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Happy Valentine’s Day, from the Library of Congress!
World War I comic (hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.24348)
(Thanks to Helena Zinkham at the LOC for words and images!)
The National Archives UK uploaded a new collection to their Flickr photostream, entitled Africa Through a Lens. This collection is comprised of 26 sets, and includes nearly 5,000 images. Happily, this collection will increase in size!
These images of Africa are from collections of Britain’s Colonial Office. This one is from the “Malawi” set:
Chief Mpama. Gao Tribe.
Floods at Grafton, 11 March 1890
With the current devastating news in Australia, the State Library of New South Wales has released to the Commons some of its historical images of previous floods:
The State Library of New South Wales is thinking of all of those in Queensland affected by floods, including the State Library of Queensland.
See historical flood images from the State Library of Queensland, Australia, here.
Recent layoffs at Yahoo! — similar to those that prompted the forming of the Flickr Commons group (and then of this blog) — combined with a flurry of news around the sunsetting or sell-off by Yahoo! of its social bookmarking property Delicious, have prompted a secondary flurry of speculation around the future of Flickr (see, for example, recent articles from the Guardian).
Among the flurry, and of special interest to fans of the Commons, are some thoughts by George Oates about the value of not only the images on Flickr but everything around them, and about the importance of preserving the context of archives for the future. Read George’s 2008 dream and her current thoughts about it on her blog.
… from the Yeshiva University Museum, the Center for Jewish History NYC in the Commons, and us!
Hanukah greeting card, 1945
| From the National Library of Scotland, two major new collections: Construction of the Forth Bridge illustrations 1886-87 and Photographs from the Tay Bridge Enquiry. The Tay Bridge “collapsed because of high winds on 28 December 1879.” |  Fallen girders, Tay Bridge |
| Both the U.S. National Archives and the Center for Jewish History, NYC uploaded photographs for Veterans’ Day. |  Photograph of Marine Wives at Camp Pendleton, California Waiting for the Return of Prisoners of War, 02/12/1973 |
| The Library of Congress’s Bain Collection Friday update was part baseball, part processions and public events, part portrait, and one damaged ship. |  Linc. Steffens 1/2 length, hanging on balcony (LOC) |
| The Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian adds to its commercial-location photography, witha focus on pousadas. |  Pousada de Serém, Portugal |
| And for those of you who don’t follow us on Twitter, the State Library of Queensland, Australia, has More Moustaches. |  Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified man, 1870-1880 |
Friday, November 12 is “Follow an Archive” day on Twitter. Many archives from all over the world actively use Twitter to spread word of new acquisitions, ways of accessing their collections, and other developments. On Friday, search the hashtag #followanarchive to discover archives you didn’t know where there.
For more, see the Follow an Archive blog.
| Keene and Cheshire County (NH) Historical Photos has uploaded a wealth of color photographs of residences and businesses. |
 Crystal Restaurant in Keene New Hampshire |
| The State Library of Queensland, Australia, has added a postcard from the First World War to its photographic postcard collections. Watch for more new Armistice Day photographs from Commons institutions this week. |
 Taking a break from the battlefield, chatting around the campfire, ca. 1917 |
| Oregon State University Archives has begun to post photographs from the teaching collection of landscape architect Arthur Peck. |
 Car parked in front of house |
| The Library of Congress expands its Commons collection of jazz photos. |
 Portrait of Buddy Weed, ABC studio, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. May 1947 |
| The Bibliothèque de Toulouse posts portraits by Eugène Trutat. |
 Caroline en costume masculin, Cornusson |
| From SMU Central Libraries, some stunning mounted images of geysers by William Henry Jackson from the 1870s. |
 Crater of Old Faithful |
| The Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian adds to its images of mid-20th-century industrial interiors on Flickr. |
 Laboratório Normal, Mem Martins, Portugal |
THATCamp SoCal 2011 borrows from the Commons to showcase the event’s blend of humanities and technology.
Have you spotted a Commons photo in the wild? Let us know! Post to the group or drop us a note.
| Oregon Statue University Archives focuses on OSU itself. |
 The Art Studio |
| From another campus, SMU, a mix of drawing and photography of native peoples. |
 Types of Mojave Indians |
| The Swedish National Heritage Board expands its collection of images of Swedish towns and cities. |
 Jönköping, Småland, Sweden |
| The Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian goes shopping! |
 Antiga Casa José Alexandre, Lisboa, Portugal |
| While NASA heads into orbit and beyond, in uniform. |
 Two astronauts check mobility of different types of Apollo space suits |
| The National Library of Wales goes to school. |
 Gymnasts at Rhos-ddu Junior School |
| Recent uploads from the National Maritime Museum focus on particular named ships. |
 Cable Laying Machinery on the ‘Great Eastern’ |