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35 photos and 1 illustration tagged signals, from 12 members of Flickr Commons.

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• SDASM Archives 20 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 3 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 2 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 2 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 2 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 1 photo / illustration
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• New York Public Library 1 photo / illustration
• Nationaal Archief 1 photo / illustration
• National Library of Scotland 1 photo / illustration
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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View from Newcastle Central Station

from North East Museums

• La Belle Province said:

  Gorgeous steampunk goodness. Do you have any idea of the year?

• Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:

  La Belle Province I've been able to give a more specific date of c1930 thanks to this webpage www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/pc-dating.php

Navy Sea League Cadets with signal flags at Snapper Island in Sydney

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• afiq arifin said:

  wow! oldies

• Alexander McCall said:

  I was a sea cadet on STD SNAPPER ISLAND from 1964 to 1968 we rowed 32 foot whalers we sailed them we beat the navy sailing them ..... trained in sailing 6 foot beamys clingers ,...... modif .303 enfields with .22 bore shooting on the port waste ......comps at HMAS Watson rifle shooting ....class instruction in seamanship ...... gym sports ....... weekend camps on the Island ..... relaxing in lounge area watching T.V. black and while only back on these days ........cooking ..... rifle drill ..... close quarters drill ....... weekend stays on different H.M . ships and bases .... working along side our commanding officer LEONARD E FORSYTHE showing us the way how to perform our duty the way he wants us to the letter . ..... just short note in some picture by the harbour trust saying ....... slipway and sheds ....... these so called sheds were in naval talk the heads meaning the dunny ( toliets and showers ) showers were run by a naked flame chip heater which you had to light yourself and water coming from the water tower above

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  Alexander McCall Wow! Were they like these?
  Sounds like it would have been fun being a cadet :)

Flying the Flag

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 5 older comments, and then…
• Angela Orlando said:

  Fantastic vintage image... wonderful organization!!!!

• mdx said:

  Wonderful! I wonder what their message says -

• instinctive mind said:

  Nice Photo. I've never seen anything like it ( they all look great )

• ronramstew said:

  A gem of past times.

• Sherrie said:

  Amazing!