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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-07-30

RT @JayneShrimpton: Four sisters pictured with their widowed father, a fisherman turned coastguard on the Isle of Wight. Two of these young… ->

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-07-23

RT @JayneShrimpton: Another beach day, and here's what we would have been wearing over the decades (firmly dated photographs): 1911, 1924,… -> RT @JayneShrimpton: Following interest in a mourning photograph last week, another example, dated Sep 1883 – courtesy @PhotosOfThePast … Continue reading

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-07-09

RT @JayneShrimpton: 'Bunny' Austin & wife Phyllis Konstam 1936. In 1933 Austin was the first male #tennis player to play a major public mat… -> RT @JayneShrimpton: My penultimate #tennis images/fashion post: Spanish player Lili de Alvarez, who in 1931 … Continue reading

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-07-02

RT @JayneShrimpton: Today's #tennis pic courtesy @PhotosOfThePast is from the early-1900s when more began to enjoy the sport. This girl, pi… -> RT @JayneShrimpton: Continuing my daily post on #tennis history in players, dress & images.. Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938) who … Continue reading

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-06-11

RT @JayneShrimpton: A brief, firmly dated/closely dateable visual timeline of Victorian & Edwardian swimwear: 1864, 1878, c.1900, 1911 http… ->

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-05-28

RT @JayneShrimpton: Some interesting bridesmaid and flower girl fashions in this scene from a wedding #June 1935. Fantastical styling, asym… ->

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-05-21

RT @JayneShrimpton: Taken almost to the day…on May 27th 1919, postcard photograph of elderly widow in floor-length, dull black clothes &… ->

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-04-30

Hello @CobbsStore, a random request but you might like this! This appears to be William Colebeck. In the 1870s he w… https://t.co/bYxGR3NUo6 -> RT @JayneShrimpton: Crowning the May Queen, Torrington, Devon, early-1930s Happy #MayDay ! https://t.co/rEdUzH3iG8 ->

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-04-23

RT @CWGC: Like in 2020, #AnzacDay services across the world will today be reduced in size & attendance numbers due to Covid-19 restrictions… -> RT @ScientistSoph: The search to trace people from photos of Cardiff’s dock lands, over a century … Continue reading

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Weekly @PhotosOfThePast Twitter digest w/c 2021-04-16

Found on Flickr: Coach leaving Angaston, S. A. – 1910s from Aussie~mobs – https://t.co/L69XjNe0mJ https://t.co/KNtcT52Duc -> Found on Flickr: Horse drawn tram, Brisbane, ca. 1888 from State Library of Queensland, Australia -… https://t.co/BVhsUdQxQ4 ->

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