Conversations

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

Wentworth Park Panorama c. 1920

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Stephen said:
    Wow - what a fascinating panorama!! It looks west towards Glebe, with Wattle Street in the foreground. It is a shame that this precinct was spoilt by the construction of the huge greyhound racing facility in 1932. Thankfully it is now being demolished.

The Colored Idea Band of Sonny Clay arrives in Sydney, 1928 / Sam Hood

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 6 older comments, and then…
  • David in Delta said:
    The lady in the centre of the photo is the great Ivie Anderson, also known as Ivy Anderson. She was the star vocalist with Duke Ellington orchestra from February 1931 to August 1942. She retired to Los Angeles and continued singing, but died in 1949. See tdwaw.ellingtonweb.ca/supportingwebpages/IvieAnderson.html
  • jessamyn west said:
    David in Delta Thanks for IDing Ivie Anderson, I've added this image to her Wikipedia page

Graduation at Mooseheart, [7/7/26] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • David Valenzuela said:
    Mooseheart, located in Kane County, Illinois
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    This photo was used in the Mooseheart Magazine, www.google.com/books/edition/Mooseheart_Magazine/OZl8HvNh.... The man standing in the light colored suit is Secretary of Labor James J. Davis. He was very influential in the Moose Lodge. The graduation was on July 4th, 1926. I'll ask that we add some information to the catalog record.

Portrait of Betty Howell 'Miss Radiola,' Sydney, 1947

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 15 older comments, and then…
  • covid convict said:
    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228978249 - the Sun, 11th October, 1947...here she is!
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    covid convict thanks for the info I have added her name to the caption. The negative envelopes say the image was for AWA so will follow up.
  • Emma White said:
    The scenery is so clean. Top quality. I think I saw this photo on the Photik4 app. Do you have an account there?
  • Mr. Happy Face - Peace :) said:
    Exceptional Work 🌟 Congratulations Explored
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • Francesco Dini said:
    Congrats on making Explore! 🎉✨ 👏 - Absolutely stunning! 🌟
  • waewduan C said:
    Many congrats………………
  • VINCE.. said:
    Congrats on explore
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!

26_0028382 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Whatever this tool, it's the same kind as appears in photos of the Rohr HTA plant in Texas. It looks like there's a heat process and possibly a vacuum involved. I initially thought it was a vacuum chamber.

26_0018677 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Innovation in the 1920s. This may be a photo of the first attempt(/s) at in-flight refueling. I can't find others from this effort at Library of Congress.

    There is alleged to be a cleaner photo of the first attempt on Wikimedia. It's over 2000 pixels on a side.

26_0018440 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Worn air conditioning tubing.

    I don't work on aircraft. If the tags are wrong, please post a comment and someone will edit them. Please add tags if you see in important label missing from these images.

26_0018673 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    VFR?

ca_20140611_016

from Costică Acsinte

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • back-to-eden said:
    Sweet!!!!

26_0021348 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    If desired, please delete the tags 1970s and 1973.

Untitled - caption: 'Snake'

from British Library

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • piel studio said:
    someonevague yes sirrrrr

26_0030256 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This might be a Transbus, a Rohr Hi Value coach, or a Rohr Metro Coach.

26_0030210 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    monocab?

26_0028657 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    I'll bet you could recover some of the waste heat from these to heat the car in winter.

26_0061014 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Board member name tags are not readable in this series of photos. Please add tags with names if you can identify any of them.

26_0040069 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Dropping a mass onto the aluminum sheet and measuring the effect?

26_0074500 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This might be Fairhope, Alabama. If you know please comment and tag the image. Thank you.

26_0074495 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    The freeway in the background is now Interstate 880. The route designation may have been State Route 17 in 1973.

    The utilitiy in this area, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.., had to raise the pole at right of frame so high voltage lines would clear the tracks. That's a long pole.

Belle La Follette graduation, 1885 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See her husband in
    Wm. Collins, John Coughlin, R.M. LaFollette Jr., W.C. Roberts, Hugh Frayne, C.K. Wright, LaFollette [Sr.], Gompers & Woll (LOC)
    and
    Robert M. LaFollette and sons (LOC)

    Note to LoC: These two images have no space after the "La". The Biographical Directory of Congress uses La Follette with a space.
  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Case_La_Follette
    "Isabelle Case La Follette (April 21, 1859 – August 18, 1931) was a women's suffrage, peace, and civil rights activist in Wisconsin, United States. She worked with the Woman's Peace Party during World War I. At the time of her death in 1931, The New York Times called her "probably the least known yet most influential of all American women who have had to do with public affairs in this country." She was the wife and helpmate of Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette—a prominent Progressive Republican politician both in Wisconsin and on the national scene—and as co-editor with her husband of La Follette's Weekly Magazine."

Construction of train tunnel Hyde Park, 1923

from Powerhouse Museum

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • covid convict said:
    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/166151830 - the Sydney Mail, 20th February, 1924...this pic appears in this Sydney Mail pictorial (see pic bottom rhs)...per the accompanying caption, the brick lining was intended to protect the layer of asphalt waterproofing...

Bellevue Hotel, Brisbane, 1940

from State Library of Queensland

  • Reg Gorring (regwah) said:
    Sad times for Brisbane buildings.

26_0074007 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Is this a drop hammer or a shear? Something else?

26_0074065 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    I believe the guy at left is the Rohr Transportation Department truck driver.

26_0074066 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    I believe the guy at left is the Rohr Transportation Department truck driver.

26_0073987 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This could be roatted 90 degree clockwise.

26_0074004 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    This guy seems to be sharpening bits for the mills?

26_0074062 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Think the photographer got sand in her camera? Do sandblasters get sand boogers?

Prince Charles and Princess Diana Arrive at Legislature, Guard of Honour and Inside Legislature, Edmonton, Albert 1983

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

  • Constantine H. said:
    The Army of Jack asses and half wit ballless dogs of Islam

Prince Charles and Princess Diana at City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta, 1983

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

  • Constantine H. said:
    The debt for the death and murder of my sister ledia dodbiba by vlora mafia and italy is 5 million euros

Prince Charles and Princess Diana Walkabout in Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta, 1983

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

  • Constantine H. said:
    Yeah the face, ugly as always. But nothing more than a nose wipe with no balls.
  • Constantine H. said:
    The debt for the death and murder of my sister ledia dodbiba by vlora mafia and italy is 5 million euros

Prince Charles and Princess Diana at City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta, 1983

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

  • Constantine H. said:
    Look at the ugly faggot King of England, who now has to befriend Russian mafia bosses like abramovich and sell his wife as a whore to muslims because he cant handle jack shit. Fuk royalty, they are trash by now
  • Constantine H. said:
    The debt for the death and murder of my sister ledia dodbiba by vlora mafia and italy is 5 million euros

26_0071367 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    Gravity anomaly?

26_0074093 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    These Rohr trailers have custom side doors.

26_0074016 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

  • Chuck Walla said:
    A web-based translation tool claims "Flaco" is slang for, "skinny."

Ladies in a rustic location

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Flowers of the Fairest!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 28 older comments, and then…
  • Liam Cheasty said:
    Irelands First garage.
    John Kelly traded in Catherine Street until the year 2000 owned and operated as Opel Dealers by David McCarthy. The dealership moved to The Cork Road in 2000 remaining Opel dealers. David McCarthy later sold to Bolands and the garage is still trading as John Kelly. The premises in Catherine Street was purchased by Martin Barrett who traded as a Skoda Dealer for a number of years and is still trading as martin Barrett Car Sales as an independent used car sales outlet and motor repairs. There has been a motor garage operating ( under the clock ) in the same premises continuously sine 1900, 126 years. I must try to find when it passed from Kelly's to McCarthy's ? Did Jack take over from William Kelly or was it sold when William died ?
  • Liam Cheasty said:


    maps.app.goo.gl/z2wjUTZnJpmP6Ft48