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Night study, Sydney, 1937

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Philip Cohen said:
    King Street looking east from near George Street …

Seven is the cloud nearest Heaven

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    8 March 1908 was a Sunday ...
    They were wearing their Sunday best.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Shocking! Mr Poole working on a Sunday!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Yes, I don't recall a Sunday photo before.
  • Foxglove said:
    she looks very apprehensive about the possibility of #8 !
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Lots of Flynns in High St., but no matches?
  • Ambiguous Nature said:
    Well... that's honestly a tough nut to crack... there must be some link between Mr Poole and Mr Flynn to convince him to work on a Sunday. Whatever it might be it is mot a direct family link with Mr Poole's wife. I searched through the Flynns (both high and low ;) ), looking to match up the top 4 kiddos in 1901... boy-girl-girl-boy by age appearances. The closest family was Thomas and Johanna's (links to come) he was a merchant. Not sure about that as a match. Could it be they were out of towners (country too) and simply staying on High Street for the visit?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Ambiguous Nature Yes, High St. housed lots of Flynns, but not these ones.
    Possibly staying with family relatives on her side, so not even Flynns
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Ambiguous Nature Suck Diesel We appreciate the efforts! Truly surprised here that the info on such a glorious Poole photo, with name and date, did not flood in...
  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons I couldn’t find any Flynn family with 7 children in the 1911

Mohammedan woman, street dress, India (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • maramillo said:
    Poor one!

Pan sculpture (nighttime), Archibald Foundation, Hyde Park, Sydney, c. 1933

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • metarakete said:
    Classic Hollywood backdrop.
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ August 7, 2025
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • PaulSheff said:
    Beautifully captured. Congrats on Explore 📷✨
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Super.
  • Lukas Larsed said:
    Congrats on Explore 🎉
  • waewduan C said:
    Congrats…………….
  • Jean-Louis DUMAS said:
    Excellent 👌

The Wheatly Tomb, St. Patricks Cathedral, Dublin

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • petsnpeople said:
    Great Photo. I used it on his profile on Wikitree, a genealogy site www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whately-51. Thank you for sharing via the Commons

South School

from Marshall Public Library (Marshall, IL)

  • Jamie Poorman said:
    South Side School – Early in Marshall’s history school classes were taught in several small school buildings in town including the King School in the southwest part of Marshall and the Little Brick School in the south east section. These schools proved inadequate for the growing population, and in 1887 a two story building with four classrooms was erected in the south part of town on the block between Walnut and Elm and S. 6th and 8th Streets. This school served students in grades 1 through 8 living south of Archer Avenue in Marshall. Four more rooms were added on the east side of the school by Joe Forbeck in 1908. More room was needed, and in 1956 Walnut Street was closed between 6th Street, Michigan Avenue, and 8th Street, and a one story addition containing a cafeteria/gymnasium and 13 classrooms was erected on the north side of the old building with a connecting hallway. In 1977 the old part of the South Side School building was torn down. Since then other additions and many improvements have been made to the South School building which now houses all of Marshall’s Kindergarten through 2nd grade classes.
    Current school address is 805 S. 6th St.

Tapiirs. Ostriches and Hippotamuses in Sackville Street

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 23 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Yes, 1808

    www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0711/1495830-elephant-house-du...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Stephen Polito (also known as Stephano, Stephani and Stephanus Polito; 1763/64–1814) was a menagerie owner of Italian descent in Georgian England.
    Polito was born in Moltrasio, Italy. He owned a menagerie which he toured around England in the late 18th century. He went into partnership with another menagerist named Miles in 1798, and "Miles and Polito's Menagerie" exhibited at St Bartholomew's Fair in 1799. Polito's menagerie also attended Nottingham Goose Fair in 1807. ... ...

    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Polito

    Staffordshire pottery flat back mantelpiece ornament, c. 1830 of the Menagerie of the Polito family. V&A Museum
  • John Spooner said:
    Early 1908, a notice with similar wording appeared in Saunders's News-Letter on Tuesday 26 January 1808.

    Mr Pollito had been in Briston in September 1807.

    The adverts in Saunders News-letter continued until 14th May 1808, At some point between 26th January and 4th March the admission price was reduced to "One British Shilling".

    So some time between 26th early January and 4th March 1808.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is another one in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
    Via Simon Wilkinson who includes a bit of history -
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Of course, the Zoo didn’t open until 1831, so these were great novelties
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    John Spooner Excellent, thank you.
  • John Spooner said:
    I see Mr Pollito didn't bring any panthers to Dublin. General Evening Post - Thursday 27 August 1807
    A shocking incident happened at Peckham Fair on Saturday; a poor boy, of the name of Gregory, about nine years of age, got under the carravan of Mr. Pollito, in which were several wild beasts, and put his arm through an aperture at the back part of it, when the panther seized his arm, and tore it in a dreadful manner. The cries of the poor boy brought the keepers to his assistance, who had to beat the animal severely before he let go his hold. The poor boy was taken to St. Thomas's hospital, where it is thought he might undergo amputation.
  • Seán Ó Domhnaill said:
    River Horse. 😄
  • Ambiguous Nature said:
    Wood print of one of Polito's beasts (1808, Berwick). www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1882-0311-2811

Do War Time marriages last?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Robinson_0003 Nelson Robinson Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

Robinson_0005 Nelson Robinson Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
    Rank- Staff Sergeant

What devilment are they up to now?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • 54WilliamGJusto54 (weather enthusiast) said:
    Congrats on Explore!

Women working on an aircraft fuselage, 1943

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • mflapan1 said:
    They are working on the eengine, nor the fuselage.

Wu-Ting Fang (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Wu-Ting Fang (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • jessamyn west said:
    thank you for sharing this image I've added it to his Wikipedia page

BG 015-1 Folio-Grotesk schmalfett

from Letterform Archive

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • jessamyn west said:
    Good catch, how interesting.

Ghosts galore at St. Catherine's

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Chas. Dick, Washington (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._F._Dick
    "Charles William Frederick Dick (November 3, 1858 – March 13, 1945) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate."

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee (LOC)

from The Library of Congress