- Mystery object – can anyone shed any light on this fascinating piece? "Boy from Canstatt" http://flic.kr/p/99TVde #
- Welcome @YouNeedaHelmet. You didn't need one though back then "Triumph Model H motorcycle – 1920s?" http://flic.kr/p/8zWQpc #
- A little bit of boating history to welcome @Historyandlife "Bull's Head at Barnes. Oxford & Cambridge boat race?" http://flic.kr/p/6GHPns #
- Welcome @The__Flaneur – I feel this chap has the feel of being a 'flaneur' – "Will Hunt or Heart" http://flic.kr/p/6HoZFf #
- Welcome @JAMESMASON76 – here's some garden landscaping on a grand scale "view from Pagoda at Kew Gardens" http://flic.kr/p/88XyAg #
- Welcome @GonzoArtBooks – I wonder what she is reading? "Lady reading in the garden. Paget colour c.1915" http://flic.kr/p/8wAPXn #
- Some Scandinavian history to welcome @kulturfoto "Barque 'Viking' in unknown British (?) harbour" http://flic.kr/p/8HsXaQ #
- A classic Paris landmark to welcome @EWGalerie "Notre Dame, Paris in the winter, at night, c. 1940s" http://flic.kr/p/9ECGpD #
- Some dapper young Australians to welcome new follower @Nina99 "Three Australian gents, Eaglehawk, Victoria" http://flic.kr/p/6JSC1f #
- Welcome @gluepotpress . Someone could write a story about the history of, and in, these images http://bit.ly/eE0kIB #
- A classic Kent view, to welcome follower @OldTownsMaps "The beach at Dover, Kent, early 1900s" http://flic.kr/p/pBYoh #
- Some Japanese history to welcome @LetsGoToMuseums "Japanese street scene, early 1900s" http://flic.kr/p/4KTqd1 #
- Some vintage musicians, though possibly not your style, to welcome follower @bethmc_IndieMI – France, November 1926 http://flic.kr/p/95nUB3 #
- @JayneShrimpton Thanks Jayne. Not great quality, and a very rough stamped card. Any thoughts on date? Quite late for a CdV I thought? in reply to JayneShrimpton #
- Welcome to new follower @_Womens_history. I wonder how many Canadian female doctors there were in India, c. 1900?! http://flic.kr/p/5yLHjE #
- "Family gathering. Wonderful 1920s/30s interior" – welcome to new follower @Englishgatherin http://flic.kr/p/8Jw5Pc #
- @JayneShrimpton have posted an 'enhanced' version. re: dating, see 2nd comment, and great @Library_Vic image – http://flic.kr/p/9UyGQG in reply to JayneShrimpton #
- @JayneShrimpton I now think 70s too. I was initially at least a decade out! http://t.co/Ha19WWJ in reply to JayneShrimpton #
- New on Flickr: "Australians" by T M Cleaves, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia (improved): whatsthatpicture posted … http://bit.ly/kLheLb #
- I'm guessing someone somewhere will be able to identify this one? Can you help? "Chinese/Japanese Temple?" http://flic.kr/p/6GW7pp #
- @unmuseum thanks for plug. One link I forgot to send: all my photos tagged WW1 – http://bit.ly/iOOS6Q (but a tiny % as my tagging is poor!) in reply to unmuseum #
- @LetsGoToMuseums I have a few more from this batch that look to be Japan, but very little is known about them – http://bit.ly/iN2s9B in reply to LetsGoToMuseums #
- @EastMarple1 Hi Sarah, good to 'see' you on Twitter. Glad the link was interesting. I find it all fascinating. in reply to EastMarple1 #
- A mystery and a bit of fun "Traces of… Huber". American, military, c.1920, on #Flickr http://bit.ly/jBnmRc #
- One for all us dads on Fathers' Day "Father & son by Dickson, Glasgow". Are these rarer than mothers and children? http://flic.kr/p/7CMbQJ #
- An impressive large family group from Glasgow, late 1860s, from Flickr user Don Lickley http://flic.kr/p/9fgaUp #
- It's Father's Day in the UK, so here are some delightful Vintage Father and Son(s) images http://flic.kr/y/hhUBJd #
- It turns out that it's Father's Day in many countries, but not all – http://bit.ly/ju2cMi #
- @BullsHeadLive You should have a print of this somewhere as I swapped it for a free meal a few years back ๐ Best estimate is early 1900s in reply to BullsHeadLive #
- Have been told to say: Just signed up to beta for "One Page Twitter Dashboard" from #TwitSprout http://t.co/qAfBftY via @TwitSprout #
- One for Google Sea View? MT @Shorpy: Hotel Windsor: 1900 – The Jersey Shore circa 1900 http://ow.ly/1dlv4m #
- No confusion over what you'll find here from @Library_Vic – "Outhouses, dunnies & thunderboxes!" http://bit.ly/inOGjy #
- Advice please – is the lady in this wonderful pic http://flic.kr/p/5yPmP7 the same as in this one http://flic.kr/p/5yLHjE ? I think not #
- @shieldwolf2012 brilliant, thanks – http://flic.kr/p/6GW7pp is definitely Japanese then. Narrows it down a bit! in reply to shieldwolf2012 #
- ha, I just passed 1,000 tweets without noticing #
- Great! RT @AntiquePhoto: Identified! Panorama photo shows city of #Kobe in 1880-1885 – http://bit.ly/jPHHh4 / @bancroftlibrary Collection #
- @EastMarple1 @SepiaSleuth @bibliotraveler @galpix thanks for comments. Definitely not the same lady then!" http://bit.ly/lBziRm #
- Funny how e-commerce sites often provide good places to see work of famous photographers – http://bit.ly/lgmIEi (Julia Margaret Cameron) #
- That last link was to @memoryprint – 159 Cameron images, 177 Emerson, 302 Ray -Jones, 88 Suttcliffe … etc http://bit.ly/imgR9q #
- "4 years old, 19,000 images" – http://www.bathintime.co.uk/ @bathintime. Lots of mysteries to solve – http://bit.ly/l3lTFe #
- I'll be aiming to add a pic to http://www.historypin.com each day until their official launch on 11 July. Here's the first http://bit.ly/jDtOIO #
- @Historypin MT @EastMarple1: @PhotosOfThePast Like. Will add some also. Particularly from #vintagealbum http://t.co/l1etkZP #
- @JayneShrimpton thanks Jayne. c. 1900? flic.kr/p/5yPmP7 & flic.kr/p/5yLHjE in reply to JayneShrimpton #
- Is this the first ever indoors photograph placed on Google Street View using @Historypin ? Palm House at Kew interior http://bit.ly/kocWLB #
- Thanks Jayne ๐ MT @JayneShrimpton: Both http://t.co/yLmkvFg & http://t.co/sbMM8Ml c.1891-95. Main dress clues sleeve shapes & hat styles #
- Time for some more, very belated personal welcome messages for new followers,. #
- @RyanD Go on, I'm sure you have a few boxes of dags you don't really want any more @EastmanHouse. It's good to share ๐ in reply to RyanD #
- @RyanD I know them well – I'm 'whatsthatpicture' in comments on e.g. http://flic.kr/p/6D96f5 in reply to RyanD #
- Have just been reminded just how gorgeous these Eugene Atget Paris shots are from @EastmanHouse – do take a look: http://bit.ly/miHj4E #
- @RyanD Thanks for the invite! Hoping to get to MW2012 so maybe see you there? Likewise if you're in London, come and visit @kewgardens in reply to RyanD #
- Some vintage Mumbai, to welcome follower @vvsapar "Bombay GIP Station (Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai), c.1900" http://flic.kr/p/5zVkmG #
- Welcome @ancestorsfound, this is the Richmond near where I work, the other side of the pond! http://flic.kr/p/6GDKzg #
- To welcome prolific #Flickr sleuth @EastMarple1, an example of her detective work! "Temperate House Kew, 1865" http://flic.kr/p/8UbeB8 #
- And the full story of that last one, identifying both the sender and the recipient of the images, is on my blog – http://bit.ly/eE0kIB #
- @RyanD You'll have thousands (millions?) of old pictures @EastmanHouse I'd like to lay my hands on … in reply to RyanD #
- @RyanD but I may at least have just one but you'd quite like – union case with four ambrotypes from Newark: http://bit.ly/mevPh7 in reply to RyanD #
- Stop distracting me with great images! http://tinyurl.com/6fejfbh RT @JayneShrimpton: Great photos of ordinarโฆ (cont) http://deck.ly/~1DpTP #
- @dbbarrymore I have quite a few Richmond images, incl 1860s stereoviews along the river, but those aren't online yet http://bit.ly/mcInK2 in reply to dbbarrymore #
- @ancestorsfound thanks. It looks like eyes! in reply to ancestorsfound #
- @RyanD was reminded of this pic by your comment about curating Flickr set. You must come to Kew too – http://flic.kr/p/4Vz9L5 #namedropping #
- New on Flickr: Inside the Palm House, Kew Gardens. Stereoview c. 1890: whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
A v… http://bit.ly/lAL1F6 #
- Some interior design, to welcome @littleaugury "Mirror self portrait, c.1920s Elsie de Wolfe similarities." http://flic.kr/p/8HKvYB #
- Welcome @SkMirajulIslam. It has been suggested that this image may be from Bangladesh. What do you think? http://flic.kr/p/5ywN8W #
- Welcome @chrisilt. You won't find any technology in this classroom "Church / School, probably Ireland, c.1900" http://flic.kr/p/6Gpt45 #
- A beautiful young German lass. Willkommen @komiska "Unknown portrait of young lady by J F Stiehm, Berlin" http://flic.kr/p/7CHwST #
- Superb! RT @nytimesphoto: #Photo mystery solved, in just hours. #Nazi album photographer was Franz Krieger. http://nyti.ms/mO5SO6 #
- My earliest dated image, to welcome follower @ICPlibrary "Wife of Horace Poinier, Mayor of Newark, dated 1854" http://flic.kr/p/8mD8CW #
- A fellow traveler to welcome @Lillyrose4 "Lady on early Levis motorcycle, c. 1915" http://flic.kr/p/8zRexn #
- Welcome @MarDixon. I rescued this lovely image from an old box in a shop, the day after we met in Edinburgh http://flic.kr/p/9N4mXu #
- My timeline of early images, courtesy of Flickr Commons, to welcome new follower and photo curator @Geoffmuse http://bit.ly/lsbpjs #
- Welcome @DapperDaddyDon I think this Victorian chap is perhaps rather too plump to be dapper? http://flic.kr/p/8HiT2y #
- A solved mystery, to welcome follower @footnoteMaven http://bit.ly/jd8Z1I But what about all these unknowns? http://bit.ly/j7FzMi #
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