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435 photos and 10 illustrations tagged tents, from 45 members of Flickr Commons.

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• thegreatwar
• 1910s
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• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 59 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 43 photos & illustrations
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 31 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 28 photos & illustrations
• OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons 26 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Scotland 23 photos & illustrations
• Florida Memory 22 photos & illustrations
• Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County 21 photos & illustrations
• Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections 19 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 18 photos & illustrations
• Library Company of Philadelphia 14 photos & illustrations
• New York Public Library 12 photos & illustrations

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How the birds are sent up the line

from National Library of Scotland

• incredible face said:

  Triumph model H my wifes Grandfather rode one of these in the Great War

Esplanade at Burleigh, Queensland, Christmas 1932

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Escape to the seaside For those Brisbane residents who have experienced the Bruce and M1 highway gridlocks at the start of holidays, the 1931 exodus to the seaside after a difficult year may seem all too familiar. An election and change of government, with Joseph Lyons and his United Australia Party elected, brought about a positive change to the state's mood, the Central Queensland Herald reported.After a "year of such depression as Queensland had not previously known", buoyed by the election result, residents turned out their pockets and went shopping, holidaying and camping. "On Christmas Eve there came a general exodus to the seaside and every resort within reach of the city crowds was thronged," it wrote. "By train and car thousands departed for the South Coast resorts ... the new toll bridge over the Logan Bridge reaped a golden harvest, and two traffic policemen were constantly on duty to supervise the unending rush of cars - and incidentally to guard against possibility of a raid by bandits intent on laying

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  violent hands on the toll fees, estimated at well over 1000 pounds for the three days," the Herald continued. And, much like this year, many people turned to camping along the beach, with "canvas houses, replete with every comfort, even to electric light, separate sleeping compartments, and spring mattresses".

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Resource: www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/how-brisbane...

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  The photo was published in Brisbane times 2020 by Lucy Stone: " How Brisbane celebrated Christmas through the years"

Believed to be NSW volunteers Easter Encampment at Windsor April 1884 - Soldiers with families

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• Chief Swim said:

  www.flickr.com/photos/jacksonstreet/50306318451/in/datepo...