Yet more photographic treasures spill forth for you today, this time from the coffers of the National Media Museum, the first British institution to join The Commons on Flickr.
Despite my own British heritage, I’d never heard of a “fen” before seeing the lovely photogravures in ‘Pictures From Life in Field and Fen‘, a portfolio from Peter Henry Emerson. Published in 1887, the museum has also published the pages of the book itself in an additional set.
In 1888, George Eastman introduced the world’s first “point and shoot” camera, the Kodak No. 1. Loaded with a roll of film enough for one hundred photographs, the photographer would turn a key on the camera to wind the film on. Once the roll was finished, the whole camera would be returned to Kodak for processing. (See camerapedia entry.) This collection contains snapshots taken with a Kodak No. 1—and without a viewfinder— circa 1890.
And last, but certainly not least is a small set of unbelievably curious Spirit Photographs taken around 1920, by a British medium named William Hope, “unearthed in a Lancashire second-hand and antiquarian bookshop by one of the Museum’s curators.”
In other Commons news, an industrious chap called Paul Hagon has built a great “Then and Now” mashup using geotagged Commons photos from the Powerhouse Museum and Google’s street view so you can see what Sydney used to look like. Here’s a link to Paul’s proof of concept – just click on a picture on the left side to see what it looks like today!
You might have seen irenicdonna‘s message in your travel through the Flickrverse.
“I found a camera, 2 months ago, which I handed in to the police. It’s not been claimed so they’ve now given it to me. It’s a nice camera and I certainly don’t mind keeping it but I as the photos include a stag night and then some European travel I thought they might be somebodies honeymoon photos.”
With direction from the Help Forum and Scotland group, progress was made. Here are a few highlights of the fruitful investigation from the Scotland group:
“Is it ok if I pass a photo onto some friends? I was brought up in Aberdeen and by the looks of it they live in the west end of aberdeen. A bit older than me but perhaps someones older brother or sister might know.”—Sandy—
“Like Sharkey I recognised the Rubislaw Quarry and on Friday drove past it to confirm. Drove around for a wee while, just on the off chance, and at one time was only one street away from Forest Ave….that’s just like the thing!”aberdeen_sandra
“I was out all day and drove down the street in number 008,. The early photos ie the ones with the girl holding a dog, I am 99% sure were taken from in front of 61 Forest Avenue, Aberdeen. The trees in the photo’s, the buildings opposite, the traffic signs and lights all match up. “Mr Kael
“Success!! Thanks everyone. I have now spoken to the owner of the camera! Despite constant teasing from family (which made me more determined) the camera, and contents, is to be reunited with its owner.”irenicdonna
“Hello everyone! I’m the guy who lost the camera!!!!! Irenicdonna, your efforts are truly amazing. I don’t know if there are many (or enough) people in the world who would do what you’ve done. I can’t thank you enough. My wife and I do indeed live in Aberdeen (with our wee dog ‘Moe’). The pictures are from trips to Rome and Brussels, my little sister’s wedding, and lastly, a hillwalking trip with friends through the Highlands, Isle of Skye, and Glencoe. We didn’t know the camera was lost until it was too late to retrace our steps.”nickfilippelli
The author of the current post over at our “sister” site code.flickr has some issues* with the lack of kitten-ness of FlickrBlog. While he may feel that one (albeit very cute) kitten brings a certain “kitten-ness” to Tuesdays, we here at FlickrBlog have other ideas.
Dan, there’s video on Flickr now, and there’s video of kittens on Flickr:
* I don’t want to tell tales out of school, but a recent IM looked very much like the following: “Kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens, kittens!”
Do you remember sitting around in the dark after dinner at your grandparents’ place, watching old family movies and looking through photos?
We’ve launched a new and improved fullscreen slideshow on Flickr, designed and rebuilt from the ground up to help you sit back and watch the world go by.
A slideshow is available from just about every page where you see a group of photos on Flickr: photostream pages, sets, tag pages, group pools and search results. Just look for the slideshow icon.
One of the main improvements we’ve made is that you can watch videos as they appear in a slideshow. When we come to a video in a slideshow, we’ll play it before we move on to the next item.
You can also embed a slideshow on another website in bite-sized form. Just click the “Share” link from any slideshow, then copy and paste the embed code wherever you want.
Lastly, you can embiggen a slideshow! Click the full size icon on the bottom right of any slideshow to have it take over your screen. Rarrrrrrr!
“A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum said Monday.
The art work, titled “Complex S(expletive..)”, is the size of a house. The wind carried it 200 metres (yards) from the Paul Klee Centre in Berne before it fell back to Earth in the grounds of a children’s home, said museum director Juri Steiner.” — Flying piece of art causes museum chaos in Switzerland
Flickr is a revolution in photo storage, sharing and organization, making photo management an easy, natural and collaborative process. Get comments, notes, and tags on your photos, post to any blog, share and more!
In 1888, George Eastman introduced the world’s first “point and shoot” camera, the Kodak No. 1. Loaded with a roll of film enough for one hundred photographs, the photographer would turn a key on the camera to wind the film on. Once the roll was finished, the whole camera would be returned to Kodak for processing. (See camerapedia entry.) This collection contains snapshots taken with a Kodak No. 1—and without a viewfinder— circa 1890.
“Is it ok if I pass a photo onto some friends? I was brought up in Aberdeen and by the looks of it they live in the west end of aberdeen. A bit older than me but perhaps someones older brother or sister might know.” 
“Like Sharkey I recognised the Rubislaw Quarry and on Friday drove past it to confirm. Drove around for a wee while, just on the off chance, and at one time was only one street away from Forest Ave….that’s just like the thing!” 
“I was out all day and drove down the street in number 008,. The early photos ie the ones with the girl holding a dog, I am 99% sure were taken from in front of 61 Forest Avenue, Aberdeen. The trees in the photo’s, the buildings opposite, the traffic signs and lights all match up. “ 
“Hello everyone! I’m the guy who lost the camera!!!!! Irenicdonna, your efforts are truly amazing. I don’t know if there are many (or enough) people in the world who would do what you’ve done. I can’t thank you enough. My wife and I do indeed live in Aberdeen (with our wee dog ‘Moe’). The pictures are from trips to Rome and Brussels, my little sister’s wedding, and lastly, a hillwalking trip with friends through the Highlands, Isle of Skye, and Glencoe. We didn’t know the camera was lost until it was too late to retrace our steps.” 
Do you remember sitting around in the dark after dinner at your grandparents’ place, watching old family movies and looking through photos?
One of the main improvements we’ve made is that you can watch videos as they appear in a slideshow. When we come to a video in a slideshow, we’ll play it before we move on to the next item.
