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Nankeen and white cranes

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Nankeen and white cranes

creator: unknown
Nankeen and white cranes, creation date: unknown
Powerhouse Museum: Tyrrell Photographic Collection

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[Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthen, Wales] (LOC)

Posted by Nina in Best of The Commons
[Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthen, Wales] (LOC)

creator: unknown
[Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthen, Wales], creation date: between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
The Library of Congress: LOT 13408, no. 056

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Happy Thanksgiving, ‘by sport and feasting’

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Best of The Commons

By sport and feasting Americans will prove they are a thankful people this week, November 20, 1904
Library of Congress: lccn.loc.gov/2007618519

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Fernand Cormon (LOC)

Posted by Nina in Best of The Commons
Fernand Cormon (LOC)

Bain News Service, publisher.
Fernand Cormon (LOC), between 1910 and 1915.
The Library of Congress: LC-B2- 2583-9

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Gannet, or Solan Goose

Posted by Nina in Best of The Commons
Gannet, or Solan Goose

creator: Richard Kearton
Gannet, or Solan Goose, Published 1905
National Galleries of Scotland: PGP R 888.12

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Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes National Park

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Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes National Park

creator: unknown
Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes National Park, 1946
Galt Museum & Archives: P19941013007

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Some Corner of a Foreign Field

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Best of The Commons

Marking Armistice Day, around the world. We remember.

After the battle on the Menin Road, France, 1917
After the battle on the Menin Road, France, 1917
State Library of Queensland, Australia

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Gunner Thomas Harold Burton, 178 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Posted by zyrcster in Best of The Commons
HU_093371

unknown
GUNNER THOMAS HAROLD BURTON, 178 BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY , 1915
Imperial War Museum: HU_093371

Killed in action during World War I.

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50 Years Ago Today (Happy Hallowe’en!)

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Best of The Commons
Hotchkiss Field, Halloween

Adolph B. Rice Studio
Hotchkiss Field, Halloween, October 31, 1959
Library of Virginia: Rice Collection 2564A

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Geo. Lurich

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Geo. Lurich (LOC)

creator: unknown
Geo. Lurich (LOC), creation date: unknown
The Library of Congress: LC-B2- 2643-14

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