Conversations

Here are conversations that have happened in the last week on Flickr Commons:

Gas Guy statue, Clarksville, Arkansas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Seeing the two images together I realize the top one is backwards. We'll fix it in our catalog.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    The image has been updated and is now appearing correctly here in Flickr.

Rubber glove manufacture, Sydney, 1939

from State Library of New South Wales

  • clive422 said:
    What a . interesting picture!
  • Francesco Dini said:
    Absolutely stunning! 🌟
  • Lamoreaux said:
    Worked in a plant near Spartanburg, South Carolina, back in 1972, making surgical gloves pretty much the same way as this. We used larger racks of the ceramic hands, though, which were dipped first in latex, then run through an oven and baked on. After the oven, they were dipped in water containing talc. The racks were set on carts that ran along diminutive tracks resembling railroad tracks. You’d lift the rack off the cart with a hoist that would swing it over and dip it into the respective vats. Hot work with few breaks. And mindless, I guess, apart from safety awareness. I think latex surgical gloves are still in use today, so I wonder if the production has changed.
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    Lamoreaux 👍

English actress Ada Reeve, 1910-1913 by May & Mina Moore

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • rchrdstranger said:
    www.imdb.com/name/nm0716100/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Brilliant.
  • Nicolas Appel said:
    This is remarkable Congratulations on your explore recognition!
  • Pattaya Patrol said:
    Congratulations on making Explore - this portrait is a beautiful and well-deserved win. Your lighting and soft focus give the subject a luminous, timeless presence, and the gentle smile and direct gaze draw the viewer in instantly. The composition and tonal control show a real mastery of mood and subtlety - you've captured warmth and personality in a way that stays with me. Well done!
  • Francesco Dini said:
    Congrats on making Explore! 🎉✨ 👏 - Fantastic shot
  • Lukas Larsed said:
    Congrats on Explore 📷
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ May 25, 2026

HCM00903

from Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Shawn Francke said:
    I have a painting by Rev Bowen P Squire. I can’t find much about him. My Great Grandfather was a sort of archaeologist, I wonder if they were friends and the painting was a gift?

26_0020136 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Received a patent award for Rohr US-20110318173-A1.

You are Marked Men!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons