indicommons » State Library of New South Wales http://www.indicommons.org Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:10:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Women of the Commons http://www.indicommons.org/2010/03/08/women-of-the-commons/ http://www.indicommons.org/2010/03/08/women-of-the-commons/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:16 +0000 Stephanie Fysh http://www.indicommons.org/?p=7845 The Commons provides a wealth of photos of the half of the world being celebrated today, International Women’s Day — every one of them uncommon and important in her own way.

Wilhelmina Drucker, women’s rights pioneer, is portrayed by Truus Claes on the occasion of her seventieth birthday (1917).
Nationaal Archief
Gwyneth Richards, the only girl in the YFC taking part in sheep shearing competitions in Wales (1944).
National Library of Wales
Eileen Power, Professor of Economic History from 1931 to 1940, London School of Economics (1930s).
LSE Library
Co-eds with hoes: The county experimental hop yard recruited Oregon State College coeds for a quick job of hoeing (1944).
Oregon State University Archives
An unnamed 14-year-old striker, actress and political activist Fola La Follette, and prostitute-turned reformer Rose Livingston (1913).
Library of Congress
Rita Trudget (or Trudgett), wicket keeper, in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia (1930s).
State Library of New South Wales
Paramaribo market scene
Field Museum Library
U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives		 Woman carrying bundle on head, Natchez, Mississippi, August ...
New York Public Library
]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2010/03/08/women-of-the-commons/feed/ 9 Whales across the Commons http://www.indicommons.org/2010/03/05/whales-across-the-commons/ http://www.indicommons.org/2010/03/05/whales-across-the-commons/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:10 +0000 zyrcster http://www.indicommons.org/?p=7821 This one’s for you, Shelley!

The Nancy Grey with a whale, Norway. [Whaling scenes at Skaaro. The
Library of Congress
A whale in Sydney Harbour. Whale, Sydney Harbour, 1930's / Sam Hood
State Library of New South Wales
Model of a whale. Louisiana Purchase Exposition - SI Exhibit
Smithsonian Institution
Posing on whale bones. Posing on whale bones: Saint George Island, Florida
State Library and Archives of Florida
Stranded blackfish whales. Stranded blackfish whales underneath Te Aro reclamation trestling at the foot of Taranaki Street, Wellington, between 1882-1883
National Library of New Zealand
Whaling / Walvisvaart Whaling / Walvisvaart
Nationaal Archief
A sperm whale jawbone. Captain George A.Grant
Nantucket Historical Association
A large whale skeleton. West Court with large whale skeleton
Field Museum
Whale-back at pier. World's Columbian Exposition: Whale-back, Chicago, United States, 1893.
Brooklyn Museum
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Ed E. Ford, comedian, at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, ca. 1914 / photographer unknown
State Library of New South Wales
Library Mummers Play, 1980
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!

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Carol and Bobbie Ann’s February 1953 snowman, in Richmond, Virginia. (Where are Carol and Bobbie Ann today?) Snow man (Carol & Bobbie Ann)
The Library of Virginia
A snowman on the *other* side of the “pond”, in Wales. The Snowman No. 1
LlGC ~ NLW
It’s a much colder winter in Antarctica – or it certainly was in the 1910s. Ice mask, C.T. Madigan, between 1911-1914 / photograph by Frank Hurley
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. Clearing snow, Notre Dame Street, Montreal, QC, about 1887
Musée McCord Museum
Snow-clearing out west — the heavy-duty way. Snow Plow And Alberta Railway And Irrigation Company Engines 22 And 25 At Warne
Galt Museum & Archives
Where little snow fell, in London, there was work for the street sweeper. Mendiant balayeur-Angleterre/Londres
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. Snow scene, Union Sq.
Library of Congress
Had enough snow? Maybe it’s time for a visit to Florida … Winter in Florida billboard in New York City: New York, New York
State Library and Archives of Florida
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Ted Hood
Peggy Bacon in mid-air backflip, Bondi Beach, Sydney, February 6, 1937
State Library of New South Wales: 19451

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]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2010/02/06/february-6-1937/feed/ 0 Emmy Towsey (Taussig) and Evelyn Ippen, Bodenwieser Ballet in Centennial Park, Sydney, ca. 1939 / Max Dupain http://www.indicommons.org/2010/01/23/emmy-towsey-taussig-and-evelyn-ippen-bodenwieser-ballet-in-centennial-park-sydney-ca-1939-max-dupain/ http://www.indicommons.org/2010/01/23/emmy-towsey-taussig-and-evelyn-ippen-bodenwieser-ballet-in-centennial-park-sydney-ca-1939-max-dupain/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:12:44 +0000 Nina http://www.indicommons.org/?p=7422 Emmy Towsey (Taussig) and Evelyn Ippen, Bodenwieser Ballet in Centennial Park, Sydney, ca. 1939 / Max Dupain

creator: Max Dupain
Emmy Towsey (Taussig) and Evelyn Ippen, Bodenwieser Ballet in Centennial Park, Sydney, ca. 1939 / Max Dupain,
ca. 1939
State Library of New South Wales:414459

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]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2010/01/23/emmy-towsey-taussig-and-evelyn-ippen-bodenwieser-ballet-in-centennial-park-sydney-ca-1939-max-dupain/feed/ 0 Vintage Dredge http://www.indicommons.org/2010/01/06/vintage-dredge/ http://www.indicommons.org/2010/01/06/vintage-dredge/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:18:18 +0000 Stephanie Fysh http://www.indicommons.org/?p=7417 From the State Library of New South Wales, the Powerhouse Museum, the Library of Congress, and three other Flickr members, we’re delighted to present Vintage Dredge, by FrodoBabbs:

Vintage Dredge
]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2010/01/06/vintage-dredge/feed/ 0 Happy New Year, from Indicommons and the State Library of New South Wales! http://www.indicommons.org/2009/12/31/happy-new-year-from-indicommons-and-the-state-library-of-new-south-wales/ http://www.indicommons.org/2009/12/31/happy-new-year-from-indicommons-and-the-state-library-of-new-south-wales/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:00:05 +0000 Stephanie Fysh http://www.indicommons.org/?p=7395

Sam Hood
Nina Raievska (left) and Valentina Blinova with Arnold Haskell; Russian Ballet at JC Williamson New Year Party, Sydney, 31 December 1936
State Library of New South Wales: 15668

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]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2009/12/31/happy-new-year-from-indicommons-and-the-state-library-of-new-south-wales/feed/ 0 Recent Uploads to the Commons – Autumn 2009, round 2 http://www.indicommons.org/2009/12/03/recent-uploads-to-the-commons-%e2%80%93-autumn-2009-round-216/ http://www.indicommons.org/2009/12/03/recent-uploads-to-the-commons-%e2%80%93-autumn-2009-round-216/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:01:43 +0000 Stephanie Fysh http://www.indicommons.org/?p=7327 New this autumn (spring in the south of the world) from the National Maritime Museum: Many images of individual ships, and some as well of Naval College staff and of buildings in the area of London ports, with a scattering of other related photographs — all of it being aspects of the life of the Port of London and the River Thames.
Men gathered around a beacon in thick smog (1920s)
From the State Library of New South Wales, there are new Sam Hood photographs from places to eat and drink, of more Art Deco architecture and design, and of shops on all scales. There’s also plenty of beach life — a tease to us northerners whose winter is beginning!
Hotel Wellington bar, c. 1930s, by Sam Hood
The National Library of New Zealand’s recent uploads have celebrated Auckland at night in photographs by William Archer Price, have taken us to Antarctica with Herbert George Ponting , and have looked at the architecture of Wellington.
Herbert George Ponting and telephoto apparatus, Antarctica, January 1912
From the New York Public Library comes a generous celebration of baseball in New York and Philadelphia, a collection of colorful Hallowe’en postcards, and a set of historical images of people playing musical instruments .
[Banjo players.]
The State Library of Queensland marked the Australian-born Movember with a remarkable set of Moustaches — and marked the month as well with a set of often deeply moving photographs from the First World War, one of which marked Armistice Day on this blog.
W. Elliot (undated)
The Australian War Memorial marked Armistice Day with a welcome home kiss of many years ago.
A welcome home kiss, 1919
And Nationaal Archief is, as so often, entertaining as well as historically interesting, with an upload of autumn and winter fashion, just in time for the season (some years ago!). Aviation buffs will enjoy the set of “90 Years of Civil Aviation“.
Dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar showing one of his designs
]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2009/12/03/recent-uploads-to-the-commons-%e2%80%93-autumn-2009-round-216/feed/ 0 Before Kodachrome http://www.indicommons.org/2009/10/28/before-kodachrome/ http://www.indicommons.org/2009/10/28/before-kodachrome/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:09:33 +0000 zyrcster http://www.indicommons.org/?p=7059 The Commons Galleries: Early colour photographic processes in The Commons on Flickr – featuring Lú_’s curation
Applied colour, Southworth & Hawes, ca. 1850 … with additional colour provided by the effect of time on metal. Unidentified Woman
George Eastman House
Hand-tinted, ca. 1875 The Carandini ladies, one of Australia's first opera performing families, ca. 1875 / photographer Charles Hewitt (attributed)
State Library of New South Wales

Photochrom prints, also called Aäc, are ink-based images produced though “the direct photographic transfer of an original negative onto litho and chromographic printing plates.” – Library of Congress

 [A girl of Voss, Hardanger Fjord, Norway] (LOC)
Library Of Congress
Hand-tinted, 1900 Paris Exposition: Salle des Fetes, Paris, France, 1900
Brooklyn Museum
Autochrome, ca. 1910

Autochrome is an additive color ’screen-plate’ process: the medium contains a glass plate, overlaying random mosaic of microscopic grains of potato starch, with lampblack filling the space between grains, and an impermeable black-and-white, panchromatic silver halide emulsion. – Wikipedia

 Cowgirl
George Eastman House
Glass Paget plate phototransparency, Frank Hurley, 1915

The system used two glass plates, one of which was the colour screen plate while the other was a standard black-and-white negative plate. The colour screen plate comprised a series of red, green and blue filters, laid down in a regular pattern of lines to form a réseau, or matrix. – Wikipedia

 The 'Endurance' under full sail, held up in the Weddell Sea, 1915 / by Frank Hurley
State Library of New South Wales
Tricolor Carbro process, Nickolas Muray, 1931 LADIES HOME JOURNAL
George Eastman House
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