Conversations

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

Harold Hamilton, Macquarie Island, subantarctic, south-western Pacific Ocean, 1911-1914

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • Francesco Dini said:
    A pleasure to view 😊
  • Francesco Dini said:
    Congrats on making Explore! 🎉✨ 👏 - Excellent composition 👌
  • Linda Yuson said:
    Congrats on making Explore🌟✨
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Excellent
  • Proprionegato said:
    Complimenti!
    Sei su Explore!
    🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
  • Jan said:
    Congrats on Explore ! ⭐
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ October 16, 2026
  • Erika Hartmann said:
    Gratulation zum Explore ♥

Irish Railway Record Society

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • billh35 said:
    This is the old Northern Counties Station (often known to Belfast folk as "The LMS") at York Street(not York Road). By 1959 it was under the control of the Ulster Transport Authority and is seen here with visitors from the IRRS. I can name Clifton Flewitt (4th from left) and the chap in the blazer with his hands in his pockets and wide grin is the late Bob Hunter who passed away recently.

Major William Sherlock Lennon

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Birth & Early Career: Born in 1880, he served as a District Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) before World War I. [1]

    World War I Service: He volunteered at the outbreak of the war and was seconded as a Captain in the 6th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers in November 1914. He was wounded at Suvla Bay during the Gallipoli campaign in August 1915.

    Kilmainham Gaol: During the Easter Rising of 1916, his regiment was stationed in Dublin, and Lennon was appointed temporary Commandant (or Governor) of Kilmainham Gaol, where he interacted with leaders like Éamonn Ceannt and Pádraig Pearse prior to their executions.
  • CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
    Start here: www.google.com
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The best information I could find came from an 'Irish Times' obituary of 16/4/1923. It is a masterpiece of concise facts ...

    " Lennon, William Sherlock; RIC 60527; LDS 2098/189; born 5/2/1880, Eyre Square, Co. Galway; (Galway Registrar's District, March Quarter, 1880, vol. 4, p. 283): son of William Lennon, SI, RIC and Annie Sherlock; educated at the Galway school; tutor; matriculated to TCD on 20/6/1898; BA Degree, 1905 and LLB, 1908, Trinity College Dublin; recommended for a Commission in the Army by the Inspector General of the RIC with a reference supplied by L.L. Nicol, Brigadier-General, commanding 30th Infantry Brigade; captain, 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 19/11/1914 and temporary major on 18/1/1916; Governor of Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, March to July 1916 and residing at 23, Marlborough Road, Dublin; attached to the Egyptian Army from 18/2/1917 to 16/10/1919; he received a gunshot wound to the right forearm in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 15/8/1915; 3rd DI 25/5/1902; King Edward VII Visit to Ireland Medal, 1903; pensioned 1/8/1920; seconded for service with the Sudan Government from 2/9/1920 as Assistant District Commissioner; died 1/4/1923 of appendicitis on board the hospital ship 'Lady Baker' on the River Nile near Kosti, White Nile Province, Sudan, Egypt; administration granted at the Principal Registry, London on 19/1/1924 to his mother, Annie Lennon, 22, Norham Road, Oxford as no executor appointed in his will effects £1,885.0s.3d; administration granted to his mother on 7/5/1924 in the High Court, Dublin effects in Ireland £255.6s.3d.; (PRO reference PMG4875); (WO 339/13484); (Obituary in the Irish Times, 16/4/1923). "

    Via - www.facebook.com

    He was made a 'temporary major on 18/1/1916', ie one crown on the shoulder as seen in the photo.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia That obituary is a masterclass on the use of semi-colons!

    And perhaps this photo was taken to mark the temporary major status? So after 18 January 1916?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons

    ;- )
  • O Mac said:
    For a man who died of appendicitis he deserved fewer colons in his obituary
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "attached to the Egyptian Army from 18/2/1917" - latest date for photo ?
  • Niall McAuley said:
    In the
    1901 census

    and :
    1911
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Copy note from Major W.S. Lennon, Commandant, Kilmainham Detention Barracks, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. The note reads: ‘The Prisoner H.T. Pearse [sic] desires to see you and you have permission to visit him. Failing you he would be glad to see any of the Capucines [sic]’.”

    catholicarchives.ie

Lord Kitchener, standing by chair, in uniform (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener

    "Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (/ˈkɪtʃɪnər/; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War, and his central role in the early part of the First World War.

    Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff (1900–1902) in the Second Boer War he played a key role in Lord Roberts' conquest of the Boer Republics, then succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief – by which time Boer forces had taken to guerrilla fighting and British forces imprisoned Boer and African civilians in concentration camps. His term as commander-in-chief (1902–1909) of the Army in India saw him quarrel with another eminent proconsul, the viceroy Lord Curzon, who eventually resigned. Kitchener then returned to Egypt as British agent and consul-general (de facto administrator)."

E.S. Stuart, portrait bust (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Peter Dutkewich, in fatigues (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Gen. Chas. Morris, U.S.A., in uniform (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

C.S. Francis, cameo portrait (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Spencer_Francis
    "Charles Spencer Francis (June 17, 1853 – December 1, 1911) was an American diplomat and newspaper editor.
    --Early life and education--
    The son of diplomat and newspaper publisher John M. Francis and Harriet E. Tucker, Charles Spencer Francis was born on June 17, 1853. He studied at Cornell University from 1870 to 1871, before joining his father in Greece as his secretary. With his mission completed, Francis returned to the United States and to Cornell in 1874.

    At Cornell, Francis proved to be an excellent rower, setting the world record in intercollegiate single scull competition[clarification needed] in 1876 (which stood long after his death, up until his grandson also attended Cornell). He graduated from Cornell the next year with a Bachelor of Science degree."

Fred R. Hazard, Syracuse (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See
    Fred R. Hazard, Syracuse (LOC)

Lewis M. Iddings, portrait bust (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Capt. E. Mikkelsen (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    Probably Ejnar Mikkelsen
    - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejnar_Mikkelsen
    "Ejnar Mikkelsen (23 December 1880 – 1 May 1971) was a Danish polar explorer and writer. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland."

Capt. Benard, Artic explorer (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Stewart Woodford, sitiing (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_L._Woodford
    "Stewart Lyndon Woodford (September 3, 1835 – February 14, 1913) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the lieutenant governor of New York.

    Born in New York City, Woodford graduated from Columbia University in 1854, studied law, and attained admission to the bar. Becoming active in politics as a Republican, he served as Assistant United States Attorney for New York's Southern District from 1861 until volunteering for the Union Army in 1862. Woodford took part in the American Civil War as chief of staff to Quincy A. Gillmore, commander of the Department of the South, and as commander of the 103rd Colored Infantry Regiment. He attained the rank of colonel and the brevet rank of brigadier general.

    Woodford ran successfully for lieutenant governor in 1866 and served from 1867 to 1868. After losing the 1870 race for governor, in 1872, Woodford was elected to the U.S. House, and he served a partial term. From 1877 to 1883, he served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and he served as Minister to Spain from 1897 until the start of hostilities during the Spanish–American War. Woodford died in New York City in 1913, and was buried in Stamford, Connecticut."

Percival Dodge, portrait bust (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See
    H. Percival Dodge (LOC)

Mrs. Joe Leiter, standing, three-quarters, copyright by Harris & Ewing (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Lucien Rerolle, sitting (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See
    Lucien Rerolle, sitting (LOC)

Gatto - Casazza, Ralph Edmunds, Dippel and others (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Gatti-Casazza
    "Giulio Gatti-Casazza (3 February 1869 – 2 September 1940) was an Italian opera manager. He was general manager of La Scala in Milan, Italy, from 1898 to 1908 and later the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1908 to 1935."

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Dippel
    "Andreas Dippel (30 November 1866 – 12 May 1932) was a German-born operatic tenor and impresario who from 1908 to 1910 was the joint manager (with Giulio Gatti-Casazza) of the New York Metropolitan Opera."

    Ralph Defoix Edmunds
    www.wikidata.org

    See also
    Ralph Edmunds, Gatti Cassazza, Didur (LOC)

Aug. Belmont, portrait bust (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont_Jr.
    "August Belmont Jr. (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier. He financed the construction of the original New York City Subway line (1900–1904) and for many years headed the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which ran the transit system. He also financed and led the construction of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, which opened in 1914. Belmont bought the land for and built New York's Belmont Park racetrack—named for his father—and was a major owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He served as chairman of the board of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He also served as a director of the Southern Pacific Co., parent of the railroad, and National Park Bank."

Lucien Rerolle, sitting (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

T.L. Woodruff (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_L._Woodruff
    "Timothy Lester Woodruff (August 4, 1858 – October 12, 1913) was an American businessman and politician. A leader of the Republican Party in the state of New York, Woodruff is best remembered for having been elected three terms as the lieutenant governor of the state, serving in that capacity from 1897 to 1902."

O.S. Straus, portrait bust, copyright by Clinedinst, Wash., D.C. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    Oscar Straus
    - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Straus_(politician)
    "Oscar Solomon Straus (December 23, 1850 – May 3, 1926) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906 to 1909. He was the first Jewish United States Cabinet Secretary.
    Straus also served in four presidential administrations as America's representative to the Ottoman Empire and ran for Governor of New York in 1912 as the candidate of then-former president Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive "Bull Moose" Party, in tandem with Roosevelt's own unsuccessful run for a nonconsecutive third term as president that same year."

    See also
    Oscar Straus at B. Cochran's [i.e., Cockran] (LOC)

USS Chafee conducts chief pinning ceremony underway 260916-N-VD076-1005

from Navy Medicine

  • k said:
    Amazing photo!!!!!

Hanging out the washing on the Artiglio's line

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    The Artiglio was a salvage ship apparently...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artiglio

    Launched in 1906 (and sunk in 1930) according to Wikipedia, so that narrows the date range a bit
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Rory Sherlock It does. Thank you.
  • O Mac said:
    This was taken at Dunmore East.
    Spire of St Andrews Church off the bow.
    maps.app.goo.gl
    If so this is the salvage ship Artigilo 2 as the first was sunk off France in 1930 while salvaging the SS Egypt.

    images.waterfordmuseum.ie
  • Quite Adept said:
    Following the trail of the ship’s change of names and purpose brought me to this page. If the dates of the change of name are right (Name of Artiglio being adopted in 1928) then the photo is a lot later than so far suggested.
  • Quite Adept said:
    www.clydeships.co.uk
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Trove clippings -

    April 1934 - trove.nla.gov.au
    May 1935 - trove.nla.gov.au
    January 1936 - trove.nla.gov.au
  • beachcomber australia said:
    NB paint condition ...

    via www.gentedimareonline.it


    via - www.shippingwondersoftheworld.com
  • Foxglove said:

    :-)
  • Suck Diesel said:
    The ship was renamed Artiglio in 1926, shortly after the maritime salvage company SORIMA (Società Ricuperi Marittimi) was founded by Commendatore Giovanni Quaglia.
    Before officially taking on the name Artiglio, the vessel had a multi-stage history:
    1. 1906–1919: Launched and operated as a British fishing trawler named Macbeth.
    2. 1919–1926: Sold to Italian owners after World War I, where it operated under the name Ideale.
    3. 1926: Acquired by SORIMA, outfitted with cutting-edge salvage gear, and renamed Artiglio to serve as the flagship of their fleet.

    Doesn’t seem to fit timeline?

Happy Days and lovely hats at the Marine Hotel

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 22 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    renamed the Marine Station Hotel in 1877, so after that date.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Date amended, thanks.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Previously, later. Spot the Differences!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    From a post of mine on the previous later photo (via AI so possibly faulty) ...
    "1909–1910: Sold to the railway company and renamed the Marine Station Hotel.
    1916: A major fire destroyed the upper floors, leaving the building vacant for nearly 20 years. ..."
  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Could be wrong re date, perhaps post August 18, 1900

    www.dia.ie
  • John Spooner said:
    I wonder if Nurse Wright is one of the people pictured
    Westminster Gazette Published Wednesday, 16 October 1901
    Her testimonial for "Tatcho" appeared was one of many which appeared in the Westminster Gazette on 16 October 1901. Tatcho is a Romany name meaning "genuine", and in this case was also the name of a brand of hair restorer.
  • Dún Laoghaire Micheál said:
    Marine Terrace, formerly Royal Marine Terrace in the background - still going strong 1 & 2 (Royal) Marine Terrace Bray
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Men wearing boaters, so after 1900, maybe 1905?
  • John Spooner said:
    That's a very posh 2-horse conveyance with a top-hatted driver (and footman?) just in front of the hotel. The poshest visitors I've found were in this snippet in the Wicklow News-letter and County Advertiser of 9 May 1903:
    The Honourable Masters and Misses Ward, children of their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and Countess Dudley, seem to have taken a great fancy to the Royal Marine Station Hotel in Bray, and it is not to be wondered at, so well-managed is that capital house.

The Director says "Stop the Boycott"

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

99s San Diego El Cajon Chapter

from SDASM Archives

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • CRJaviatrix said:
    This image was published in the SD paper. Names: Top: Betty Lambert and Gina Pournelle; Middle Gertrude Lockwood, Elsie Watson, Aileen Saunders, Isabelle McCrae, Dottie Sanders; Front Gerry Vickers & Terry Vasques

darline dottie sanders image #28

from SDASM Archives

  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • CRJaviatrix said:
    Marjorie was PHX99s

In Widows Weeds?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 35 older comments, and then…
  • J Holland said:
    I can help here - thanks to
    Bernard Healy's comments. Dermot Browner was my grandfather! (by marriage) and worked in NYC for many years as a hospital administrator, where he met my grandmother (a nurse). They ultimately retired to Pensacola, FL.

    He told us he gave up opera because he wasn't getting parts he wanted and went to do something new. I have a couple pictures of him, one a photograph of his Mephistopheles costume and another painted by Joe Kelley (as Don Quixote maybe?)

    He loved Scrabble and was a sore winner AND loser haha but I loved him. He was delightfully dry and witty and every now and then would sing us Edelweiss or another tune if something made him remember. We went as a family to Ireland in 1999 to see his sister Kitty and cousins for a few weeks and he passed away in 2000.

26_0002125 410237037 -Piction ID--Jess Unruh - Active Citizenship Program

from SDASM Archives

GIGFYVG in all shapes and sizes

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

The Connoisseur’s Connoisseur

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    "The Birth of Japan" (depicting the Shinto deities Izanagi and Izanami churning the primordial ocean with the heavenly jeweled spear, Ame-no-Nuboko, to create the first islands of Japan).
    The cover artwork is attributed to the celebrated 19th-century Japanese master Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831–1889)

    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Izanagi_and_Izanami_givin...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Thanks, Mr Diesel. Lots of first-time tags added there.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The Internet Archive is sometimes amazing ...

    archive.org
  • beachcomber australia said:
    BARGAIN! £6.47 on eBay - www.ebay.co.uk
  • Niall McAuley said:
    C is for Cecil

    www.npg.org.uk
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Timeline of Key Transitions

    Era / DateKey Leadership / Ownership
    Primary Editorial Focus1901 – 1914J. T. Herbert Bailey (Founder)Establishing fine art and general antiquarian collecting.1914 – 1934C. Reginald Grundy (Editor)Classic connoisseurship, commercial valuations, international reach.
    1927Acquired by William Randolph HearstDual-market distribution (UK and US).1951 – 1970sL. G. G. Ramsey (Editor)Serious, academic, and scholarly focus on art history.
    1982 – 1991Thomas Hoving (Editor)High-end luxury lifestyle, performing arts, and fine living.
    1992Hearst CorporationMagazine ceased operations; merged into Town & Country.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    {Aside] There was also a famous Australian TV mogul called Reginald Grundy ('Neighbours' etc). Immortalized in rhyming slang -
    "Reg Grundys" = "undies".
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Anyone find anything on Mrs N. Isaac? The Birth of Japan was in her collection at the time.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons “Mrs. N. Isaacs refers to a prominent British collector of fine Japanese art active during the early 20th century.
    During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a major wave of appreciation for Japanese art—known as Japonisme—swept through Western Europe. High-profile collectors frequently loaned their private acquisitions to reputable British art periodicals like The Connoisseur to be reproduced for the public.
    While precise biographical details on her personal life are sparse, historical records point to two strong possibilities for her identity:
    • An Academic/Socialite Collector: She is heavily documented in early-to-mid 20th-century museum registries, art catalogs, and journals (including the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society) as a lender of rare East Asian antiquities, scroll paintings, and woodblock prints to major London exhibitions.
    • The Isaacs Art Family Connection: She may have been related to the extended family of John Raphael Isaac, a prominent 19th-century British lithographer, painter, and art dealer whose descendants remained highly active within London's fine art and collecting circles into the 1920s.”

CD1656.jpg 403269271 Piction ID--38th BG Image View of a destroyed church--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Our Lady Of Atonement Cathedral, Baguio City Philippines
    maps.app.goo.gl
  • wandaole said:
    16.412962, 120.598480

CD1236.jpg 403213549 Piction ID--38th BG Image Low altitude bombing of Japanese town and harbor--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Zamboanga, Philippines

CD1984.jpg 403303673 Piction ID--38th BG Image Bombing near small town--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Himoga-an Bridge, Western Nautical Hwy
    Sagay City
    Negros Occidental
  • wandaole said:
    maps.app.goo.gl

CD23162.jpg 403364525 Piction ID--38th BG Image Street scene of large old building destroyed--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Cathedral of the Three Kings, Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines

CD1424.jpg 403243907 Piction ID--38th BG Image Soldier standing on road in Manila--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Letran College, Manila, Philippines

CD1384.jpg 403240783 Piction ID--38th BG Image Aerial view of city--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    American Embassy, Manila, Philippines

CD1383.jpg 403240515 Piction ID--38th BG Image Aerial view of city--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    San Lazaro Hippodrome, Manila, Philippines

CD1377.jpg 403240073 Piction ID--38th BG Image Aerial view of a city--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Manila, Philippines

CD1386.jpg 403239557 Piction ID--38th BG Image Aerial view of city--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Manila, Philippines

CD1370.jpg 403239367 Piction ID--38th BG Image Aerial view of large city along the coast--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Manila

CD23533.jpg 403396639 Piction ID--38th BG Image Bombing a coastal town and harbor area--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Zamboanga, Philippines

CD1376.jpg 403238939 Piction ID--38th BG Image Aerial view of islands and coast--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Fort Hughes, Caballo Island and Fort Mills, Corregidor Island and Bataan Province at the back in the Philippines

CD1375.jpg 403238587 Piction ID--38th BG Image View of city along the coast--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Manila, Philippines

CD1372.jpg 403238499 Piction ID--38th BG Image Aerial view of island--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Corregidor Island, Philippines

CD1188.jpg 403167077 Piction ID--38th BG Image Bombing of Japanese officials building--

from SDASM Archives

CD11761.jpg 403155115 Piction ID--38th BG Image Destroyed Manilla building--

from SDASM Archives

  • wandaole said:
    Letran College founded 1620
    Colegio de San Juan de Letran
    151 Muralla St, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Metro Manila

    maps.app.goo.gl