Recent Uploads: Happy Birthday, Queen Juliana

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Recent uploads from the Commons:

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Dutch Queen Juliana’s birth on April 30! The Nationaal Archief honors this occasion with a set of photos of this beloved queen.
Koningin Juliana, 100ste geboortedag
Last week, Australians and New Zealanders celebrated Anzac Day. The Australian War Memorial posts photographs of this year’s ceremonies in Canberra.
ANZAC Day, 2009
A timely Sam Hood Photo: 12,000 Australians died of the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918-19.
Compulsory mask
The State Library of New South Wales honors International Book Day. Get your read on!
International Day of the Book, 23 April 2009
The Bibliothèque de Toulouse adds more bridges and aqueduct photographs from France.
Ponts et aqueducs
The State Archives of Florida informs us,

In 1898 national attention focused on Florida as the Spanish-American War began. The port city of Tampa served as the primary staging area for U.S. troops bound for the war in Cuba.


Spanish American War from the Florida Shore
Enjoy more interior and architecture scenes from the Biblioteca de Arte–Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Instituições bancárias
They’ve also posted a wonderful set of images of the Concelho de Vila do Conde in Portugal. Lots of possibilities for a Then and Now series!
Concelho de Vila do Conde, Portugal
Delve into more charming Carl Curman photographs, courtesy of the Swedish National Heritage Board.
Carl Curman – Sweden
Here are 50 new images from the Bain News Service at the Library of Congress’ photostream, featuring big ships, the London Bridge, and the charming Lady Constance Stewart Richardson.
News in the 1910s
See Installation shots of Tavares Strachan’s The Distance Between What We Have and Want We Want (Arctic Ice Project), 2004-08, at the Brooklyn Museum.
Arctic Ice Project Installation

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