indicommons http://www.indicommons.org Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 indicommonshttp://feedburner.google.com <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indicommons/~3/vvpLyLPAYIc/</link> <comments>http://www.indicommons.org/2013/03/01/10228/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:20:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Penny</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Across The Commons]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.indicommons.org/?p=10228</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of my favorite times of year in Flickr Commons is March, when the Smithsonian rolls out more wonderful images from the collection of portraits of women scientists. This is their fifth year running, and there are still plenty of photos to share. Check their stream every Friday in March for more treasures, but these [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of <a href="http://scientopia.org/blogs/guestblog/2011/03/05/smithsonians-women-in-science-uploads/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://scientopia.org/blogs/guestblog/2011/03/05/smithsonians-women-in-science-uploads/');">my favorite times of year</a> in Flickr Commons is March, when the Smithsonian rolls out more wonderful images from the collection of portraits of women scientists. This is their fifth year running, and there are still plenty of photos to share. Check their stream every Friday in March for more treasures, but these are from the first batch this year:</p> <table class="photo_and_caption_holder" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="caption">Ethel Grace Stiffler (c.1900-1995) was an American trained botanist, taught biology at several universities, and was married to astronomer Edwin Carpenter.</td> <td class="photo"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/8491336963/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8491336963_04a5e9bd11_n.jpg" alt="woman seated in a classroom, 1920s" /><br /> <span class="institution">Smithsonian Institution</span></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="photo_and_caption_holder" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="caption">Biochemist Lina Solomonova Stern (1878-1968) was born in present-day Latvia, and studied the blood-brain barrier in the Soviet Union.</td> <td class="photo"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/8492388852/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8514/8492388852_63de03bf2b_n.jpg" alt="woman with curly hair, standing outdoors, ribbon pinned to her bodice" /><br /> <span class="institution">Smithsonian Institution</span></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="photo_and_caption_holder" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="caption">Gertrude Van Wagenen (1893-1978) was an American research anatomist at Yale University.</td> <td class="photo"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/8492439308/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8492439308_9a02b17a3f_n.jpg" alt="young woman seated at desk in coat and tie" /><br /> <span class="institution">Smithsonian Institution</span></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indicommons/~4/vvpLyLPAYIc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.indicommons.org/2013/03/01/10228/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.indicommons.org/2013/03/01/10228/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Year of the Snake, Commons-style http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indicommons/~3/4jlVrZf64S8/ http://www.indicommons.org/2013/02/11/year-of-the-snake-commons-style/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:54:27 +0000 Penny http://www.indicommons.org/?p=10223 Some serious snakes slithering through the Commons…

Reptilian Fabric, 1887 stylized snakes printed on fabric
National Archives UK
Harmless Bull Snake, 1972 coiled snake in a desert setting
US National Archives
Sideshow Attraction, State Fair of Texas, 1985 snake curled on lap of woman in short dress, fishnet tights
SMU Central University Libraries

More here.

]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2013/02/11/year-of-the-snake-commons-style/feed/ 0 http://www.indicommons.org/2013/02/11/year-of-the-snake-commons-style/ Happy 5th birthday, Flickr Commons! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indicommons/~3/A-8Td9SuN3o/ http://www.indicommons.org/2013/01/16/happy-5th-birthday-flickr-commons/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:13:15 +0000 Penny http://www.indicommons.org/?p=10219

Geoff Charles
Rhondda street party, August 24, 1951
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/National Library of Wales: [ID number]

Party time! On 16 January 2008, the first collections were uploaded to the new Flickr Commons by the Library of Congress–so that makes the Flickr Commons project five years old today. Of course the Library of Congress is celebrating their five years, but many other Commons institutions are also joining in on the fun. Here’s a roundup:

On Flickr:
Library of Congress, “Celebrating: 5 Years Flickr Commons-a set on Flickr”
Library of Congress, “Flickr Favorites 1″ (a gallery of favorite images from across the Commons)
Library of Congress, “Flickr Favorites 2″ (another gallery)
Library of Congress, “Flickr Favorites 3″ (another gallery)
Library of Congress, “Flickr Favorites 4″ (another gallery)

State Library of Queensland, “Happy 5th Birthday Flickr Commons-a set on Flickr” (a very clever collection of images of five people, objects, etc.)
Nationaal Archief, “Feestje/Party-a set on Flickr”

Blog posts marking the 5th:
What’s That Picture?
National Library of Ireland (part 1)
National Library of Ireland (part 2)
Swedish National Heritage Board
Smithsonian Institution

]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2013/01/16/happy-5th-birthday-flickr-commons/feed/ 0 http://www.indicommons.org/2013/01/16/happy-5th-birthday-flickr-commons/ Underwater New Year’s at Rainbow Springs: Rainbow Springs, Florida http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indicommons/~3/b48FbZ1lxTo/ http://www.indicommons.org/2013/01/01/underwater-new-year%e2%80%99s-at-rainbow-springs-rainbow-springs-florida/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:03:42 +0000 Nina http://www.indicommons.org/?p=10209 Underwater New Year’s at Rainbow Springs: Rainbow Springs, Florida

Slade, Harvey E.
Underwater New Year’s at Rainbow Springs: Rainbow Springs, Florida,
1953
State Library and Archives of Florida: sl3187i

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Francis P. Johnson
Santa Claus at the beach: Panama City Beach, Florida, December 1956
State Library and Archives of Florida: 74088

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creator: unknown
Hanukkah lamp,
approximately 1960
Center for Jewish History, NYC: 2011.055

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]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2012/12/09/hanukkah-lamp/feed/ 0 http://www.indicommons.org/2012/12/09/hanukkah-lamp/ Saint Nick’s Tapping the Keg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indicommons/~3/ySbS-kuUCss/ http://www.indicommons.org/2012/12/05/saint-nicks-tapping-the-keg/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:47:00 +0000 Penny http://www.indicommons.org/?p=10190

R.C. Croes / Anefo
Sinterklaas tapt miljoenste glas bier, 30 november 1970
Nationaal Archief: 924-0575

During the holiday season, even a saint might like a nice glass of beer, eh?

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creator: unknown
Three skeletons at the piano,
1893
National Archives UK: COPY 1/411/21

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]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2012/11/03/three-skeletons-at-the-piano/feed/ 0 http://www.indicommons.org/2012/11/03/three-skeletons-at-the-piano/ Faces of the First World War http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indicommons/~3/tVFC-lWGufk/ http://www.indicommons.org/2012/10/25/faces-of-the-first-world-war/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:34:08 +0000 Penny http://www.indicommons.org/?p=10172 young English man in uniform

Lieutenant William Murray Dobie
Imperial War Museum

As part of the First World War Centenary observances, the Imperial War Museum is adding “Faces of the First World War” to their Flickr Commons account. The portraits sometimes start with just a surname and a rank; but many of them are gaining extensive annotation in comments, with contributors accessing war records, census details, maps, and baptismal rolls, as well as the lists of names on monuments of war dead. In the Commons, a young face like Lt. Dobie, above, becomes a doctor’s son, Elizabeth Dobie’s older brother, a Marlborough School student, just twenty years old when he “went out to inspect the wire in front of the fire trench,” and died.

New faces will be added to these sets regularly until August 2014, the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.

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]]> http://www.indicommons.org/2012/10/25/faces-of-the-first-world-war/feed/ 0 http://www.indicommons.org/2012/10/25/faces-of-the-first-world-war/ Brigadier General Clarence S. “”Bill”" Irvine Special Collection Photo Guam http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indicommons/~3/Qk26YMGA1uI/ http://www.indicommons.org/2012/10/22/brigadier-general-clarence-s-bill-irvine-special-collection-photo-guam/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:30:57 +0000 Nina http://www.indicommons.org/?p=10148

creator: unknown
Brigadier General Clarence S. “”Bill”" Irvine Special Collection Photo Guam, creation date: unknown
San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives: 09_02027

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