We discovered a fun set of remixed Library of Congress images in happysweetmama’s Flickr photostream! Enjoy Tweaking files from the Library of Congress.
 Library of Congress |
 happysweetmama |
| ORIGINAL | REMIX |
Americans are tough, and we’re going to beat this recession one repo at a time. Hang in there and be strong.
We are Americans!!
A 14th-century bridge, designed for defense.
 Bibliothèque de Toulouse |
 garethac |
| THEN | NOW |
This photo is from a set that was curated by Flickr Commons initiator George Oates.
| Everything from the Swedish National Heritage Board is new! Try out this set of Carl Curman’s travels in Denmark, Holland and Germany. He was a physician and a scientist who did a lot of traveling abroad in Europe, to study health resorts, art and architecture. |  Carl Curman – Europe |
| While you’re visiting Europe, the Biblioteca de Arte–Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian has another set of photos from the Mário Novais studio, all about exhibitions: agricultural, farming, industrial or service photography. |  Exposições de cariz económico |
| Swing by France to see magnificent castles from the Bibliothèque de Toulouse. |  Châteaux |
| The Oregon State University Archives takes you to Ireland to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. |  Whiddy Island |
| Don’t drink too much, though, or you’ll ride off the rails. The Nationaal Archief documents all sorts of troubles. |
 Ongelukken / Accidents |
| Did you know that the US Army set up logging camp in Oregon to build spruce airplanes for World War I? The Oregon State University Archives tells us how. |  Gerald Williams Collection: Spruce Production Division |
| Don’t forget, all photos from the Nantucket Historical Association are new. This actor’s colony escaped the stifling city heat in summer for anything goes on the island. |  ‘Sconset Actors Colony |
| The State Library of New South Wales presents … Katharine Hepburn! |  Film & cinema |
| Derek Powazek’s session at SXSW mentions the Brooklyn’s Museum’s Click! exhibition. |  Click! at SXSW |
| Another captivating video from the Powerhouse Museum. The Powerhouse keeps adding to its Tyrrell Collection, too, where the photo in this video is from. |  Exploring Martin Place |
| More scientific women from the Smithsonian! You’ll enjoy Adventures in the Morgue. |
 Women in Science |
20 Mar.–24 Apr.: Attend an interactive 6-week Queensland history course at the State Library of Queensland, Australia.
Welcome the Swedish National Heritage Board to the Commons!
Featuring two wonderful sets of photos from Carl Curman, a physician and a scientist, the themes include ancient monuments and churches, urban and rural environment, archaeology, industries and aerial photos. The Swedish National Heritage Board is the government agency responsible for cultural heritage and historic environment issues in Sweden.
Why, yes, those are women bathing out there! A warm welcome to you!
Ya gotta love folksonomic tagging! While looking through recent uploads to the Library of Congress, I came upon the tag “great mustaches of the LOC“. We’d love to hear the story behind this meme. The New York Times even picked up on this one.
| This club includes the famous dandies … |  Kaiser Wilhelm |
| and everything from somewhat psychedelic images … |  H.C. Ide |
| to stately long handlebars … |  Dr. Francisco Bertrand – Pres. of Honduras |
| and from baby-fuzz ones … |  Prince Ernest of Cumberland |
| to unkempt ones … |  Dr. R. Robinson |
| and even a most Nietzschean mustache. |  Henry Vivian |
… to the whole lot of you!
 Library of Congress |
 brownpau |
| THEN | NOW |
Reshooting an old image is great way to do a now and then series. But how about overlaying the then-photo within the new-photo? Check out Jason Powell’s Looking into the Past set on Flickr.
Looking into the Past: Union Station Square, Washington, DC, by jasonepowell
gitfiddlegregg attempts to identify the subjects:
“Luke” (the mandolin player) is definitely Luther Baucom, known as “Looney Luke.” He performed with a group called the Three Tobacco Tags (sometimes given simply as The Tobacco Tags) on a number of radio stations, including Richmond’s WRVA, and on records for Victor’s Bluebird label. I’m less certain of the guitar player, but I think it’s “Roly-Poly Reid,” aka Reid Summey of the Tags. A check of the Library’s WRVA collection might confirm this. I’m working from the cover image on “The Tobacco Tags Book of Songs.
mwade303 fleshes out this story, saying:
You are correct. That is Reid Summey. The Tags ended in 1949. From the picture, I assume that Luke and Reid continued to perform together. My dad, George Wade, was one of the original Three Tobacco Tags, along with Luke and Reid. They took on another member later and changed the name to just the Tobacco Tags. The Tags members changed several times during their run. My dad left in the late 1930’s.
Some samples of Tobacco Tags songs are available on Rhapsody.com. They’re terrific!
