Inspired by the original:
 Powerhouse Museum |
 Ian Sanderson (iansand) |
| THEN | NOW |
Off on holiday this summer? Check the Commons for photographs of where you’ll be, shoot a “now”, in any weather and with any camera, and let us know about it!
Want to tag Flickr Commons photos on your iPhone? Check out the Extraordinaries! Crowdsourcing just got a whole lot easier.
Watch an intriguing video about digital information by Everywhere Is Here.
Hat tip to the good folks at the D.C. Public Library for this find.
11 July - Mas Exitos, the legendary twice-a-month event held at the Verdugo Bar in Highland Park, comes to the Getty Museum. The Getty has been closed due to wildfires this week, so be sure to call ahead for information about this event.
23 July - Watkins and the Rapiers play at the George Eastman House, part of the Garden Vibes summer concert series.
CCC enrollees help to control the Malibu fire near Angeles National Forest, California, from the Oregon State University Archives
Today, the Getty Museum sent out this tweet:
Getty Center is closed the rest of the day due to brushfire. LAFD is on the scene.
They also followed up to say that everything was OK and that the evacuation was just precautionary. Yay!
Here’s a reminder that the Getty is on the Flickr Commons, and that you can take a tour of their holdings by visiting them online.
Their set Postcards of Algiers, a Virtual Tour is one of my favorites, and could use some tags and comments from viewers. These postcards are featured in the exhibition Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City (through October 18, 2009, at the GRI).
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 |
| 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: “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 |
| 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 |
| Our friends the animals, brought to you by the Bibliothèque de Toulouse. |  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 |
| 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 |
Hey kids, we think the Flickr Commons is the best thing since sliced bread. Today (July 7) happens to mark the anniversary of sliced bread, too! So, enjoy this tasty morsel from the George Eastman House, and we’ll be back tomorrow with your recent uploads for the week! Enjoy!
[edit] – we can count, really! It’s actually the 81st anniversary of sliced bread. ;-)
 New York Public Library |
 Joep Poulssen |
| THEN | NOW |
Statue of Liberty, ca. 1883 and 2007.
This is a national holiday for the US, celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence — a great day for BBQs, picnics, baseball, and, of course, fireworks. Of this occasion, President John Adams stated,
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.
We celebrate across the Commons …
| with pomp and parade … |  Library of Congress |
| & we’ll gather for speeches … |  Brooklyn Museum |
| and shows … |  Library of Virginia |
| and songs. |  State Archives and Library of Florida |
| We’ll fly the flag from trains … |  Nantucket Historical Association |
| with plenty of food under Old Glory! |  Library of Congress |
| Tomorrow, we’ll debate a saner way to celebrate our liberty! |  Library of Congress |
Our weekly look around the Commons’ institutions to see what’s happening both digitally and brick-&-mortar.
Fill the Gap: Case 55B (Jul 09) by the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Help the Smithsonian American Art Museum find an object for this space by searching their online collections.
Astoria, Oregon, Oregon State University Archives
Take a trip with the Oregon State University Archives! People and Places: Early “Oregon” – a great overview of OSU Archive’s latest release to the Commons.
Ending July 5 - Caillebotte: The works of impressionist painter, Gustave Caillebotte, exclusively at the Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn is the final stop on this tour and the only American venue for this exhibition.
Ending July 5 - Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: Exquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization at Chicago’s Field Museum.
Now through July 11 - Foundry to Finish: Making of a Bronze Sculpture at the Getty; This exhibition and accompanying photographs and videos demonstrate the process of bronze casting as Adriean de Vries practiced it for Juggling Man.
July 20-24 - Summer School – How Do You Make Powerful Art? at the National Galleries of Scotland. Investigate art from Raphael to Damien Hirst, looking at why artists make art.
| From Newfoundland, where cod once dried on the shore … |  Musée McCord Museum |
| to the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia. |  Musée McCord Museum |
| From the beaches of Prince Edward Island … |  Musée McCord Museum |
| … to the busy harbour of Saint John, New Brunswick. |  Musée McCord Museum |
| From the old streets of Quebec City … |  Library of Congress |
| … to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. |  Library of Congress |
| From the beginning of the Prairies in Manitoba … |  Musée McCord Museum |
| … to life on the land in northern Saskatchewan. |  Musée McCord Museum |
| From the mountains of Alberta … |  Library of Congress |
| … to what lies in them, in British Columbia … |  Smithsonian Institution |
| … to the farthest Arctic seas. |  National Maritime Museum |