With Paul Hagon’s new tool for searching the Commons by color, you can see the Commons in green not just for St. Patrick’s Day but any time … and in orange, violet, or whatever color suits your mood or needs. Paul’s Commons-by-color tool is a work in progress, but one that users are already loving.

George Eastman House

Brooklyn Museum

Bibliothèque de Toulouse

George Eastman House

Nationaal Archief, for International Women’s Day, released a housekeeping set – photos joyful and serious of women’s and men’s everyday routine.

Wasgoed wordt gemangeld / Laundry is being passed through the mangle

The DC Public Library has released a large group of photos by E.B. Thomson, including much in color.

In the White House

The Library of Congress’s Friday Bain Collection uploads includes athletes, men of business and politics, royalty, celebrities, battle sites … and a mine disaster in Cardiff, Wales.

Cardiff mine disaster

The National Maritime Museum has new photographs from the Portlands.

London Lighterman

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“Real” life swamped our Recent Uploads posts … well, recently. But we’re back in gear, to let you know what’s new in the Commons. Starting with some of the earliest Commons member institutions …

The Library of Congress’s Bain Collection Fridays include more baseball and also archery and football; Brooklyn children, New York playgrounds and East Side babies; and quite possibly the sexiest diving photo I’ve ever seen (go find it!). There are 51 more additions to the newspaper supplement collection, and more of those popular (and beautiful) autochrome travel photographs, this time of Holland.

Capt. Storer, 1910-15

The Powerhouse Museum has a new set of beautiful sepia photographs of the Garden Palace from the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879 (with “personal” connections for the Powerhouse Museum). There are also stereographic photographs from the mid-19th century by William Hetzer don’t miss the detailed historical information that accompanies this set. And in case you thought that Australia was all buildings and scenery, a recent upload of photographs of large groups of people, of all sorts.

Macquarie Place, Sydney, 1858-1860

The Brooklyn Museum has been gradually uploading images from the collections of curator/historian William Henry Goodyear, focusing on the architecture and art of Italy. So far these are in two sets: Palazzi, Villas and other Dwellings and Cloisters and Convents

Villa de Papa Giulio, Rome, Italy

New from the Smithsonian Institution: 27 images related to the postal service, including mail-censorship and wrecks on the way; new color slides from the Archive of American Gardens; historical images from the Reverend James Osborne Arthur collection, of reservations in Nebraska and New Mexico in the 1910s; photographs from (and of) the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation; and more gorgeous views of outer space.

Oswald Smith family, September 1, 1914

The Bibliothèque de Toulouse has added new images from Caylus, Tarn-et-Garoone, in its Trutat collection.

Porte ogivale, Caylus, 5 juin 1906

And the Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian had added over 200 new images, ranging from museum exhibitions of fashion and art objects to scenic landscapes to historic events. Of particular note are images of the collections of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, the 1927 Semana dos Hospitais, and gatherings of artists.

Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina, Lisboa, Portugal

From the Flickr Commons thread highlighting some of the remarkable images of bridges across the Commons:

Castle and suspension bridge, Conway (i.e. Conwy), Wales, ca. 1890–ca. 1900 (more about the Conway bridge).	Library of Congress
Suspension bridge, Niagara, ON, 1869, designed by John Roebling (before the Brooklyn Bridge), photographed by William Notman.	Musée McCord Museum
Templand Bridge, Cumnock, Scotland, ca. 1890–ca. 1900.	Library of Congress
The Brooklyn Bridge in 1905, printed in 1977.	George Eastman House
The Ness Road Bridge in Inverness, Scotland, between 1890 and 1900; the bridge was demolished in 1961.	Library of Congress
The 14th-century Pont Valentré, Cahors, France, June 1902, photographed by Eugène Trutat.	Bibliothèque de Toulouse

Your weekly round-up of the latest items from The Commons’ digital archives:

The New York Public Library also dazzles us with color images of the Hudson River Valley; this set coincides with their new exhibition Mapping New York’s Shoreline, 1609-2009. Pssssst! They are geotagged!

Mapping New York’s Shoreline: The Storied River

The National Library of Wales adds more sepia images of 19th-century Swansee.

Early Swansea Photography

26 new images from the Smithsonian; rain, shine, or hail – that postman always brings the mail!

People and the Post

Travel in style with more in-flight photos from the State Library and Archives of Florida.

Florida Flights of Fancy

Travel to France to enjoy the scenery with the Bibliothèque de Toulouse. Pssssst – they geotag, too!

Tarn-et-Garonne

They also have added to an interesting set on minerals.

Règne minéral

Cathedrals, steamers and runes are posted from the Swedish National Heritage Board.

Carl Curman – Sweden

The State Library of Queensland, Australia, posts a shot from an unknown photographer of Margaret Lawrie; be sure to click through the photo to read her story.

Picture of the week

Yay! 53 new newspaper illustrations from the Library of Congress!

Illustrated Newspaper Supplements

The Commons Galleries – featuring Mazarine’s curation

Mazarine says: This is the way to get your groceries home.

State Library of Queensland, Australia

A proud cyclist.

State Library and Archives of Florida

Vacationing by bike.

Bibliothèque de Toulouse

A lovely way to see the countryside…

Bibliothèque de Toulouse

Ride your bike to the docks, sail away.

Nantucket Historical Association

Work on your form, kids.

Library of Congress

View the full gallery here to leave your comments!

We’ve been remiss in pointing out all the delectable new offerings in The Commons as our focus has been on events the institutions have held or celebrated. So, this week’s look at recent uploads contains a wealth of material waiting to be crowdsourced!

Beautiful Lisbon, Portugal, from the Estúdio Horácio Novais in the Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian’ collection. Won’t you please help tag these phenomenal images in the language of your choice?

Lisboa: perspectivas gerais e parciais

They’ve also added some fun advertisements from yesteryear!

Publicidade

The Bibliothèque de Toulouse, also needs your help tagging photos. Try the new photos they’ve added to this dandy set of transportation – on the road in France!

Sur la route (automobiles, charrettes, bicyclettes…)

Visit some stunning gardens courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution! These historic glass lantern slides of gardens dated from the 1920s and 1930s, considered a “golden era” for gardens in America’s history.

Archives of American Gardens

View 3 African expeditions in this marvelous set from The Field Museum Library. This is a must-see collection which includes some real prizes by the renowned Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

Africa Expeditions

The National Library of Wales presents some period sepia portraits from John Dillwyn Llewellyn and his family. A real treasure.

Ffotograffiaeth Gynnar Abertawe / Early Swansea Photography

Babe Ruth, Casey Stengel and more are featured in the Library of Congress’s ode to America’s national pastime. Just in time for the pennant races. Those damn yankees, why can’t we beat ‘em? They also uploaded a slew of baseball photographs from the Bain News Service, too.

Baseball Americana

The Powerhouse Museum also adds to two of their sets, images from Tom Lennon and Tyrell Collections. The big band era is in full swing here.

Tom Lennon and Tyrell Photographic Collections

The State Library of New South Wales gets fancy with a pair of risque dancers!

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The Oregon State University Archives gets credit for most utilitarian set name with these cool photos of people doin’ their thing. Photographs by Herman Theodore Bohlman.

People doing stuff in the Herman Bohlman Collection

Get your flight on with these historical images of Florida aviation from the State Library and Archives of Florida.

Florida Flights of Fancy

The State Library of Queensland, Australia, dishes up a feast of good harvests to celebrate their state’s 150th birthday. Dinner time!

At our Table

See more ruins and ancient monuments, from the Swedish National Heritage Board.

Ancient monuments

You know the Galt Museum & Archives in Canada recently joined The Commons, eh? Check our this set of one of their curator’s favorites. Fun stuff – especially as Halloween draws near.

Belinda’s Favourites