Old Photographs

This summer one of the tasks the Museum hopes to accomplish is re-organizing and scanning the photograph collection. (Or at least what we can get through! It's quite extensive!)

Though we have some fantastic artifacts in our collection, we also have photos and war diaries we want to make more accessible for research purposes.

Photographs and diaries are significant and often irreplaceable resources for understanding the past and it is fascinating to explore the files. Most of the photos I've seen today are not directly related to the First Hussars but they capture some unique moments from World War One. One of my favourite images so far is the one below of "Togo" the Persian Cat, official mascot of the H.M.S. Dreadnought: a picture that is both whimsical and poignant.