Black Gate, Newcastle, c.1880
Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums Photostream (flickr)
Archive for the ‘Heritage Photo of the Day’ Category
Heritage Photo of the Day: February 15, 2013
Friday, February 15th, 2013FYI: Upcoming Oshawa Historical Society February Speaker Series Event: Looking for Richard Pierpoint
Friday, February 15th, 2013In recognition of Black History Month, the Oshawa Historical Society is delighted to have author and historian Peter Meyler speak on his publication, A Stolen Life: Searching for Richard Pierpoint. Meyler will explore the life of Richard Pierpoint – one of the first Black settlers in the Niagara region – who fought with the Butler’s Rangers regiment during the American Revolutionary War and later fought alongside the British during the War of 1812.
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Oshawa Public Library,65 Bagot Street, Oshawa (map)
Admission is $3 per person, or free for members of the Oshawa Historical Society.
Contact Info:
Lisa Terech/Youth Engagement/Programs, Oshawa Community Museum
Telephone: 905-436-7624
Email: membership@oshawamuseum.org
Website: www.oshawamuseum.org
Heritage Photo of the Day: February 14, 2013
Thursday, February 14th, 2013What a lovely way to spend an afternoon:
Tea House, Glencar, Co. Leitrim, circa 1890
National Library of Ireland on the Commons (flickr)
Heritage Photo of the Day: February 13, 2013
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013Postcard from Algiers:
A Street in the Casbah, 1909
Getty Research Institute’s Photostream (flickr)
Heritage Photo of the Day: February 12, 2013
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013They say that variety is the spice of life, so, we are going back to posting a variety of heritage photos from as many places as we can find.
Today’s photo is from Sandhill, Newcastle, England, c.1880′s
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Photostream (flickr)
Heritage Photo of the Day: Trades & Professions: Mills and Factories: February 8, 2103
Friday, February 8th, 2013Ewart’s Linen Factory, Crumlin Road, Belfast, c.1897
National Library of Ireland on the Commons (flickr)
Heritage Photo of the Day: Trades & Professions: Mills and Factories: February 7, 2013
Thursday, February 7th, 2013The engine room of Braich Goch quarry, Corris, Wales, c.1885
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales Photostream
Heritage Photo of the Day: Trades & Professions: Mills and Factories: February 6, 2013
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013Interior of Spring Mills, Llanidloes, Wales, c.1885
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales Photostream
Heritage Photo of the Day: Trades & Professions: Mills and Factories: February 5, 2013
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013Murphy’s Saw Mills at Ferrybank, Waterford, c.1901
National Library of Ireland on the Commons
Heritage Photo of the Day: Trades & Professions: Mills and Factories: February 4, 2013
Monday, February 4th, 2013This week we are going to take a look at the different types of Mills and Factories our ancestors may have laboured in.
Our first photo is of a Paper Mill in West Hartlepool, North East England, c.1910
 Source
Museum of Hartlepool’s Photostream (flickr)