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Happy 8th Birthday, Flickr Commons ! 6 days to go (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • Nina Kuriloff said:
    wonderful photograph!
  • John Guarino said:
    Wonderfully composed image as well as being of historical interest.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    It's one of my all-time favorite photos. Glad you enjoy it! --Helena
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    "As one approached Boston Terminal (South Station) from the South on the former Old Colony Mainline, all inbound and outbound trains had to cross one of the 3 Rolling Lift Bridges that spanned the South Bay Channel. These bridges, which took 2 years to build carried untold amount of passengers & trains during their 87 year lifetime.

    "The driving force to build Boston Terminal (South Station's Real Name) back in 1894 required the co-operation & consolidation of 4 Railroads: The New England Railroad (NY&NE), The Boston & Providence Railroad (B&P), the Old Colony Railroad (OCRR), and the Boston & Albany Railroad (B&A) to all share 1 common railroad terminal instead of being spread out all over Boston. In order to do this, the planners needed to accommodate the approach tracks for these 4 railroads & funnel them all into the South Station yards & platforms."

    Read more about this bridge in this fascinating blog, The Rolling Lift Bridge by John Sheridan.

    The Library of Congress has a collection of 47 amazing photographs of the Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge in their collection, including several detail views that no ordinary person would ever have the chance to see in person.

    Tower bridges – Then and Now (100+ Years Later)

    "Tower bridges" 1904 by Detroit Publishing Company
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    "Old Colony Railroad Bridge" 2010 by Penny Camberville
    Old Colony Railroad Bridge
    "When the bridges were torn-down in the 1980s, plans were created to preserve the memory of the bridges that kept traffic moving for over 85 years. If you are coming to South Station on any of the Old Colony tracks, look to the right as the train is crossing the remains of Fort Point Channel. There you will see, painted bright red is a piece of the original bridge - still watching passengers cross the channel." – John Sheridan, "The Rolling Lift Bridge"
  • The Library of Congress said:
    www.flickr.com/photos/pixelwrangler/: Thank you for this historical context! From railroad bridge to public art--100 years of change.

Frank Hurley making a film on location in Papua New Guinea ca. 1923

from State Library of Queensland

  • Wayne Hill said:
    Hurley and Hood, two names of early "modern" photography. They were just able to capture the essence of an image.
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Frank Hurley’s artistic legacy from a career spanning nearly 60 years places him among the greatest Australian photographers of the twentieth century. When invited to photograph the activities of Anglican missions in Papua in the early 1920s he saw an opportunity to photograph and film what he viewed as an exotic and savage land – and advance an already successful career. Hurley’s photos reflect both an Australian-controlled Papua – a place where government and missionaries exerted a strong influence in the areas they occupied – and a more traditional Papua. These images, together with his diaries, artifacts, and film, form a significant archive of Papua’s history. PEARLS AND SAVAGES In the early 1920s few people had the opportunity to witness what Hurley experienced. Aware of this fact, he created the film Pearls and Savages to bring a glimpse of an exotic land to the armchair traveler and generate a profit. After a successful tour of Australia Hurley took the film to the USA and the UK in 1924, and with the money raised he went on to produce two feature films. Eventually, in 1927 Hurley sold his film to a German company and most of his photos to the Australian Museum. Source: australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/photo...

Happy 8th Birthday, Flickr Commons! 4 days to go (LOC)

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