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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Mexican inaugural party musicians, 1921.

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  • 8 older comments, and then…
  • oz said:
    " We will smile more after some tequila"
  • ✠ drakegoodman ✠ said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Background People, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    Vintage Background People - View this group's most interesting photos on Flickriver
  • cheerful wheel said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fascination Nostalgia, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Nostalgic Car said:
    nice job!! Good pic.
  • Alessandro Scetta said:
    woowwwwwwwwwww this pics in so beautiful!

Memphis, Tennessee, Beale Street, October 1939.

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  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • Lú_ said:
    Now: (Well, in July, at least)
  • Green said:
    I grew up in Dyersburg, about 80 mi north of Mphs. My Mom is from Halls and I still have relatives in Mphs. Mom loved to dance and she has told me stories about going to Estes Park to jitterbug on the weekends, so the poster brings back that memory. Also, the Double Cola advertisement. We had a Double Cola bottling plant right down the street from where I lived as a little girl. In the 60s and 70s Beale Street was really run down and dangerous. Most of the stores had closed. The renovation that took place in the 80s has made Beale a fun and safe place to visit.
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ February 24, 2021
  • incognito7nyc ✈️❤NewYorkCityofDreams✯♛ said:
    Beautiful ✌ #BLM
  • Martin Cauchon said:
    That's photography!

The barbed-wire enclosed camp for migratory workers at the C...

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  • J. Colerangle said:
    why are these people inside of a barbed wire cage?
  • J. Colerangle said:
    they are not criminals
  • Flickr Foundation said:
    Thank you for sharing this photo. We've used it in our blog post for Black History Month in 2024 www.flickr.org/black-history-through-archival-images

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