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21 photos and 9 illustrations tagged 1883, from 15 members of Flickr Commons.

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• mechanicalcurator
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• ireland
• nationallibraryofireland
• 1880s
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• 19thcentury
• sherlocknet:tag=city
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• sherlocknet:tag=land
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• pubplacelondon
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• sherlocknet:tag=mountain
• sherlocknet:category=maps
• sherlocknet:tag=england

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• British Library 9 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 5 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 3 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 2 photos & illustrations
• UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 1 photo / illustration
• OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons 1 photo / illustration
• Swedish National Heritage Board - Riksantikvarieämbetet 1 photo / illustration
• New York Public Library 1 photo / illustration
• National Library NZ on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of Queensland 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of New South Wales 1 photo / illustration
• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 1 photo / illustration

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Joseph Swan in his Laboratory

from North East Museums

• John keys said:

  Sound chap This Mr Swan...

• Timothy Jones said:

  "... Swan's demonstration of the light bulb at a lecture in Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 December 1878, before its invention by the American Thomas Edison ..." Now consider the idiocy of this. Swan demonstrated the light bulb, so he invented it. OK so the filament was a bit naff, and it was hard to achieve a good vacuum. Thomas Edison cannot have invented it AFTER Swan had already demonstrated it. Give Edison the credit for improving it, and creating a production line for its manufacture, but please, do not fall into that Transatlantic error of thinking Edison invented the light bulb. He did not.

• Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:

  Timothy Jones thanks. We've reworded the caption - we certainly don't believe it was Edison who invented the lightbulb!

View over Newcastle looking towards Flagstaff Hill and Newcastle Beach

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• 24 older comments, and then…
• jrg_from_oz said:

  Looks like Newcastle, with the original Fred Ash hardware business centre left, and Nobby's in the background.

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  jrg_from_oz Looks like this Moment in Time may be easier than first thought... AB

• Lake Macquarie said:

  Definitely Newcastle, Royal Newcastle Hospital in the centre right third of the photo. Fort Scratchley in the left centre. Nobby's would be further to the left. Royal Newcastle Hospital at a later date here flic.kr/p/9QQYhk LMDHS

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  Lake Macquarie Ah, so that's the hospital that now looks dwarfed by the apartment block beside it? AB

• beachcomber australia said:

  Newcastle for sure (foreshore?). But when? And where was the photographer standing? Trying to get relative dates from buildings which are or are not there. Waratah Terraces (see note) is still there (minus one at right) and surrounded by later buildings. Google Street View maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=...

England v. Australia 'Ashes' cricket match, Sydney Cricket Ground, 27 January 1883

from State Library of New South Wales

• Jim Wright said:

  It’s a bit different now great old image