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Recent Uploads to the Commons

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Recent Uploads

From Nationaal Archief, a set of remarkable — and often entertaining — inventions. I rather like the electrically heated jacket, myself.

Amfibiefiets / Amphibious bicycle

The Swedish National Heritage Board continues to add to its Swedish scenes and ancient monuments sets.

Rune stone, Jursta, Södermanland, Sweden

The Brooklyn Museum has uploaded hundreds of photographs of Italian churches — a real treasure for the architectural historian! You can help map them using Suggestify, from any photo page.

S. Frediano, Lucca, Italy, 1895

The Smithsonian Institution add to its People and the Post set.

Unidentified rural letter carrier in his cold weather gear

In case you missed it over the holidays, here’s The twelve days of Christmas, from the State Library of Queensland, Australian

Two turtle doves (two turtles)

The Library of Congress ended the year with a fresh upload of illustrated newspaper covers.

Colonel Roosevelt charging up San Juan Hill

There are more aircraft photos and publicly produced short films from the State Library of Florida. Each film clip links to a full-length version of the film in the Florida archives.

Pilot Bill Lindley with his airplane

The Oregon State University Archives have fallen for waterfalls

Dry falls near Coulee City

The photostream of the Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkiancarving and wall art.

Igreja Paroquial de Matosinhos, Portugal

Posted January 5th, 2010 | No Comments »

Mt. Hood and Timberline Lodge

Posted by zyrcster in Best of The Commons

George Henderson
Mt. Hood and Timberline Lodge, 1943
Oregon State University Archives: WilliamsG_CCC Timberline Lodge

… are you ready for winter, Oregon?

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Posted December 21st, 2009 | Comments are closed

Recent Uploads to the Commons – Autumn 2009, round 3

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Recent Uploads

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

Posted December 5th, 2009 | No Comments »

Pumpkins in the Rogue River Valley, Oregon

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Best of The Commons

Pumpkins in the Rogue River Valley, Oregon, Lantern slide
Oregon State University Archives: P217:set 023 005

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And happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians!

Posted October 10th, 2009 | Comments are closed

Recent Uploads to The Commons on Flickr

Posted by zyrcster in Recent Uploads

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?

Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Lisboa, Portugal

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!

Vue prise de la voie, Penne, octobre 1898

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.

[Morningside] [slide]: vaulted arbor in foreground with stairs leading up to gazebo

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.

Casey Stengel, full-length portrait, wearing sunglasses, while playing outfield for the Brooklyn Dodgers

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!

Parisian Moon Dancers in gold paint at the Palladium Theatre, Sydney, 28 September 1955 / Ern McQuillan

[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!

Woman with a basket of mandarins, 1920-1930

At our Table

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

Runic inscription, Viby, Uppland, Sweden

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

Posted October 8th, 2009 | No Comments »

Glaciers on a Human Scale

Posted by zyrcster in Across The Commons

The Commons Galleries – featuring Brenda Anderson’s curation

I like the scale of these shots…

Bibliothèque de Toulouse

big rivers of ice, with little people.

Grotto in Suphellebrae, Sognefjord, Norway

Library of Congress

I also love the fact that most of the people seem to be dressed in their “Sunday best”,

Powerhouse Museum

almost like a stroll on a glacier is just like a stroll downtown…

National Library of New Zealand

only it’s colder and one must carry a stick.

Eliot Glacier, deep crevasses of snow and ice on Mount Hood

Oregon State University Archives

View the full gallery here to leave your comments!

Posted September 30th, 2009 | Comments are closed

Common Ground in Oregon

Posted by zyrcster in News

John Fletcher Ford
Group with R. C. Lieu, 1901
Oregon State University Archives: WilliamsG_Ford34

Are you a Commons fan living in Oregon? Join the Oregon State University Archives to celebrate The Commons at their Common Ground event in Corvalis, Oregon this Friday!

in Corvallis, Oregon:

Oregon State University – Kidder Hall

Friday, October 2

5 to 9 p.m.

(website)

Posted September 28th, 2009 | No Comments »

Recent Uploads to The Commons on Flickr

Posted by zyrcster in Recent Uploads

Celebrate autumn with a return to school! Gather up your textbooks and meet your teacher; the Nationaal Archief’s most recent set is a fun look at school days of yore.

Doofstommen-onderwijs / Education for the deaf-and-dumb

Schooltijd / School days

The Swedish National Heritage Board offers new scans of ancient monuments. Here is the oldest rune stone in Uppland, from the 6th century A.D., and the only one with the elder rune alphabet.

Ancient Monuments

Make sure to view their idyllic scenes of churches, too.

Old churches

See marvelous castles in France, courtesy of the Bibliothèque de Toulouse.

Château

The State Library and Archives of Florida adds to the Erickson Collection; this hot dog stand is true Americana.

Lum's hot dog restaurant: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Roy Erickson Collection:
Fort Lauderdale, the Famous and the Familiar,
1969-1981

See more vintage Americana from the other side of the states, courtesy of the Oregon State University Archives.

Oregon Industries, circa 1940

Check out the The Great Reunion at Gettysburg, July 1913, through the Library of Congress’ Bain News Service photographs.

News from the 1910s

Posted September 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »

Recent Uploads to the Flickr Commons

Posted by zyrcster in Recent Uploads

Kirk Douglas readies to set flight in a balloon, courtesy of the State Library and Archives of Florida.

Actor Kirk Douglas, center, in a hot air balloon: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Roy Erickson Collection:
Fort Lauderdale, the Famous and the Familiar,
1969-1981

The State Library of Queensland, Australia, posts a tantalizing image taken in 1905 in Toowoomba. What information can you provide to flesh out the story told here?

Wyembar in Cambell Street, Toowoomba, ca. 1905

From Christmas and Thanksgiving inserts to ones like these that chronicle trouble in the world, these historical documents from the Library of Congress await your perusal.

In the track of the terrible typhoon which swept over Hong Kong recently

Illustrated Newspaper Supplements

See a fine collection of Swedish churches circa 1100-1900 AD, courtesy of the Swedish National Heritage Board.

Arjeplog Church - Sofia Magdalena, Lappland, Sweden

Old churches

Oregon State University Archives brings us more industrial images of the Oregon of yore.

Oregon Industries, circa 1925

Posted September 15th, 2009 | No Comments »

Recent Uploads to the Flickr Commons

Posted by zyrcster in Recent Uploads

What’s new in The Commons? Fish, jazz, bridges, caves, ships, stereopgraphs and (yay!) photochroms!

The Swedish National Heritage Board brings us a brand new set! These are remarkable photographs of ancient monuments, including rune stones from the 11th century AD and Neolithic dolmens and passage graves from about 3500 BC.

Cave of Stora Förvar with Stone Age settlement, Stora Karlsö, Gotland, Sweden

Ancient monuments

See the Titanic sail away on its maiden voyage from Southampton, courtesy of the National Maritime Museum

PortCities London

Wow, the State Library and Archives of Florida goes all out with their celebrity images. Here’s Duke Ellington playing a local Ft.Lauderdal, FL. school.