Hands are, uh, handy subjects–everyone has some nearby, right? And they’re an interesting shape. Some photographs of the hand at work, at play, under study and under a rodent, from the Flickr Commons. (Or come visit the gallery “Hands across the Commons” for fourteen handfuls of the same.)
| Olifantsspitsmuis in Artis. Oppasser houdt muisje op de hand (a.k.a., an elephant shrew) |  Nationaal Archief |
| Library Appeal 1973 |  .LSE Library |
| Women Bowling |  George Eastman House |
| Moses Williams playing the diddley bow: Waverly, Florida |  State Library and Archives of Florida |
| Untitled (from the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Native Basketry program) |  Smithsonian Institution |
| The National Maritime Museum’s recent uploads take a mammalian turn: is there a kitten on this ship? |  The ship’s cats, HMS ‘Hawkins’ |
| The Library of Congress’s Sneak Preview! set provides a jumping-off spot to several different aspects of the LOC’s redesigned Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, at its new address: www.loc.gov/pictures |  For president, Abram Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin |
| The National Library of Wales’s additions to the Geoff Charles collection include fairs, carnivals, and Eistedfodds. (Can anyone identify this tuba player?) |  National Eisteddfod of Wales 1956, Aberdare |
| The recent explorations of the Swedish National Heritage Board take us as far as Italy and Estonia. |  Ruhnu Old Church St. Magdalene, island of Ruhnu, Estonia |
| The Brooklyn Museum adds to its photographs of Italian Cathedrals. |  Altamura, Italy |
| The Bibliothèque de Toulouse focuses again on Cornusson – on what was “antique” already in 1908. |  Cabane antique, Cornusson, septembre 1908 |
| From the Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, beautiful lines of Lisbon’s architecture. |  Praça Francisco Sá Carneiro, Lisboa, Portugal |
| The Smithsonian’s Women in Science month comes to an end, leaving a rich collection of images in the Commons. |  Gene Tunney (1897-1978) and science fair participants, September 24, 1940 |
| 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!
| George Eastman House is back, with 126 daguerreotypes from the Donald Weber Collection. |  Portrait of two men (c. 1860) |
| For Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian celebrates more women in science. |  Ire`ne Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), 1921 |
| In the lead-up to St. Patrick’s Day, the Library of Congress has added Ireland to its travel photochroms on Flickr. |  [Menawn Cliffs, Achill. County Mayo, Ireland] |
| The University of Washington has added a large set of photographs from the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. |  Arctic Brotherhood Building presentation ceremony |
| Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian hasgone fishing! |  Recolha de redes de pesca, Portugal |
| The Powerhouse Museum has made additions to the Roussel archive set in its Commons collection. |  Close-up of part of advertising sign on a wall advertising Tooth’s K B Lager, 1920 – 1929 |
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 |
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 |
| The Smithsonian Institution highlights the work of expressionist-influenced artist William Johnson, in William H. Johnson’s World on Paper – relief prints and serigraphs |  Jitterbugs (III) |
| The National Library of Wales has uploaded photographs by photojournalist Geoff Charles (1909-2002), who worked for newspapers in north and mid Wales until his retirement in 1975. |  Collection of scrap aluminium in Welshpool by the Women’s Voluntary Service |
| This week the Powerhouse Museum is all about Don Harkness – “pioneer in the Australian automotive and aeronautical industries, racing driver and record breaker”. |  Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of the “Bluebird”, with crowd, 1926 – 1936 |
| The Florida Archives have begun adding photographs from the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, focused on doll-making. |  Mary Billie and her daughter Claudia C. John holding handmade Seminole dolls |
| The Oregon State University Archives adds to the Commons a set of photographs and postcards of railroads and trains. |  Loading logs at Clatskanie, Oregon |
| The Bibliothèque de Toulouse features the village of Cornusson. |  Cornusson, juillet 1904 |
| The Library of Congress’s Friday Bain collection upload includes World Series photos from 1913, but also entomologist Jean Henri Fabre. |  Jean Henri Fabre |
| New photos of Spain from the Swedish National Heritage Board include this one, unidentified when uploaded – but not anymore. |  Granada, Spain |
| We have more faculty and staff portraits from the LSE Library, including photos from this century – not something you might think of when you think of the Commons! |  Patrick Dunleavy lecturing, c1990s |
![[Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing right] (LOC)](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/3252916341_a86b263d37.jpg)
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 George Washington’s teeth |
 Franklin D. Roosevelt |
 Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft |
 William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt |
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 Lyndon B. Johnson |
 Gerald Ford |
 Ronald Reagan |
 Harry Truman |
