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509 photos and 101 illustrations tagged lake, from 49 members of Flickr Commons.

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• British Library 94 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 75 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 63 photos & illustrations
• Cloyne and District Historical Society 62 photos & illustrations
• Powerhouse Museum 41 photos & illustrations
• Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County 36 photos & illustrations
• Fylkesarkivet i Vestland 34 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 28 photos & illustrations
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• North East Museums 21 photos & illustrations
• New York Public Library 18 photos & illustrations
• Swedish National Heritage Board - Riksantikvarieämbetet 12 photos & illustrations

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Horseshoe Cascade, Loddon River

from Powerhouse Museum

• covid convict said:

  trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63615877# - this pic appeared in a photographic montage in the Illustrated Sydney News on 22nd November, 1890... This version looks to be a copy www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2430723322/ Possibly the same occasion...from a slightly different position www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/4903268407/

Na Saĭmenskom ozeri︠e︡ (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  See commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GreaterSaimaa.gif for an aerial view of Lake Saimaa, near the Russo-Finnish border.

• Acoustic Bubble said:

  Great example of early color photography!

A home for leprechauns?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 20 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  Flickr sometimes amazes! Looking sad in 2012 via Ulster Architectural Heritage Society

• Niall McAuley said:

  From the DIA: 1880- Constructed in mass concrete, & reputedly first in Ireland to be lit by hydroelectric power. Laid out formal gardens with parterres, a fountain and a polygonal conservatory linked to the house for Robert Garmany McCrum. No mention of a house for the Little People.

• Niall McAuley said:

  Robert G. McCrum is 71 in the 1901 census, a widower, a JP and Linen Manufacturer. Living in a house with 40 rooms, 15 windows to the front. 81 in 1911. He died in 1915, William McCrum in attendance, so Robert was the owner when this photo was taken.

• beachcomber australia said:

  History and (big) people - lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/05/milford...

• beachcomber australia said:

  "Milford House was the one [wonder?] of its age. The most technologically advanced house in 19th century Ireland - the first in Ireland to be lit with hydro electricity. The creation of Robert Garmany McCrum, self made industrialist, benefactor and inventor who revolutionized the linen industry. His son William invented the penalty kick rule in football (which makes Milford world famous!) and his daughter Harriette was a founding member of the women’s suffragette movement in Ireland. By 1880 Milford House had six bathrooms each with a Jacuzzi and Turkish bath and a waterfall in the dining room. From 1936 to 1965 it was home to the Manor House School. ... ..." From - discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/milford-house-p7... The future - www.milfordhouse.org/the-future