is a recipe for “Scalded Brown Bread” and on the right is a recipe for “Tooth Powder” and heartburn. From the Rolls Family Archive held at Gwent Archives.
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
crowdcymru.bsky.social
Eisiau edrych ar eich gorau ar gyfer parti Nadolig y swyddfa? Beth am roi sglein i’r dannedd gyda rysáit powdr dannedd Mary Long - llun allan o’i llyfr ryseitiau a ysgrifennwyd â llaw ym 1828! #AEAHraddwch #EYABeauty 😁😁😁O Archif Teulu Rolls a gedwir yn @gwentarchives.bsky.social
Mae’r llun yn dangos tudalen ddwbl o lyfr ryseitiau Mary Long a ysgrifennwyd â llaw ym 1828. Ar y dudalen chwith mae rysáit ar gyfer “Bara Brown wedi'i Sgaldio” ac ar y dde mae rysáit “Powdr Dannedd” a llosg cylla. O Archif Teulu Rolls a gedwir yn Archifau Gwent.
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social
Nach álainn na íomhá chumhach seo le haghaidh lá a 2! @araireland.bsky.social

Irisí Vogue ó chartlann Siobhán McKenna, le grianghraf de Siobhán McKenna lena clann san áireamh, agus fógraí le haghaidh stocaí níolóin.

#EYAÁilleacht #CuardaighDoChartlann
#Eyabeauty #ExploreYourArchive
uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · Nov 30
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
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
gwentarchives.bsky.social
The Wye Valley has always been a popular tourist destination and in our collection we have several pamphlets, books and more, showcasing all the beauty the valley has to offer.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
gwentarchives.bsky.social
Mae Dyffryn Gwy bob amser wedi bod yn gyrchfan boblogaidd i ymwelwyr, ac yn ein casgliad mae gennym nifer o bamffledi, llyfrau a mwy, sy'n dangos yr holl harddwch sydd gan y dyffryn i'w gynnig. #AEAHarddwch #EYABeauty
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
rbgkew.bsky.social
What #EYABeauty lies on the inside of this unassuming folder? We're showing off Elsie Wakefield's fungi illustrations today 🍄 Wakefield became Head of Mycology at Kew Gardens in 1915 and our Archives hold her personal papers collection, which includes letters, illustrations and photographs. #KewLA
A blank grey paper folder on a brown wooden surface. Numerous coloured illustrations of mushrooms layered on top of each other so that corners and sections of pages are obscured. On each sheet there are light pencil annotations next to the illustrations.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
rcpmuseum.bsky.social
Cure your spots, clear your warts & check who's wearing make up - 17th C style!
Discover these fascinating instructions in one of RCPs hand-written recipe books with Archive Manager Pamela Forde.

👉 youtu.be/vSo5-BeuYz0?...

Not animal friendly - don't try at home!
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Transcribathon 2023: 17th century 'beauty' recipes
YouTube video by Royal College of Physicians
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November 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
archives-unisurrey.bsky.social
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is Beauty, and we have historic hats and hair! These studies are by illustrator E. H. Shepard.

From chic Roman ladies to a magnificent Regency hairdos, these are styles for all occasions!

Ref. ST Box 2/1 © The Trustees of The Shepard Trust

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Women's hats and hairdos of the Regency period (with a sneaky medieval conical headdress thrown in). Greek and Roman ladies displaying some beautiful up-dos - with some glorious side-eyes as a bonus. Elegant hairstyles and hats from the Victorian era through to the 1920s. The grumpy girl at the bottom of the page with the messy hair is from the Swinging Sixties.
November 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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
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
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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
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!!

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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
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.
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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
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
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
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
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!

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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
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
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
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..."

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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
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
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
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
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
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. 

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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