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10 photos tagged commons, from 8 members of Flickr Commons.

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• christmasacrossthecommons
• smithsonianinstitution
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• work
• women
• men
• christmas
• holiday
• mail
• nationalpostalmuseum
• mailacrossthecommons
• commons:event=commonground2009
• blackandwhite
• sailing
• sydneyharbour
• australiannationalmaritimemuseum
• williamhall
• 12footer
• 16footer
• 00013420
• nationallibraryofaustralia
• dc:identifier=httpnlagovaunlamsms926325x
• woman
• france

Members using this tag

• Smithsonian Institution 3 photos
• The Library of Congress 1 photo
• National Library of Australia 1 photo
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 1 photo
• National Library NZ on The Commons 1 photo
• Florida Memory 1 photo
• Australian War Memorial collection 1 photo
• State Library of New South Wales 1 photo

Conversations

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos:

Rural Letter Carrier's Christmas Card

from Smithsonian Institution

• 5 older comments, and then…
• Terrific Lake said:

  best shot

• Foxsong said:

  Carriers who simply placed postcards in their patrons' mailboxes without stamps were subject to disciplinary measures for misuse of the mailbox. And still are...

• Dave E S +++ said:

  nice

• Edmée Olinger said:

  I like this card

• Missive Maven said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Postal History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Two unidentified soldiers enjoy some recreation time at a sandbagged Navy Army Air Force Institute (NAAFI)

from Australian War Memorial collection

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Eric Hunt said:

  Someone forgot to turn on tagging by the general Flickr membership....

• Australian War Memorial collection said:

  Thanks Eric in SF - I have now turned tagging on. Liz, admin for Australian War Memorial

• Danny Land said:

  classic

• sally svenson said:

  Here are today moaning about nuthing while those blokes went through hell so we could have better life & what have done with it waste it that my comment

• Terrific Lake said:

  best shot

Swimmers during learn to swim week, at a suburban swimming pool, probably Wellington region, ca 1939

from National Library NZ on The Commons

• 80 older comments, and then…
• Dave said:

  a cool piece of history captured there. Thanks for making it public on flickr. :)

• Lucas Cobb said:

  Amazing to see a lot of older people learning to swim in this capture.

• Bhanu Prasad M said:

  Good work . but, where were you /

• Christine Turner said:

  Added to my favorites. I love this.

• carlosbezz said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called artland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!