🌉 #ArchiveBridge 1928 An Imperial Airways biplane, The City of Glasgow seen flying over the R. Tweed at Berwick in a race to Scotland, against the LNER Pacific class steam locomotive, The Flying Scotsman. The City of Glasgow 🛩️ beat The Flying Scotsman 🚂ow.ly/Vf1M50T4PeJ

Today in 1993 saw Provost O'Neill and Johnnie Beattie meet the winners of the #Dumbarton Gardening Competition at the Municipal Buildings.

This photo shows the construction of the Dundee & Newtyle railway bridge over the Kingsway c1924. Ref: TC/EN/105/2 #Dundee #Archives

Remember Woods of Perth? Did you visit? This image is from 1996. 📷 Local & Family History Collection, AK Bell Library #ExploreYourArchive

#ThrowbackTuesday #Dundee's famous dragon sculpture and the Murraygate on a rather wet day in the 1990s #Archives #DundeeUniCulture

End of the road? 🚧 This recently scanned photo shows Baillieston Interchange prior to completion of the #M8 in 1980. At this time all traffic was forced on to the A8 Edinburgh Road. We're looking westwards and the line of the future carriageway is quite clear to see. #archives

Postcard of the Day: The Station, Guay. The station opened in 1863 and closed in 1959. 📷 Local & Family History Collection, AK Bell Library #ExploreYourArchive

Here is this week's #mysteryphoto (no. 289). As always, if you recognise the location, please get in touch so the photograph can be properly catalogued. Thank you!

The location of last week's #mysteryphoto (no. 288) was identified as the South Pier at #Oban. Thanks also to everyone pointed out that it only featured one paddle steamer, 'Princess Louise' was a screw steamer

Have a look at the work we are doing about Home Children who were sent to Canada from Scotland and make sure you sign up to the two webinars! The first one is tonight and the other this Thursday. Explore and book here: scottisharchives.org.uk/explore/ancest…

Last chance to get tickets to join historian Dr Morag Allan Campbell & University of Dundee Archivist Caroline Brown as they speak about what the historical record can tell us about women’s mental illness 📅18 September, 3pm 📍Central Library 🎟️ Free 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/childbirth-a…

Today's pic - our much missed Evelyn Whitfield in the River Eden, nr #Cupar c.1956. “My mother asked me 2 sit on the tree trunk while she took the photo but I was nervous about it bobbing up & down on the edge of the weir, so the boys volunteered to hold it steady for me.”

Eastriggs School was one of the schools which served the workers of H.M. Factory Gretna's children. Here's a programme for a Prize Giving at Eastriggs Township school in 1925 & headmaster's report from 1970. #backtoschool Explore Your Archive ARA Scotland

Staff of J&G Thomson shipbuilders posing before the bow of HMS Ramillies on launch day, 1892. Search thousands of photographs from our shipbuilding records and more on our research website @‌ScotlandsPeople 👇 bit.ly/SPImageLibrary

Briggers on a temporary platform within viaduct girders during construction of the Forth Bridge, 17 September 1885. A railway line has been installed to transport materials. Find more photographs of this iconic Scottish landmark in our records 👇 bit.ly/NRSForthBridge

#ThrowbackTuesday #TransportTuesday Great Alex Coupar shot of Gresley A3 Pacific No 60098 Spion Kop passing a warning to trespassers sign near West Ferry on the former #Dundee & #Arbroath Joint #Railway #Archives #DundeeUniCulture

Pupils of #Inverness Royal Academy in the school grounds at Midmills, c1905 [source: Inverness Royal Academy]

Alexander Fraser of Miall, and Duncan Bain "Stemmie" of Big Sand, gutting fish [photo from the collections at #Gairloch Museum]

152-148 Cowcaddens St, 1963, showing Dallas's Archive Ref: D-PL 2/1/574

Poor relief records are one of the best sources for family history. This is the 1860 Campsie poor roll. The Parish gave money, food, or clothing to people who couldn't support themselves. Download our guide orlo.uk/3VVg0 #archives #ExploreYourArchives #FamilyHistory