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This photo has Spirit!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 32 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    ‘National Army’ implies date range 1922 to 1924
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Excellent, Eagle Eye, thank you! We love a good news poster.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Perhaps the Krazy Kataloguers were muddled with this one -
    "[The Square, Kilcock, Co. Kildare]"
    catalogue.nli.ie
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    If we can uncover the background to AWFUL SCENES, etc., we could narrow the date further?
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    I think it is Kilcock:
    maps.app.goo.gl
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Probably so.

    [aside: LOVE the stripey door protector next door to Connolly's!]
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Rory Sherlock Thank you. Kilcock then. Just not Connolly's Drapers.
  • Thomas Calderbank said:
    Perhaps someone can research the BP sign (better than I can) as I had the impression it dates from the 1960s. This would be very much at odds with the photograph though!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Thomas Calderbank It would indeed. Hopefully some BP information will be forthcoming!

The Biskra women were smoking hot!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 11 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Ouled-Nail woman, Biskra, Algeria. The Ouled-Nail are an Arab tribe and a tribal confederation living in the Ouled-Nail Range, Algeria. From 'The living races of mankind; Volume 2' by Henry Neville Hutchinson (1901).
    archive.org
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    suckindeesel Excellent! My monocle suggests the photographer is Neurdeis Frères?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    ‘ Neurdein Frères’
    www.getty.edu
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel You're certainly sucking diesel today!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off."
    Coco Chanel
  • Foxglove said:
    beachcomber australia ....only one sock :-)
  • Foxglove said:
    Flickr is fab....now I know what a "pennanular broach" is and how to use them properly....
    I have seen a flickr page, ages ago, on which the user had posted lots of photos of people taken in the late 19th oC - early 20th oC from what's now Algeria...from the collections of a French ethnographer- I'll try to find it again.
    Even then his peers found his methods, particularly towards photo-ing women, totally thoughtless.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Foxglove Oh, if you could find it, that'd be great!
  • Foxglove said:
    flic.kr/p/29zrawG
    one was Jean Besancenot, during the 1930s, presented in this stream.

aahs_p006044

from American Aviation Historical Society

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • A30yoyo said:
    Some very rare C-47 on EDO floats newsreel in here youtu.be I think the Buffalo DC-3 on floats is computer generated but I guess they're allowed to dream!

Joe E Brown, actor and comedian, Sydney, Australia, 1943

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Manitoba Museum of Finds Art said:
    He has a great smile and a wonderful laugh
  • mhluleci said:
    Beautiful smile. Thank you for sharing it!

Aerial view of Macquarie Street, Botanical Gardens and Domain, Sydney, c. 1935

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • covid convict said:
    Freiburg DL

    Today I revisited the Farmers & Graziers signage 'puzzle' and a few hits came up that I hadn't seen before...turns out I was quite wrong re the 1930 date (!)...

    trove.nla.gov.au - SMH, 17th August, 1929...this aerial pic of Circular Quay shows the 'Farmers & Graziers' signage in place...

    trove.nla.gov.au - the Adelaide Observer, 17th August, 1929...there's a pic here of a rigger riding a steel member during construction of the Harbour Bridge...in the background over at Circular Quay the 'Farmers & Graziers' signage is in place...

    So just going on these 2 pics, August 1929 is a latest date for the change...

    As for latest pics of the Goldsbrough Mort signage I still haven’t found anything conclusive…

Providentially the Scots knew how to build a big one

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Begun 1897, completed 1902 per the DIA
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The hoardings bottom left suggest City Hall is still under construction, completed 1905/06
  • Suck Diesel said:
    www.archiseek.com
  • Niall McAuley said:
    This one, no later than 1907, shows tall electric lights which appeared with the elecric trams

    "Unidentified" = City Hall, Donegall Square, Belfast
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    The best clock we have had in ages, and no sign of beachcomber australia!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Better late than never - 09:37

    Also 09:36 same day - catalogue.nli.ie

    And 09:34 different day with electric trams -
    catalogue.nli.ie
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Hmm ... they might not be the same day. The people have moved a lot in that minute. Fascinating!
  • John Spooner said:
    One of the placards near the lamp-post on the right looks as if it says "Excursion 3/9"
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Young and Mackenzie had plans for a huge square dome - [https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/51269339987/]

    And the side elevation - [https://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/48664291483/]
    via Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Madeline Brine (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Paul Jackson said:
    Thanks from the Dancing Outside Group

Unidentified dancer, possibly an Elizabeth Duncan dancer (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • Paul Jackson said:
    Thanks from the Dancing Outside Group. Beautiful

Marshall IL, Strand theater poster

from Marshall Public Library (Marshall, IL)

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • jessamyn west said:
    Based on the dates of the films looks like this was in 1950.

Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitascope
    "Vitascope was an early film projector first demonstrated in 1895 by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. They had made modifications to Jenkins' patented Phantoscope, which cast images via film and electric light onto a wall or screen. The Vitascope is a large electrically-powered projector that uses light to cast images. The images being cast are originally taken by a kinetoscope mechanism onto gelatin film. Using an intermittent mechanism, the film negatives produced up to fifty frames per second. The shutter opens and closes to reveal new images. This device can produce up to 3,000 negatives per minute.[1] With the original Phantoscope and before he partnered with Armat, Jenkins displayed the earliest documented projection of a filmed motion picture in June 1894 in Richmond, Indiana.
    Armat independently sold the Phantoscope to The Kinetoscope Company. The company realized that their Kinetoscope would soon be a thing of the past with the rapidly advancing proliferation of early cinematic engineering. By 1897, just two years after the Vitascope was first demonstrated, the technology was being nationally adopted. Hawaii and Texas were among the first to incorporate the Vitascope into their picture shows."

Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_H._Howe
    "Lyman Hakes Howe (June 6, 1856 – January 30, 1923) was an American entertainer, motion picture exhibitor and early filmmaker. He entered the entertainment industry in 1883, and began touring with a phonograph in 1890. He showed his first movies in 1896. He was the first person to use a phonograph for background sound effects in movies."

Edmonton Eskimos cheerleaders, 1974

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • Mr. Happy Face - Peace :) said:
    Community Working Towards a Better World
  • Hakan Kavas said:
    Great... Congrats on Explore... 👍👏🌟👌💯
  • Jil Garcia said:
    Congratulations on explore
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • Lukas Larsed said:
    Congrats on Explore 🌟
  • Francesco Dini said:
    Congrats on making Explore! 🎉✨ 👏 - Amazing capture! ✨
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ July 10, 2026
  • Jan said:
    Super mooi! Geniet van de welverdiende aandacht hier. Super beautiful! Enjoy the well-deserved attention here.

Photographer with camera, Sydney, 1939

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 23 older comments, and then…
  • Steb (Thx for 8 Million Views) said:
    Great picture and congratulations on Explore.

P.S. I love you (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Howard 1234 said:
    GREAT actress

Rock City Gas, Chattanooga, Tennessee (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Howard 1234 said:
    Charming

Rosemary Clooney, singer (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Howard 1234 said:
    George Clooney's aunt

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--Chaste, charming, weird & wonderful supernatural illusions ... created by Roltair, the magician (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Howard 1234 said:
    Great

Frederick Bancroft, prince of magicians (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Howard 1234 said:
    The romance of that era

Bomber Gas, Route 99 E., Milwaukie, Oregon (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Howard 1234 said:
    wow

[The clinch, movie theatre] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Howard 1234 said:
    Love it

Buffalo, New York. Line at late moving picture show which starts between 1:30 and 2 a.m. once a week especially for workers on the swing shift (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Howard 1234 said:
    Sensational picture and a history lesson. Thank you for sharing..

Yes Maam

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

New York, New York. Waiting to get into Radio City movie theater (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • giles343 said:
    Checker poking its nose in

Schoolchildren waiting in line to go to the movies, San Augustine, Texas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • John Hansen said:
    Back then, you 'dressed up' to go to the movies, even if you didn't have any shoes like those two boys. By now, these kids have already lived out their lives. God bless them.

Beyond the Mat: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Strengthens Readiness at Guantanamo Bay

from Navy Medicine

  • k said:
    Great action photography!!!! The person in the white is the best in this group of people!!!!
  • Navy Medicine said:
    Thank you. I'll pass your comment along to the author.
  • k said:
    Navy Medicine thanks for uploading the photos!!!!

Ice islands with the Resolution and Adventure, Southern Pacific, 4 Jan 1773 watercolour painting (gouache) by William Hodges

from State Library of New South Wales

  • Francesco Dini said:
    Fantastic shot

The "Skins" being bombed in their billets - photobombed

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The fellow standing on the left (not the lurker) has on his right forearm a "four-bar Chevron" which evidently denotes years of overseas service in WW1.

    The Overseas Service Chevron was created by the British Army on 20 December 1917 and was awarded for each year of overseas service. It was retroactive to December 31, 1914, and was eligible for award until May 1, 1920.
    Overseas service was calculated from the day the soldier disembarked from the United Kingdom. A blue chevron was awarded for each 12 months of overseas service after December 31, 1914, with a maximum of 4 blue chevrons (or 5 if the soldier served in Russia after the war). A single red chevron could be awarded for at least a year or more of overseas service before December 31, 1914, and was worn under the blue chevron(s). The Overseas Chevrons were worn on the lower right sleeve of the uniform jacket. Official wear was discontinued in 1922."
    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Service_Chevron#
    Also - lawranceordnance.com

    Which might imply the photo is 1918 - 1922 (??)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The fellow seated second from right (smoking a cigarette with ash on his leg!) has chevrons on his left forearm denoting 'Long Service/Good Conduct Badge'. See the second link above.
    Edit - He also has a medal bar on his chest. No idea what ...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Alright, hazarding 1918-1922? above.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Football team and ball?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    We have encountered Mr J.S. Coombs the photographer previously. Based in Portland, UK. I wonder if this and another photo are somewhere near Portland ?
    catalogue.nli.ie
    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/53705945897/]
  • Swordscookie said:
    You could get a bad concussion heading that ball after 10 minutes on a wet pitch. Modern players are spoilt with balls that don't soak up gallons of water.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    AI
    “Based on a historical analysis of this specific photograph from the First World War period, these men are confirmed to be soldiers from the Connaught Rangers Great War Forum (an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army Connaught Rangers - Wikipedia).Regimental Cap Badge IdentificationWhile the severe glare on the brass components obscures fine detail in this specific print, the distinct profile of their headdress insignia matches the post-1902 pattern for this unit Great War Forum:The Main Emblem: The badge prominently features a traditional Irish Harp (the Harp of Erin) Imperial War Museums.The Crown: Positioned directly above the harp is a King’s (Imperial) Crown, denoting the reigning monarch Imperial War Museums.The Scroll: Curving below the base of the harp is an elegant, elaborate scroll inscribed with the title "CONNAUGHT RANGERS" Imperial War Museums.Additional Uniform IndicatorsRank Chevrons: The soldier seated on the far right displays Good Conduct stripes on his lower left sleeve, indicating long-standing service prior to or during the war.Sporting Focus: The leather lace-up ball held by the soldier seated on the floor confirms this is a formal team photo, a highly common tradition for unit platoons and sports clubs within Renmore Barracks in Galway Connaught Rangers”
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The Inniskilling Fusiliers were stationed at the Verne Citadel, Portland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verne_Citadel

    "1919-22 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers"
    via freepages.rootsweb.com
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think the cap badge in both photos looks like -
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers

    Not sure of the difference between Dragoons and Fusiliers - Dragoons were horsey and Fusiliers on foot ?
    Someone will know

Bathing in Bray Baths beats bathing on Bray Beach

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 6 older comments, and then…
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel 1880 earliest date, thank you.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    🐝
    Yay Bravo for the B's !
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think Mr Eason's photographer was on top of the baths 13[!] years ago ... [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/9397349767/]
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I can't tell from the pics or maps where the actual bathing happened. The building is very long and thin...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    DIA confirms:

    1878-1880

    Nature: New concrete sea baths for ladies, for Bray Pavilion Company.  Works commenced by Jun 1878 and 'will be completed by about the month of August'. 'The baths...will form a very pretty building...they will cover a space of one hundred and sixty-five feet in length and will cost £1,630.' to be constructwed under superintendence of James Price, CE, and JHB, architect to the Bray Pavilion company.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Next door in the catalogue is L_CAB_04760, Bona Fide Travellers, c. 1890

    Bonafide Travellers
  • Niall McAuley said:
    But nearby in the catalogue is L_CAB_04754 of the esplanade from the roof of the baths, in maybe 1905-10 from the fashions, so not reliably chronological
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Looks new
  • George FitzPatrick said:
    It does look new. Gravel does look fresh and free of wheel tracks. Grass in foreground has not re established

Colonial Style in Greystones

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Suck Diesel Looking through all the pics, I see that this side was originally flat on the ground floor. In today's pic, it has an extension at right, but not left. Later it has extensions both sides, and the veranda between them is walled in.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Per the wicklowheritage site linked above: In 1916 the Hotel was extensively renovated and the interior was refitted, the contractors were the local Greystones firm, Messrs. Archer Bros. In 1920 due to increasing demand the Grand Hotel had additions to the Hotel. These included extensions to the existing dining room and ballroom and a new lounge with vestibule leading to the hotel grounds. Also an annex was built containing ten new bedrooms.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The dia confirms work in 1916 and in 1920.


    I think we are between the two, 1916-20
  • Niall McAuley said:
    THe manageress looks to have benn May or Mary Meaney in 1926

Residents of Ballıkpınar Village, movie screening, 1930s

from Presidency of The Republic of Turkey DOC Archive

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • Can Candan said:
    Carbon Arc Can you identify the exact model of the Victor projector and the dates it was in circulation? Thank you!

JIMS or is it JIVS?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 24 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Misstanscribed as Ian at his birth and death at Irishgeneology

Castles galore on the rocky old shore

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 11 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Phew, I wasn't dreaming - here is the previous reverse view - [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/52689470716/]