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97 photos and 22 illustrations tagged greatbritain, from 18 members of Flickr Commons.

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• sherlocknet:tag=france
• map
• sherlocknet:tag=land
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• New York Public Library 47 photos & illustrations
• British Library 17 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 14 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Medicine 6 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 6 photos & illustrations
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 6 photos & illustrations
• UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 3 photos & illustrations
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 3 photos & illustrations
• National Galleries of Scotland Commons 3 photos & illustrations
• Navy Medicine 2 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 2 photos & illustrations
• Archives of the Law Society of Ontario 2 photos & illustrations

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Auld Reekie

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 27 older comments, and then…
• Niall McAuley said:

  The Castle is, of course, still there: Streetview

• Niall McAuley said:

  The Black Bull is still at Number 12!

• Moira said:

  The Grassmarket

• Niall McAuley said:

  The Grassmarket site says: With a drinks license thought to have existed since it was a 16th Century coaching inn, the present building replaced The Beehive Hotel in the 1860's. A close look at streetview gives a date of 1868 for the building which replaced numbers 18 and 20.

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Niall McAuley So 1863-1868 then? Brilliant narrowing down...

[View II, Aberglaslyn Pass, Wales] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Kest Schwartzman said:

  article on the process of photochrom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochrom "Photochrom[Note 1] (also called the Aäc process) prints are colorized images produced from black and white photographic negatives via the direct photographic transfer of a negative onto lithographic printing plates."

• Juanbpn. said:

  Preciosa vista.Saludos.

• chicago_bear said:

  if not for the people, you cannot tell the time when the photo was snapped.

'Macgregor', owned by James R. Dempster, Ladyton

from National Galleries of Scotland Commons

• 48 older comments, and then…
• BigBean said:

  Hi, this photo has been mentioned in a discussion thread in the Flickr Commonsgroup, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool! -- Seen in a discussion of Flickr Commons. (?)

• Dulce Diabla said:

  Cute almost shaggy like a sheepdog. Love the photo.

• Scott Kraft said:

  awesome!

• David Badagnani said:

  I'd like to know the story behind this picture--why does this sheep have a name, and why was a photograph of him commissioned? Is he particularly eminent or distinguished in some way?

• David Badagnani said:

  OK, just found the link above: " Shown here is the most common variety of sheep in the Scottish Borders and Highlands - the Scottish Blackface. Their wool is highly prized for its hardwearing qualities and the Blackface horns add a distinctive look to walking sticks and shepherds' crooks. Photographs of livestock were not uncommon during the turn of the century, as landowners took pride in their husbandry. The side view gives us a clear idea of the physical qualities of the breed: the long thick fleece, the curvy horns, the black face and the magnificent posture. "