Archive for the ‘Across The Commons’ Category
Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
One of my favorite times of year in Flickr Commons is March, when the Smithsonian rolls out more wonderful images from the collection of portraits of women scientists. This is their fifth year running, and there are still plenty of photos to share. Check their stream every Friday in March for more treasures, but these are from the first batch this year:
| Ethel Grace Stiffler (c.1900-1995) was an American trained botanist, taught biology at several universities, and was married to astronomer Edwin Carpenter. |
Smithsonian Institution |
| Biochemist Lina Solomonova Stern (1878-1968) was born in present-day Latvia, and studied the blood-brain barrier in the Soviet Union. |
Smithsonian Institution |
Posted March 1st, 2013 |
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Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
Some serious snakes slithering through the Commons…
More here.
Posted February 11th, 2013 |
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Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
Ever wonder why food is named the way it is? The Commons has some answers…
| Queen Margherita turned up in this week’s Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons. She’s the eponym of the “margherita pizza,” a standard combination of toppings (mozzarella, tomato, basil). Margherita pizza was served to the Queen Consort in 1889, in Naples, as an edible representation of the Italian flag (red/white/green). The name stuck.
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Library of Congress |
| Another famous Italian woman of the late 19th/early 20th century, coloratura soprano Luisa Tetrazzini, inspired a San Francisco chef to create “tetrazzini,” a dish with pasta, almonds, mushrooms, and parmesan sauce. |
Library of Congress |
Want more? Wikipedia has a List of Foods Names after People, and a List of Foods and Drinks Named for Places, for your all edible history needs.
Posted September 24th, 2012 |
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Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
Today marks the traditional birthday (and definite deathday) of William Shakespeare, who was baptized April 26, 1564, and died April 23, 1616. Any Shakespeare-related content in the Commons? Of course there is!
| William Shakespeare watches over a rehearsal at the Futurist Play House, c1910s |
Library of Congress |
Posted April 23rd, 2012 |
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Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
On 15 April 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and quickly sunk, with many lost lives. The event catches many of the Commons collections at their richest, so it’s no surprise that the Titanic can be found across the Commons (in fact, we’ve visited the topic before on indicommons). A few survivors and not-so-lucky souls from the Commons…
| Estelle Stead’s father died in the Titanic disaster; she sought contact with her father’s spirit for many years after that, and wrote about her experiences in seances and with mediums. |
Library of Congress |
| Francis David Millet (1846-1912) was an American artist, in charge of decorations at the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, 1893; he died on the Titanic. |
Smithsonian Institution |
| Madeleine Force Astor (1893-1940) was a Titanic passenger; she survived, but her husband John Jacob Astor IV perished; soon after the disaster, she delivered her son, John Jacob Astor VI. |
Library of Congress |
| R. Norris Williams (1891-1968) was an American tennis player who was traveling on the Titanic; he survived the sinking. This photo was taken the next year, while he was practicing for the Davis Cup. |
Library of Congress |
| Young Michel and Edmond Navratil boarded the Titanic with their father, who died in the sinking; they survived, and are shown here in their mother’s arms. |
Library of Congress |
Posted April 15th, 2012 |
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Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
On 12 March 1912, Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout troop, in Savannah, Georgia, with eighteen girls attending. In a century of fun, learning, and service, of course the Girl Scouts have tromped through the Commons collections, so come back through time with the Girl Scouts, and Flickr Commons:
| Eighth Methodist Oswestry Girl Guides Company, 1956 |
LlGC ~ NLW |
Posted March 12th, 2012 |
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Posted by Penny in Across The Commons
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…
Posted August 26th, 2011 |
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Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Across The Commons
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)
| 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 |
| 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 |
Posted November 10th, 2010 |
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Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Across The Commons
While there’s still a bit of summer left in the United States, there’s still time to visit a state or county fair.
Posted September 2nd, 2010 |
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Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Across The Commons
… as found by Penny in two different Commons collections. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson photographed Lady Eastlake in 1845, seemingly on different days.
Posted August 22nd, 2010 |
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