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Recent Uploads to the Commons

Stephanie Fysh — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:00:46 +0000

LSE Library has added more staff portraits from the 1970s-90s to its Commons collection. Did you study at the London School of Economics? Find the staff, faculty, visitors, and fellow students you remember, and tell us about them!

Donald Cameron Watt, c1980

Oregon State University rushes into spring with rushing waters and steadfast stones.

Waterfall at Hug Point

The Galt Museum & Archives have released a set from Lethbridge photographer William Fruet, “the school photographer,” most of whose photographs turn out to be not what he was known for.

A discussion at the Ladies and Escorts entrance of the York Hotel

Do you remember that Science Fair, and Science Talent Search? The Smithsonian does! And don’t miss what’s new in the Women in Science set.

Taimi Toffer Anderson (1937- ), 1956

Our tour of Lisbon continues, as the Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian takes us to the Palácio dos Marqueses de Fronteira. And how will we get there? By train!

Palácio dos Marqueses de Fronteira, Lisboa, Portugal

The Powerhouse Museum introduces the Bob Lucas Archive, illustrating “the donor’s life and career in cinema exhibition from the mid 1920s to the late 1980s and offer a highly detailed and personal insight into the activities of a chief technical officer of a premier cinema chain.”

R.J. (Bob) Lucas and unidentified woman looking at a Centrex projector, 1940-1949

There’s more regional “colour” from the National Library of Wales‘ Geoff Charles collection …

Double wedding at Llanrhaeadr – Agnes Della Morris to Mr D Noseworthy and Joan Brown to Mr F Telling

… and more fishy stories from the State Library and Archives of Florida.

Debbie Waterman and Peggy Stephens happily display their tripletail catch off Sanibel Island: Lee County, Florida

The Swedish National Heritage Board travels to Brittany – it thinks. Can you help?

Building in unidentified town, France

The Brooklyn Museumis back overseas, in Italian Cathedrals.

Cathedral, Conversano, Italy.

The Library of Congress’s Friday Bain upload has baseball, a bull, and … fusion floats?

Fusion Floats

And of course, don’t miss the most recent Commons institution: The National Archives UK!

Oddities across the Commons

Stephanie Fysh — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:14:13 +0000

From a Flickr Gallery curated by david_cory, we bring you … Oddities from the Commons!

Ed E. Ford, comedian, at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, ca. 1914 / photographer unknown

State Library of New South Wales

Library Mummers Play, 1980

Poster for a side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (or, as David says, “Disturbing on many levels”)

Library of Congress

Hunter with 3 Foot Grasshopper

Galt Museum & Archives

Sea serpent visitors

Nantucket Historical Association

Check out the rest of David’s gallery for more Oddities from the Commons!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Stephanie Fysh — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:00:57 +0000

… from Indicommons, the Galt Museum & Archives, and the Canadian Women’s Army Corps.

CWAC Valentine’s Day 1944, 14 February 1944
Galt Museum & Archives: P19891053006

A Commons Winter

Stephanie Fysh — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:00:34 +0000

Winter seems to be a bit “off” in the Northern Hemisphere this year — too little snow in the British Columbia mountains, too much snow in Oklahoma, and much too cold in the UK. But winter in the Commons? It’s always wonderful! See more winter and snow in the Commons.

Carol and Bobbie Ann’s February 1953 snowman, in Richmond, Virginia. (Where are Carol and Bobbie Ann today?)

The Library of Virginia

A snowman on the *other* side of the “pond”, in Wales.

LlGC ~ NLW

It’s a much colder winter in Antarctica – or it certainly was in the 1910s.

State Library of New South Wales

The city of Montreal may be saving on snow-clearing costs this year, but this is what we expect a Montreal winter to look like, even 120 years later.

Musée McCord Museum

Snow-clearing out west — the heavy-duty way.

Galt Museum & Archives

Where little snow fell, in London, there was work for the street sweeper.

George Eastman House

It may be work to clear later, but when the snow makes the city nearly disappear into white, that work is more than repaid by beauty.

Library of Congress

Had enough snow? Maybe it’s time for a visit to Florida …

State Library and Archives of Florida

January 25: Burns Night in the Commons

Penny — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:07:23 +0000

Burns Night celebrates the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), which was January 25. If you like Burns’ poetry, haggis, rutabagas, and Scotch whisky, you might like to find a Burns Night observance near you. Or just recite your favorite poem aloud and have a look at some appropriate images from across the Commons.

At a Burns Night in 1958, the festivities include the Piping in of the Haggis.

Galt Museum & Archives

It’s not necessary to dress up for Burns Night, but these boys posed in their finest for an Ellis Island photographer.

New York Public Library

Some music perhaps? The 92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle in 1846.

National Galleries of Scotland

Recent Uploads to the Commons

Stephanie Fysh — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:03:35 +0000

The Smithsonian Institution has uploaded 58 prints — the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s entire collection — by Washington DC painter Gene Davis (1920-85)

Untitled, n.d.

You might not thing “sports” when you think “London School of Economics”, but these new LSE Library archival uploads will change that.

LSE Sports Day, Malden Sports Ground, c1920s

More in the LIGC ~ NLW collection of early photographs in their cases and frames

Man in bowler hat photographed in front of a carriage

The Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian celebrates cycling in Portugal

Prova de Ciclismo, Portugal

The National Maritime Museum is very maritime indeed, with a series of Alan Villiers’ photographs of the Parma and its crew

One of the crew using a sailmaker’s palm

The State Library of Queensland, Australia is wrapping for Christmas!

Red Cross workers packing Christmas presents for the Fighting Forces during World War II,

1942

The Swedish National Heritage Board continues to add to its sets of churches and antiquities

Viken Church, Skåne, Sweden

The Library of Congress’s December 11 Bain Collection uploads include New York City schoolchildren, athletes, and the funeral of Timothy D. Sullivan

Sullivan funeral – Bowery

Even as the Shuttle program winds down, the State Library and Archives of Florida celebrates Florida’s aviation history

Miami-Dade Junior College student pilot training in a DC-3 at the school of aviation

And please do join the Galt Museum & Archives at a tea!

Southminster United Church Men’s Club Tea

Recent Uploads to the Commons – Autumn 2009, round 3

Stephanie Fysh — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:33:32 +0000

New this fall at the State Library and Archives of Florida: From Florida from orbit and hurricane video from 1928 and an interview about the assassination of President Kennedy to many photos of airplanes .

Passengers on a Pan Am Boeing 307

From the Oregon State University Archives, my favorite set name: People doing stuff in the Herman Bohlman Collection — okay, they’re really photos *from* the collection, of people doing stuff. But it’s a great title. Also from Oregon: photographs of Oregon dams and of salmon fishing.

Fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls

The Swedish National Heritage Board brings us new views of old churches, additions to its set of ancient monuments, winter scenes, portraits, and more in the Carl Curman collection.

Man with bike beside rune stone, Boberg, Östergötland, Sweden

From the LlGC ~ NLW, in Wales, we now have early sepia photographs of many kinds from Swansea and a set of photographs shown in their original cases and frames.

Mr & Mrs Oakley at the Hunt

The Galt Museum & Archives has added to the Commons more Alberta studio portraits and a set of photographs of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (in which my mother-in-law served) from the Second World War.

CWAC Celebrating VE-Day London 1945

The LSE Library follows on its Commons debut with many more photographs of faculty, staff, students, and visitors a the London School of Economics, including Tony Blair, Karl Popper, and Sidney and Beatrice Webb.

Madeline Albright, 2000

Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes National Park

Nina — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:49:59 +0000

creator: unknown
Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes National Park, 1946
Galt Museum & Archives: P19941013007

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Recent Uploads to The Commons on Flickr

zyrcster — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:00:01 +0000

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!

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!

[set name goes here]

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

New to the Commons: The Galt Museum & Archives

Stephanie Fysh — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:30:57 +0000

A big welcome to the Commons to the Galt Museum & Archives!

From the city of Lethbridge in southwestern Alberta, where the Canadian prairie starts thinking about the mountains, the Galt Museum & Archives brings to Flickr’s Commons a wealth of regional industry, history, and people; a healthy dose of Canadian, including the precursors to the Mounties; a good sense of humour (with a u); and their own staff favourites. (If you go hunting, you’ll find hockey and beer, too, just in time for the new season!)

Check out the Galt Museum in the Commons, and before you know it you too will be “Alberta Bound.”

Unidentified Group Posing Near The Canadian Pacific Railway High Level Bridge, 1940