On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, recognizing the right of women to vote. In 1971, Congress passed a resolution declaring August 26 “Women’s Equality Day.” Flickr Commons collections are full of photographs of the American suffrage movement. Here are just a few for the day…

Susan B. Anthony with seven other women, ca. 1903

DC Public Library Commons

Suffragettes Bonfire and Poster at the White House (1917-18)

US National Archives

Suffragists in Parade

Library of Congress

“Votes for Women” Canvas Bag, ca. 1920

Cornell University Library

Penny Richards gets Aviatrix Lores Bonney ready for journeys on much larger, faster planes.

State Library of Queensland, Australia	pennyrichardsca
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We’re always interested in seeing what people are doing with Commons photos. And we are, obviously, big fans of archivists of all kinds. So what could be better than a note drawing our attention to Commons-based comics for archivists?

If you don’t already know Rebecca Goldman’s Derangement and Description, head over and check it out! And start with those photocomics, for which Rebecca uses Commons material much of the time.

Wyembar in Cambell Street, Toowoomba, ca. 1905

rudegar22 writes:

I grew up in this house! From when I was a baby in 1977 to about 5 years ago. It’s one of the most beautiful houses in all Toowoomba …

Thanks to Pixel Wrangler for noticing this one, and bringing it to the Flickr Commons group’s Personal Connections thread!

Fine day but cold and dull. General Haig's diary entry for Armistice Day 1918. (National Library of Scotland)

From Flickr Commons group members’ suggestions and recent uploads, images for Armistice Day/Remembrance Day: November 11, commemorating the Armistice of 1918 ever since.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, / We will remember them.
— Lawrence Binyon, “For the Fallen” (1914)

Soldiers in a trench, Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915.

National Library NZ

No Mans Land, Flanders Field, France, 1919.

Library of Congress

A surgical operation, 1918.

Library of Virginia

World War I Army Biplane, first published February 1919.

UA Archives / Upper Arlington History

Rudolf Menzel with group of soldiers, 1915.

Center for Jewish History, NYC

The announcing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, was the occasion for a monster celebration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…on Broad Street.

U.S. National Archives

Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph, Sydney, 11 November 1938 / photograph by Sam Hood

State Library of New South Wales

Four mates about to embark for service in Korea. The description for this image tells who each man is, and who did not return.

Australian War Memorial

Soldiers carry a wounded comrade through a swampy area, 1969.

U.S. National Archives

Restoration of Commons photos was the subject of a recent discussion in the Flickr Commons group. Here’s a restoration of a Commons photo by a Flickr user that has turned up since then in the group pool. We’re sure there must be more users out there restoring Commons photographs and cleaning up old scans!

State Library of Queensland, Australia	Katarzyna Matylla
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While there’s still a bit of summer left in the United States, there’s still time to visit a state or county fair.

The Vermont State Fair, 1941

Library of Congress

The New York State Fair, 1918

Cornell University Library

The Oregon State Fair, 1912

Oregon State University Archives

The Florida State Fair, 1947

State Library and Archives of Florida

Garfield County Fair, Colorado, 1973

U.S. National Archives

Cheshire County Grange Fair, New Hamphire, 1892

Keene and Cheshire County (NH) Historical Photos

“Pure joy is no respecter of purses at the seashore in the summer time”
New-York Tribune illustrated supplement, August 28, 1910

Chronicling America (Library of Congress) (DLC) – lccn.loc.gov/2007618519

… as found by Penny in two different Commons collections. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson photographed Lady Eastlake in 1845, seemingly on different days.

George Eastman House

National Galleries of Scotland

Various disabled ships, aground after the hurricane of 1899: Dog Island, Florida

See more post-hurricane photographs taken this day in 1899, from the State Library and Archives of Florida.