Flickr Photofinds: School Days

Some school-themed images for the first day of fall 2011 classes. Have a great semester!

An unruly pupil's first day at school (1987)
The Nationaal Archief of The Netherlands Photostream

Rural school girl, San Augustine County, Texas (1939)
Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer
Library of Congress Photostream

School Cafeteria
Adolph B. Rice Studio
Library of Virginia Photostream

Flickr Commons Photofinds for the 4th of July

Happy 4th! Enjoy the long weekend!

"Uncle Sam's Birthday. 1776- July 4th 1918. 142 Years Young and Going Strong"
From the U.S. National Archives Collection

"Family Enjoys a Fourth of July Holiday in a Park at Sleepy Eye, Minnesota" (1975)

Photo by Flip Shulke, Part of U.S. National Archives Collection

"Youngsters on the July 4th Holiday at the Kosciusko Swimming Pool in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant District" (1974)

Photo by Danny Lyon, Part of the U.S. National Archives Collection

"Marion Duncan in costume for 4th of July play: Tavares, Florida" (1890)
Part of the Collection of the State Library and Archives of Florida

Happy First Day of Summer!

In honor of the solstice today, here are some photofinds from the Flickr Commons to celebrate summer:

Snack Bar in Summer Community of Broad Channel on Jamaica Bay. 05/1973
Flickr collection of US National Archives

"Bay Clams Are the Specialty of the House"
Photograph by Arthur Tress (1940 - present)

A Summer Shower c. 1907

Flickr collection of the National Archives, UK

"A summer shower in the woods, Miyanoshita, Japan."

Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935)

At the Oldlands' Summer Cow Camp: July, 1972

Flickr collection of the US National Archives

"15 Miles South of Their Piceance Creek Ranch. 3 Generations of Oldlands Have Ranched Here"

Photograph by David Hiser (1937 - present)

Flickr Commons Photofinds: Spring Break!

As many of you head off to warmer climes for Spring Break, those of us left in the city will just have to make due with these pics of sandy relaxation:

Tourists on the Public Beach (Monroe County, FL) circa 1975
U.S. National Archives Collection


Atlantic City Beach circa 1905
Photo by William M. Vander Weyde, George Eastman House Collection


Constitution Beach - Within Sight and Sound of Logan Airport's Takeoff Runway 22R (1973)
Photo by Michael Philip Manheim, U.S. National Archive Collection



Barbados Flip 1955
The National Archives UK Collection

Your Weekly Flickr Commons Photofinds: Group Photos

"Rebecca Wolinksy"
Part of the Jewish Women's Archive collection of Jewish-American Women and WWII

Collection of Seminole dolls in the process of being made by Mary Billie:
Big Cypress Reservation, Florida (July 15, 1980)
State Library and Archives of Florida



Children's tea party at Marlborough, Queensland, 1900-1910
State Library of Queensland, Australia

Flickr Commons Photofinds: Early Spring

Our photofinds this week were all found by doing a keyword search for "early spring" in the Flickr Commons. Enjoy the nice weather today!

Pasque Flowers - This Early Blooming Spring Flower Survives
the Late Snow Storms of the Rocky Mountains, 05/1972
Photo by David Hiser; Part of the U.S. National Archives Collection




An Unconscious Woman on the Ground, circa 1900
Powerhouse Museum Collection



A Field of Flowers and Mount Tabor, 1915
Oregon State University's Collection

Flickr Commons Photofinds for Valentines Day

CWAC Valentine's Day, 1944

Galt Museum and Archives

As avid readers of our venerable blog will remember, last semester we posted weekly gems from the Library of Congress' Flickr collection. The LoC collection is notable not only for its hidden treasures, it is also remarkable in that it was integral to the development of the Flickr "Commons," a copyright free, social tagging experiment that has vastly expanded in the last few years. (More on the Flickr/LoC partnership here, for all you open-access, social-tagging enthusiasts.)

From now on, our photo finds will be drawn not only from the LoC collection, but the larger Commons. Participants in the Commons range from the Brooklyn Museum and the National Maritime Museum to the Bergen Public Library and NASA, so the photo collection is exceptionally diverse. It's a great resource, so check it out sometime and send us your favorite finds to post.

For now, though, some Valentine's Day inspired photos (all of these came up in a keyword search for "valentine"):

McCall Style and Beauty (1939)
Part of the George Eastman House Collection

Meisje met jonge leeuwen in Artis (1961)
From the Nationaal Archief Collection


Valentine Dance, School (1956)
Library of Virginia