Recent Uploads to the Flickr Commons

Posted by zyrcster in Recent Uploads

This is your weekly guide to everything new in the Commons on Flickr for the past week. Take a moment to stroll through history and discover photographs of yore.

The National Archief celebrates the Tour de France with archival images of this famed bicycle race. Perhaps you can find some Now shots to pair up with these Then shots? Tour de France
Tour de France
The Oregon State University Archives chronicles the history of their state with some truly stellar photographs, featuring both Lewis and Clark (including other members of that expedition), Chief Joseph (the leader of the Nez Perces tribe), and Prairie Schooners. People and places:
People and places: “Early Settlement of Oregon”
50 new Bain News Service photographs from the Library of Congress are waiting for your help in tagging and commenting! Here’s U.S. President Wilson at his summer home. News in the 1910s
News in the 1910s
The State Library of Queensland, Australia, presents the construction of the Story Bridge in Brisbane just in time for the 69th anniversary of the bridge’s opening. Picture of the Week
Picture of the Week
Our friends the animals, brought to you by the Bibliothèque de Toulouse. Nos amies les bêtes
Nos amies les bêtes
View this set of tiles in Brazilian churches, identified by João Miguel dos Santos Simões when carrying out an inventory of the Portuguese tiles from 1960 to 1968, from the Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Igrejas brasileiras
Igrejas brasileiras
Kick back with videos of Florida folklife, uploaded by the State Archives and Library of Florida.
Filming Florida
Florida Memory has also posted thrilling images of hurricanes! Here’s Ivan making some noise: Hurricanes in Florida
Hurricanes in Florida

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