Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
One of my favorite times of year in Flickr Commons is March, when the Smithsonian rolls out more wonderful images from the collection of portraits of women scientists. This is their fifth year running, and there are still plenty of photos to share. Check their stream every Friday in March for more treasures, but these are from the first batch this year:
| Ethel Grace Stiffler (c.1900-1995) was an American trained botanist, taught biology at several universities, and was married to astronomer Edwin Carpenter. |
Smithsonian Institution |
| Biochemist Lina Solomonova Stern (1878-1968) was born in present-day Latvia, and studied the blood-brain barrier in the Soviet Union. |
Smithsonian Institution |
Posted March 1st, 2013 |
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Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
Some serious snakes slithering through the Commons…
More here.
Posted February 11th, 2013 |
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Posted by Penny in Best of The Commons
Party time! On 16 January 2008, the first collections were uploaded to the new Flickr Commons by the Library of Congress–so that makes the Flickr Commons project five years old today. Of course the Library of Congress is celebrating their five years, but many other Commons institutions are also joining in on the fun. Here’s a roundup:
On Flickr:
Library of Congress, “Celebrating: 5 Years Flickr Commons-a set on Flickr”
Library of Congress, “Flickr Favorites 1″ (a gallery of favorite images from across the Commons)
Library of Congress, “Flickr Favorites 2″ (another gallery)
Library of Congress, “Flickr Favorites 3″ (another gallery)
Library of Congress, “Flickr Favorites 4″ (another gallery)
State Library of Queensland, “Happy 5th Birthday Flickr Commons-a set on Flickr” (a very clever collection of images of five people, objects, etc.)
Nationaal Archief, “Feestje/Party-a set on Flickr”
Blog posts marking the 5th:
What’s That Picture?
National Library of Ireland (part 1)
National Library of Ireland (part 2)
Swedish National Heritage Board
Smithsonian Institution
Posted January 16th, 2013 |
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Posted December 9th, 2012 |
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R.C. Croes / Anefo
Sinterklaas tapt miljoenste glas bier, 30 november 1970
Nationaal Archief: 924-0575
During the holiday season, even a saint might like a nice glass of beer, eh?
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Posted December 5th, 2012 |
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As part of the First World War Centenary observances, the Imperial War Museum is adding “Faces of the First World War” to their Flickr Commons account. The portraits sometimes start with just a surname and a rank; but many of them are gaining extensive annotation in comments, with contributors accessing war records, census details, maps, and baptismal rolls, as well as the lists of names on monuments of war dead. In the Commons, a young face like Lt. Dobie, above, becomes a doctor’s son, Elizabeth Dobie’s older brother, a Marlborough School student, just twenty years old when he “went out to inspect the wire in front of the fire trench,” and died.
New faces will be added to these sets regularly until August 2014, the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.
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Posted October 25th, 2012 |
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