As found by Pixel Wrangler:
 DC Public Library |
 dbking |
| THEN | NOW |
The NHA’s has been a quiet presence in the Commons, but its photographs of Nantucket’s sites and people are still being found by the people closest to them, and we celebrate those today:
| “This is my relative. She also went by the name of Flossie. She was Chappaquiddick Wampanoag …” –wealthywamp |  Almira West Williams |
| “This is my husband’s Grandmother … She passed away when my husband was young …” –sewcrazzed |  Arline Wilma Preston |
| “I lived in the apartment just upstairs… just above where she is pointing …” –nippyfish |  Mitchell’s Book Corner |
| “My brother and I worked behind the soda counter for many summers …” –natkg |  Congdon’s Pharmacy, c. 1910s |
Happy anniversary, Nantucket! And if you, reading this, or yours are from Nantucket or passed through, take a moment to find your history in the Commons!
![[Sackville Street and O'Connell Bridge, Dublin. County Dublin, Ireland] (LOC)](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4427428828_e6a20da67b_m.jpg) 1890s: Library of Congress |
 2010: shammael |
| THEN | NOW |
Find many more in the Flickr Commons group Then & Now topic for the Library of Congress’s new views-of-Ireland photochrom upload – and watch the Flickr blog for more! In Ireland today and feel like going out to shoot your own, like shammael did? We’d love to see them!
The Commons provides a wealth of photos of the half of the world being celebrated today, International Women’s Day — every one of them uncommon and important in her own way.
| 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 |
 Field Museum Library |
 U.S. National Archives |
 U.S. National Archives |
 New York Public Library |
This one’s for you, Shelley!
| The Nancy Grey with a whale, Norway. |  Library of Congress |
| A whale in Sydney Harbour. |  State Library of New South Wales |
| Model of a whale. |  Smithsonian Institution |
| Posing on whale bones. |  State Library and Archives of Florida |
| Stranded blackfish whales. |  National Library of New Zealand |
| Whaling / Walvisvaart |  Nationaal Archief |
| A sperm whale jawbone. |  Nantucket Historical Association |
| A large whale skeleton. |  Field Museum |
| Whale-back at pier. |  Brooklyn Museum |
From Pablo G. Capistrano, a.k.a. pum chak (o.-) – Play ball!
 State Library and Archives of Florida |
 pum chak (o.-) |
| ORIGINAL | REMIX |
March 1st is observed as St. David’s Day, a national holiday in Wales. To mark the occasion, some images of the Welsh from across the Commons …
| A photochrom image of two knitting and spinning Welshwomen, 1890s, in traditional costumes |  [Library of Congress] |
| Mr. Roberts, a Welsh harpist, c. 1875 |  Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/National Library of Wales |
| A family of Welsh immigrants to Patagonia, Argentina, 1924; this photo was taken as part of the Captain Marshall Field Expedition for Vertebrate Paleontology (1922-1925) |  Field Museum Library |
| Fisherman’s family outside cottage, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, c.1890 (be sure to see the then-and-now posted in the comments on this one) |  National Maritime Museum |
| Welsh artist Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) |  Smithsonian Institution |
