New York Public Library

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Greetings The New York Public Library is delighted to be joining the Flickr Commons and to rub digital shoulders with the other illustrious institutions participating here. Flickr is among the most lively and innovative social media communities on the Web, with millions of users capturing and describing the photographic present. The Commons project brings a fresh infusion of material from the past, images spanning the entire history of photography carefully preserved and served up digitally by the world's leading libraries, archives and museums. We strongly believe that projects like Flickr Commons extend the NYPL's mission to spread knowledge and spur self-education, bringing us into contact with new publics, and engaging our existing users in a new environment.

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[Greek woman.]

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  • Priit Halberg said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called folk costumes, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Andrew Theodotou said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Greek Dance, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Kate Londagin said:
    Her name is Theano Sotriou Pappasoteriou, Greek spelling "Θεανώ Παπασωτηρίου". She arrived at Ellis Island from Salamis, Salamína Island, Greece on 3 Jun 1909 with the youngest 4 of her 7 children. She was 47 in this photo. Her husband "Sam" Soterios Papasoteriou was waiting for her in California, where their family has prospered ever since. You can find more about this Greek woman in Louis Takács book "LET ME GET THERE: Visualizing Immigrants, Transnational Migrants & U.S. Citizens Abroad, 1914-1925" published in 2021.

Group photograph captioned 'Hungarian Gypsies all of whom we...

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  • Sandor Somkuti said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called hungarian themes: people, building, food, lifestyle, art..., and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Irina Hynes said:
    I wonder why they were deported.
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Here's a link to The New York Times article mentioned in the description (Feb. 12, 1905).
  • OneL0ve<3 said:
    that are my roots
  • Donna Dimmack said:
    They are Serbian gypsies not Hungarian. My family was Serbian gypsies.. Lostitch family. They did settle on Ellis Island

Woolworth Building

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  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • cannoner said:
    wide-angle shooting in 1912!
  • Faylinn Byrne said:
    I really find it interesting that at the time that this building was under construction that there weren't too many other buildings around it that were very tall. Now, it is flanked by so many very tall structures and doesn't stand out as easily as it does here. However, 1912 was definitely a much different time than today. www.formworkconstruction.ca
  • Carol Harris said:
    Loved your blog page!!!The stuff that you have remarked up here is superbly wonderful and I vigorously thank you for the same... design work
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
  • Markus Preiser said:
    Incredible image!!! Congratulations on Explore.

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