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N.Y. Greeks going home (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Brandon McKinney said:
    The liner in the little cartouch on the carriage is the Olympic of 1911 - however I can't help but wonder if it's perhaps a mislabeled memorial to the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania, considering the "we are off to war," banner. Perhaps they were traveling by the Olympic...
  • Brandon McKinney said:
    Strike that - the banner refers to the Balkan War. The Lusitania would not have been torpedoed by that time. Woops. :-)
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Agreed. This photo does look like part of the set showing Greeks returning from New York for the Balkan War. One of the other photos is: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2387989588/ Thanks!
  • Wystan said:

Servian Red Cross (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • konnakki said:
    I think it's Serbian Red Cross. The first Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars
  • The Library of Congress said:
    konnakki: Thanks for your comment! At the time of this photograph, the term Servian was in use in the U.S. and other English-speaking countries, and was used somewhat interchangeably with Serbian. Here is one example of the use of the phrase 'Servian Red Cross' in the New York Times from November 1912. All that being said, it would be helpful to also add a reference to Serbia to this record for those searching by the more well-known name. We will do so and then reload the descriptive data to Flickr.

Boons and Blessings

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Welcome back! Have a Streetview
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Why thank you! Don't mind if I do...
  • Swordscookie said:
    Welcome back Carol, I was thinking of you when I saw the earthquakes in Bologna, I hope you were not too badly rattled in the process? Nice return to the scene and believe me you have been missed. I like this for the curiosities on display, the sign for the Pickwick pen by McNiven and Cameron overhead see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macniven_and_Cameron. There is also the number over the second part of the shot with the number 11-1/2. Just up the road in Dorset Street Upper near the junction with Blessington St was a shop number 123-1/2, I was always amused to see it and when development removed it I thought it a pity they did not retain it. I note that the headlines refer to a "Balkan War" but there did not appear to be a crisis in 1905 but there was one in 1908 and of course there was a little dispute in 1914 that led to a slightly larger dispute. "Bosnian Crisis 1908-09 Each succeeding international crisis from 1905 to 1913 threatened the security of all the powers and thus increased the hostility between the rival camps. If a war broke out in Europe, it would naturally become an international war involving all the powers.#"
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie Thanks, and no, we'd moved on to Rome by time of second quake! They are beautiful nibs, and you're right, the 11-1/2 is gorgeus, isn't it? Don't think we've come across that in any of our photos yet. I did try some of the headlines that I could make out in our online newspapers for dating purposes but couldn't find any exact matches...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I wonder if the Premier's trenchant speech referenced in the Weekly Freeman is Asquith in Dublin in July 1912?