indicommons » Across The Commons http://www.indicommons.org Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:10:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 August 26: Women’s Equality Day http://www.indicommons.org/2011/08/26/august-26-womens-equality-day/ http://www.indicommons.org/2011/08/26/august-26-womens-equality-day/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:51:58 +0000 Penny http://www.indicommons.org/?p=9646 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 Susan B. Anthony with seven other women, ca. 1903
DC Public Library Commons
Suffragettes Bonfire and Poster at the White House (1917-18) Suffragettes Bonfire and Poster at the White House
US National Archives
Suffragists in Parade Suffragists in Parade
Library of Congress
“Votes for Women” Canvas Bag, ca. 1920
Cornell University Library
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Fine day but cold and dull. General Haigs diary entry for Armistice Day 1918. (National Library of Scotland)

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
]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2010/11/10/lest-we-forget/feed/ 0 At the State Fair, across the Commons http://www.indicommons.org/2010/09/02/at-the-state-fair-across-the-commons/ http://www.indicommons.org/2010/09/02/at-the-state-fair-across-the-commons/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:30:17 +0000 Stephanie Fysh http://www.indicommons.org/?p=8678 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
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George Eastman House
National Galleries of Scotland
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“Elderly woman, knitting”–clearly a formal portrait, but she’s not about to put down her knitting for the occasion. Oval framed portrait of older woman knitting
George Eastman House
“Mrs. Lewis, Y Borth at 84 Years Old”–notice that, in the time the shutter took to open and close, Mrs. Lewis was completely still except for her hands. Seated Welshwoman knitting in front of a door
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
“Herring girls, Scarborough, Yorkshire”–no idle hands for these herring girls, c1910; knitting is a time-honored way to make use of wait time. Two women knitting in a docks area
National Maritime Museum
“Breien in lagere school in woonwagenkamp”–two girls learning to knit in wartime Holland, 1941; commenters point out that the girls are knitting “English Style,” not “Continental Style”. two girls knitting at a school desk
Nationaal Archief
“Girls Knitting, 1918″–long before Barbies or Wiis, knitting served the purpose of a social activity for little friends, on a summer day in Ohio. four girls sitting on a step, knitting
UA Archives/Upper Arlington History
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Young boy fishing with his dog: Palm Beach County, Florida
State Library and Archives Florida
Three Generations of Oldlands Have Ranched on Piceance Creek. in the Summer They Move 15 Miles South to Their Cow Camp, and Their Cattle Graze on Higher Lands Owned by the Bureau of Land Management and Private Oil Companies Haying Crew at Work, 07/1973
U.S. National Archives
Atlantic City Beach
George Eastman House

Enjoy the rest of the Spirit of Summer gallery here!

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In the great green room …
Smithsonian Institution
… there was a telephone …
Genevieve Clark (Lib. of Congress)
… and a red balloon …
L. Stevens (Lib. of Congress)
… and a picture of a cow …
Pauline (DC Public Library)
… jumping over the moon …
Margaret Ballardini & Fred Watson (State Lib. of NSW)
Are you already saying what comes next? See the full Gallery on Flickr!
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Olifantsspitsmuis in Artis. Oppasser houdt muisje op de hand (a.k.a., an elephant shrew) hand holding a small rodent
Nationaal Archief
Library Appeal 1973 .
LSE Library
Women Bowling
George Eastman House
Moses Williams playing the diddley bow: Waverly, Florida hand holding bottle, playing strings
State Library and Archives of Florida
Untitled (from the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Native Basketry program) hands weaving with colorful fiber
Smithsonian Institution
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Wilhelmina Drucker, women’s rights pioneer, is portrayed by Truus Claes on the occasion of her seventieth birthday (1917).
Nationaal Archief
Gwyneth Richards, the only girl in the YFC taking part in sheep shearing competitions in Wales (1944).
National Library of Wales
Eileen Power, Professor of Economic History from 1931 to 1940, London School of Economics (1930s).
LSE Library
Co-eds with hoes: The county experimental hop yard recruited Oregon State College coeds for a quick job of hoeing (1944).
Oregon State University Archives
An unnamed 14-year-old striker, actress and political activist Fola La Follette, and prostitute-turned reformer Rose Livingston (1913).
Library of Congress
Rita Trudget (or Trudgett), wicket keeper, in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia (1930s).
State Library of New South Wales
Paramaribo market scene
Field Museum Library
U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives		 Woman carrying bundle on head, Natchez, Mississippi, August ...
New York Public Library
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The Nancy Grey with a whale, Norway. [Whaling scenes at Skaaro. The
Library of Congress
A whale in Sydney Harbour. Whale, Sydney Harbour, 1930's / Sam Hood
State Library of New South Wales
Model of a whale. Louisiana Purchase Exposition - SI Exhibit
Smithsonian Institution
Posing on whale bones. Posing on whale bones: Saint George Island, Florida
State Library and Archives of Florida
Stranded blackfish whales. Stranded blackfish whales underneath Te Aro reclamation trestling at the foot of Taranaki Street, Wellington, between 1882-1883
National Library of New Zealand
Whaling / Walvisvaart Whaling / Walvisvaart
Nationaal Archief
A sperm whale jawbone. Captain George A.Grant
Nantucket Historical Association
A large whale skeleton. West Court with large whale skeleton
Field Museum
Whale-back at pier. World's Columbian Exposition: Whale-back, Chicago, United States, 1893.
Brooklyn Museum
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