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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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[Guadeloupean woman.]

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  • 14 older comments, and then…
  • Patricia Page Leandersson said:
    Thank you for this, I just love old pictures, my grandmother was born 5 years later!
  • fallacious cars said:
    So much dignity and elegance in her face. She is very beautiful. I wish I could see her clothing in color.
  • Daniel Wold said:
    Regal in her bearing, grace and beauty her adornments. Thanks
  • Marco Antonio Sampaio Esteves said:
    O povo negro é lindo
  • honeypieLiving said:
    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!

[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.

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