The Commons - Les Organismes publics, a Flickr database
The Commons - Les Organismes publics, is a Flickr historical photographs database which is made of funds coming from many different cultural institutions and libraries in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, the United Kingdom, Portugal, the Netherlands and Sweden. These institutions loaded their own historical photographs as digitised primary sources. The images are with "no known copyright restrictions" indicating that these cultural institutions are "unaware of any copyright restrictions on the works so designated". The project was made thanks to the Library of Congress in Washington DC (USA) and aims to enhance the collections of photos with user comments.
The participating European institutions are, at the moment:
the Bibliothèque de Toulouse, France
the Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
the National Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK
the Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, the Netherlands
the Imperial War Museum, London, UK
the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
the Swedish National Heritage Board, Stockholm, Sweden
the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru - National Library of WalesAberystwyth, Ceredigion, UK
the Swedish National Heritage Board, Stockholm, Sweden
the London School of Economics - LSE (collection of political posters)
the LlGC ~ National Library of Wales
The participating non-European institutions are, at the moment:
Galt Museum & Archives on The Commons
The Library of Congress
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Brooklyn Museum
Smithsonian Institution
George Eastman House
State Library of New South Wales collection
The Library of Virginia
Musée McCord Museum
Australian War Memorial collection
National Library NZ on The Commons
New York Public Library
State Library of Queensland, Australia
State Library and Archives of Florida
Oregon State University Archives
Nantucket Historical Association - nha.library
DC Public Library Commons
The Field Museum Library
Getty Research Institute
Jewish Women's Archive - JWA Commons
The National Archives UK's photostream
Last update
Saturday, 17 March 2012 - 10:26pm