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Recent Uploads to the Commons

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Recent Uploads

The Bergen Public Library’s uploads include a set from the 1906 royal visit to the city.

The King and Queen leaving after placing the foundation stone

It’s Advertising Week at the Powerhouse Museum — with 15 photos from the Rousel archive. “The archive is a significant record of the work of an important Sydney signwriting and graphic design studio” of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Large wall advertising signs for The Hub Ltd

Don’t keep up with the Flickr blog? Then you might not know about the Smithsonian Institution’s Timothy O’Sullivan upload this week, of Western landscapes.

Rock Carved by Drifting Sand, below Fortification Rock, Arizona (Wheeler Survey)

The OSU Archives go urban, with a set of towns and buildings of Oregon

Commercial Street, Astoria, Oregon, covered in snow

The State Library of Florida branches out – to the flowers at the ends of the branches. (Note that this visitor is unnamed — do you know her?)

Visitor photographing a blood lily (Scadoxus multiflorus) at the Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami, Florida

The Library of Congress’s Friday Bain Collection upload includes portraits of the last of Russian royalty.

Czarina and Czarewitsch

The Library of Wales strengthens its Commons collection of John Thomas’s portraits of Welsh people.

Business Bob, Llanrwst

The Bibliothèque de Toulouse focuses this week on Caylus, a village northwest of Toulouse.

Vieux pigeonnier, Caylus, 5 juin 1906

The LSE Library has added more formal portraits of its faculty and staff, with extracts about some from obituaries, magazine features, and elsewhere.

Walter Hughes, 1982

The Swedish National Heritage Board has more 19th-century photos from Spain in need of identification – and some already identified before you read this.

Ronda, Spain (formerly: Streetview in unidentified town, Spain)

Posted February 9th, 2010 | No Comments »

Recent Uploads to the Commons

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Recent Uploads

As well as the Ansel Adams set belonging to new Commons member the U.S. National Archives, this week’s highlights include:

The Swedish National Heritage Board has uploaded more of Carl Curman’s honeymoon photos, including another unidentified site in Spain.

Unidentified town, Spain

The Field Museum brings us new (to the Commons) photographs from British Guiana in the 1920s.

Two women with buckets seated at waterside

It’s fishing season at State Library and Archives of Florida – for big fish.

Mr. John Hachmeister and Mrs. Earl Baum admiring a 1,200 lb manta ray caught by Forrest Walker

The Library of Congress’s Friday upload this week is a set of illustrated newspaper covers of 1910 – one hundred years ago.

How much can Gotham afford to give thirsty neighbors?

It’s winter in the Netherlands – time for winter sports at Nationaal Archief!

Bobsleeën, skeleton / Bobsleigh, skeleton

LIGC ~ NLW brings us portraits and people outdoors from Wales, including a dog that’s far too happy for the shutter speed of the camera.

Girl with a dog, Llansanffraid [Glynceiriog?]

The National Maritime Museum has added videos to the Commons for the first time from its film archive, from almost the whole of the 20th century.

Before the Mast (date unknown)

The State Library of Queensland, Australia has a set of colourful postcards of Queensland.

Band Rotunda in Queen’s Park, Maryborough, ca. 1930

Posted February 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »

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 »

Recent Uploads to the Commons

Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Recent Uploads

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

Posted December 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

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 »

Recent Uploads to The Commons on Flickr

Posted by zyrcster in Recent Uploads

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!

Bay and Narrows of Hudson, Peekskill, N. Y.

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!

Photograph of airmail planes at Elko, Nevada

People and the Post

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

Aircraft fuselage of a New York, Rio & Buenos Aires Line airplane

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!

A man is known by his pets, some people say

Illustrated Newspaper Supplements

Posted October 16th, 2009 | No Comments »

Bicycles across the Commons

Posted by zyrcster in Across The Commons

The Commons Galleries – featuring Mazarine’s curation

Mazarine says:

This is the way to get your groceries home.

Queensland cyclist, R. James on a rear steering rotary tricycle, ca. 1884

State Library of Queensland, Australia

A proud cyclist.

Laurie A. Perkins with a Penny-Farthing bicycle

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!

Posted October 14th, 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 »

Hats across the Commons

Posted by Penny in Across The Commons

Flickr Commons uploads include many historical images–and historical images include many awesome hats–hats as costume, hats as uniform, hats as protective gear, and hats as fashion. Here are some of the finest examples.

This one at least looks lighweight–straw and flowers.

George Eastman House

The classic Australian hat–Aussie Olympic teams still wear this style in the opening ceremonies some years.

Australian War Memorial

A palmetto hat she made herself–probably a very practical solution to the need for cool headwear in Florida.

State Library and Archives of Florida

Evelyn Nesbit’s eyes, and the photo itself, all seem focused on that extravagant plume.

Library of Congress

The sideways cap–it isn’t just for 1980s rapper wannabes.

Library of Virginia

The pin on this 1930s headwrap commemorates the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

State Library of New South Wales

Mrs. Burleson’s huge hat marks her as a special leader of the suffrage parade. But the other women have some fine millinery too.

Library of Congress

The frayed edges of this hat match the frayed layers of Cody’s outfit.

George Eastman House

Feather plumes like these endangered several species of birds.

Library of Congress

Russell was an artist, but that’s no beret.

Smithsonian Institution

The exuberant hat matches Mrs. Stulle’s smile and attitude–she ran a matchmaking service for widows and widowers.

Library of Congress

Gardner’s hat marks him as a Nantucket eccentric, even while his suit and expression are quite sober.

Nantucket Historical Association

European immigrant women at Ellis Island sometimes brought with them the elaborate headwear of their home regions.

New York Public Library

Helene Dutrieu was the fourth woman in the world to earn a pilot’s license; she also raced cars and motorcycles. This makeshift helmet seems to have extra layers of felt for ear protection.

Library of Congress

A ballet dancer’s costume, heavily beaded and embroidered.

State Library of New South Wales

The clean lines of the sailor’s cap match the Portuguese actress’s trademark bangs and eyebrows.

Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Today, we generally only see boater hats at political conventions–but they were once ordinary daywear for men, especially on hot summer days in Tennesee.

Smithsonian Institution

One of the most popular and commented photos in the Commons features a serious boy wearing a serious hat.

Library of Congress

Posted September 23rd, 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.