handsonhistory.bsky.social
Getting hands-on with history through artifacts and material culture 🫳📜🏺🧭🖼⚔️🧮🗿👑👈 All photos/footage by me unless stated otherwise. Profile picture: hand detail from embroidery at Hardwick Hall, UK. Banner: San handprints in the Cederberg, South Africa.
👤 Joined on 30 September 2025
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@handsonhistory.bsky.socialTPL Wychwood! This community staple has certainly evolved over the last century, but maintains its iconic brick foundations from 1915, as seen today! Citations: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #tpl #toronto #torontopubliclibrary #community #wychwood #tplwychwood #books #library #history
Show PostWhy do so many cities in Canada have visually similar old business districts? Archival Images and maps courtesy of the City of Vancouver Archives, the Toronto Public Library, and City of Winnipeg Archives.
Show PostThe Immigrant Statue—why does everybody hate it? Citations: drive.proton.me/urls/KBZ9XRS...
Show PostBollywood Beginnings—How Toronto’s Naaz Theatre galvanised the city’s South Asian diaspora. Citations: drive.proton.me/urls/XS2R658...
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