New York Public Library

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  • Member since 2008
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    October 2009
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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.

The pens at Ellis Island, main hall. These people have passe...

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  • Gavin Veasey said:
    Wow. A mental inspection hm..
  • allr1 said:
    PENS !!!!!! Good Lord.
  • productive side said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called sad world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • productive side said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called soulful group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • productive side said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a new world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Negro laborers sitting around in front of a fire on Saturday...

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