All of these images are taken from a Flickr Commons group discussion topic on “Landscapes across the Commons”. Those of us who posted in that topic found that while we knew there was a lot of historical landscape photography in the Commons, it was often not tagged to make it easily searchable. If you find more, please add tags, in English and other languages you may speak, to help later users find it as well.
Hakone Lake, Japan, late 19th century, chosen by Nina.
Like tiles? The Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian delights with <i>sooo</i> many new tile images from convents — including some from Brazil!
I like the images that the Swedish National Heritage Board posts from Carl Curman. From sweeping landscape to portraits, this series always offers a great glimpse into northern European life.
We open this week with views of Portland, Oregon, during the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1905, courtesy of the Oregon State University Archives. These images are a great complement to the other Flickr Commons expo photos — it’s cool to check out both the similarities to and advances from the prior ones.
The State Library of Queensland’s photo of the week is this sweet dog and boy shot. It’s an interesting mix of an iconic Australian dog breed being held by an American soldier.
The State Library of Queensland’s picture of the week is a crowd scene: The parade of Bert Hinkler’s Avro Avian aeroplane through the streets of Brisbane.
Get yer hankies out: the State Archives of Florida uploads the location scouting photos for MGM’s 1946 film The Yearling.
The photographs taken for pre-production of The Yearling document two significant aspects of Florida culture: the state’s role in American film and the folklife of Florida “Crackers.”
The Field Museum goes crazy and provides 170 more images of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. The White City comes to life with these gorgeous, crisp, clean images of the fair.
The Field Museum also brings the first images of South America into the Flickr Commons with a great set of photos from geology expeditions in Argentina during the 1920s.
The State Library of Queensland, Australia, is now posting its Photo of the Week at the Flickr Commons. This week’s image is of the 1893 flood in Brisbane.
Video-mania! The State Library and Archives of Florida posts a number of fascinating film clips. The ‘72 Republican and Democratic Conventions, news reels, and mermaids. Wow!
The State Library of New South Wales impresses us with more delightful Sam Hood photographs, everything from elephants at a tea party to art deco and fabulous dancers.
From the Oregon State University Archives, photos of logging camps by Arthur M. Prentiss. Love that Pacific Northwest scenery. This is Three Fingered Jack near Bend, Oregon.
From the Biblioteca de Arte–Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: new sets in its collections of Portuguese architecture. This week they’ve got monuments of Gothic architecture in the Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.
