Little bit of rare bird action at Cley yesterday... #ChurchTwitching #GlassList2019 #StFrancisPreachingToTheBluethroats #stainedglass #animalsinchurches #birdsinchurches BSMGP Stained Glass Museum

Intricate, gilded cloud-lands above the Ridgeway ☁️

From the Ridgeway this evening, one of the most beautiful sunsets I think I’ve ever seen.

Did you know 380,000 African Americans served in the U.S. Army during #WWI? About 42,000 saw combat. Ike Sims of Georgia, 87 years old, had eleven sons in the service. catalog.archives.gov/id/533583 #Veterans

As we say goodbye to #Olympics2024Paris, here is probably my favorite Olympic object from the #FashioninMotion exhibit- this 1924 #Olympics fan from LT Piver, a perfumer. It shows five women- a mountaineer, a tennis player, a swimmer, a fencer, and a rugby player #Fashionhistory

Stoke-upon-Trent (former) Library, Charles Lynam (1877-8).

#Caturday My, what big claws you’ve got! 😳 #Tinylion prancing on a roof boss, high up in the late medieval nave roof of St Mary’s, Highley, Shropshire.

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (12th September) was at 6.39am, sunset is at 7.27pm ☀️🥶

For Michaelmas. Church of St Michael and All Angels, St Michael's Mount, Cornwall.

A special display at the White House in celebration of President Carter’s 100th birthday!

Author and illustrator Crockett Johnson was born on October 20, 1906. Crockett created many children’s books, but is probably best known for Harold and the Purple Crayon and subsequent Harold books. 💜 1/2

Autumn in Oxenhope.

Autumn mist, Haworth Graveyard.

The Library has the largest body of early Indigenous American music recordings in the U.S.: 10,000 wax cylinders of songs & stories. Those recorded by Francis La Flesche — the first professional Native American ethnologist & a member of the Omaha Nation — are among them. 🧵

Excited to share my new article on the VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Project: “Social Work in Divisive Times: Navigating Dual Roles Across Eras and Movements.” In these challenging times, understanding our history is crucial to improving our future. Supported by a VCU

In the tense final minutes before liftoff #OTD in 1966, Gemini 12 Pilot Buzz Aldrin prepares for his first spaceflight, and the 10th and final flight of the Gemini Program. 🧵 1/2

We’re happier than we’ve ever “bean” because it’s almost time for our next #ArchivesHashtagParty, #ArchivesFeast! Join us on Friday, December 6, as we share our best food-themed records! 🥧 What’s on the table in your collections? 🍽️

Anne Louise Avery I wonder where Rabbit was going on pilgrimage

The coffee sizes we all deserve on the first day of Daylight Saving Time. 🥱☕ Many images in the Library's Carol M. Highsmith Archive feature quirky roadside oddities like these. Her mission is to photograph the U.S. & to give her work to the Library & its users.