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Lucy Smith and Pauline Ranken climbing Salisbury Crags. ca. 1908.
Image: Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club.
Lucy Smith, Jane Clark and her daughter Mabel founded The Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club in 1908. Pauline Ranken was also an early member of the club.
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
TODAY'S ENTRY: King of the Bean
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#Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable#twelfth night#january 6th#or january 5th depending#king of the bean
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The genius of the nineteenth century
The genius of the nineteenth century
Jean de Paleologu, “PAL,” late 1890s. Color and detail restored. https://racingnelliebly.com/strange_times/jean-paleologue-posters-shaped-modern-advertising/
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