- Why my Day's Menagerie pic is popular – Who Do You Think You Are prog with Larry Lamb! http://t.co/R4gXZxu http://t.co/GDQ47I8 #
- Just stumbled across the fascinating @Fairarchives – by coincidence I sent you an email earlier today! #
- @MarDixon yes, just found that out – see previous tweet! And my fairground pics, incl Day's Menagerie http://t.co/XRRWwo1 #
- @larrylamb47 here's another vintage pic of Day's Menagerie. http://t.co/9lGZLcw Still haven't watched the prog but must do! #
- Palm House @kewgardens compared to the Tardis in Doctor Who. But a space machine as well as time. http://t.co/NBb8EHh @fatcharlesh #
- Spotted on #Flickr Funky suits: Crafty Dogma posted a photo:
Tintype. Tinted by someone, at some point. http://t.co/lxto0vd #
- Spotted on #Flickr Victorian Martians: Crafty Dogma posted a photo:
Tintype. Tinted by someone, at some point. http://t.co/gBhjAFa #
- Spotted on #Flickr Nanking Road In Shanghai: josefnovak33 posted a photo:
- Spotted on #Flickr Black Baseball Team, Danbury, Connecticut – 1880: vieilles_annonces posted a photo:
- Spotted on #Flickr Father and son (c.1870): pellethepoet posted a photo:
Carte de visite.
Studio of Alonzo … http://t.co/NmVM7ki # - Spotted on #Flickr Hannah: BeautyOfThePast posted a photo:
This series is about a German girl named Hannah…. http://t.co/zvHJElP #
- Spotted on #Flickr Gentleman reading: Rita~~~ posted a photo:
- With anniversaries of the start and end of WW2 this week, some great WW2 pics on Flickr from PhotosNormandie http://t.co/qqZPmgj #
- @unmuseum as soon as I saw this Canadian WW2 medic image (and links) I knew I had to send it to you http://t.co/cVcTph3 #
- Great photographic records though RT @2nerdyhistgirls: More NYC grandeur gone: the 1886 Theatre Francais: http://t.co/ASnOgCU #lostNewYork #
- Some are so unbuilt! RT @annakrentz: A visit to most of Canada's cities, mostly in the 19th century, in the blog today: http://t.co/406ilWk #
- Where would Canada's history be without the photos of the Notman studio? http://t.co/e3NZfJy (and of course the collection @ Musée McCord) #
- New on Flickr: Early ambrotype of young man (in frame): whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
The fourth of six e… http://t.co/HCZcRui #
- New on Flickr: Early ambrotype of young man (full image): whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
The fourth of six… http://t.co/9XtebaK #
- Awwww! "Two Dolls" – fantastic German cabinet card of child and a wonderful standing doll. http://t.co/hYpTwaK #
- "Two Dolls" – sorry, carte de visite, no cabinet card … http://t.co/hYpTwaK #
- New on Flickr: Lake District, but where?: whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
I'll have to check back with the … http://t.co/W3CYqVt #
- New on Flickr: Lake District, but where?: whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
One of many images that I am slo… http://t.co/3KnQf0x #
- New on Flickr: Lake District, but where?: whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
This came to me in an album conta… http://t.co/uGHy4Li #
- One of my fave @Historypin uploads so far – street scene in Kinsgbridge, Devon, c. 1890 (cc @kingsbridgeinfo) http://t.co/22dPXYm #
- Spotted on #Flickr Into the West: National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:
The gentleman … http://t.co/ETwY4A9 #
- New on Flickr: Anchor Hotel and Ship & Plough Hotel, Kingsbridge, Devon c. 1890: whatsthatpicture posted a photo… http://t.co/el6XMVn #
- @ZBZuerich has 7,000 Photochroms online, but they're tricky to browse (go through 'next page' until you find them!) – http://t.co/fc1iXKk #
- Spotted on #Flickr Two Amateur [Kodak?] Photographs: Young Women With Musical Instruments: mrwaterslide posted … http://t.co/EXHKhJA #
- New on Flickr: Early ambrotype of woman with hat (cleaned and digitally enhanced): whatsthatpicture posted a pho… http://t.co/SqQ2wOm #
- New on Flickr: Early ambrotype of woman with hat (full, original image): whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
Th… http://t.co/OoITEMg #
- New on Flickr: Early ambrotype of older woman with hat (in farme): whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
The fift… http://t.co/Wz62hMB #
- "Learning Institute for the Feable Minded". Sometimes I feel like I need that! http://t.co/yBAKUrI #
- Spotted on #Flickr Daily Bread in the Irish Civil War: National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a phot… http://t.co/dcxqHsa #
- Spotted on #Flickr Ambrotype- Two Uniformed Men: AtypicalArt posted a photo:
This one is a mystery to me, n… http://t.co/scsphqO #
- New on Flickr: Countess Wear, Exeter, panoramic postcard: whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
Postally used 14 … http://t.co/sz3lUGK #
- Great photo, perfect caption: "Vintage Boy Band" http://t.co/MB7a7Ca #
- Spotted on #Flickr Blossoms: BeautyOfThePast posted a photo:
Antique photo mounted on cardboard. A nice por… http://t.co/Xfu7MDz #
- New evidence MAY help identify car (Humber), location (Isle of Man), date/event (1905 TT), and maybe the driver! http://t.co/sot7Uzw #
- Thanks to @JayneShrimpton for suggesting this may be a butcher (and date correction!) "Horse and cart, Upton Park" http://t.co/VGU1YM0 #
- There's a prize for the first person who can find what business was based at 339 Green Street, Upton Park c. 1900! http://t.co/VGU1YM0 #
- New on Flickr: Early ambrotytpe of bearded young man with piercing eyes (full image): whatsthatpicture posted a … http://t.co/5SsNoMk #
- New on Flickr: Early ambrotytpe of bearded young man with piercing eyes (in frame): whatsthatpicture posted a ph… http://t.co/tkpm7ev #
- Spotted on #Flickr The girl in the parlour: smokey lace posted a photo:
Cabinet card from Reading PA … http://t.co/Cp6djOu #
- New on Flickr: Beach scene, early 1900s, possibly Hastings?: whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
One of many im… http://t.co/755lYUC #
- New on Flickr: White Rock, Hastings, during a carnival / celebration. Date? Coronation 1902?: whatsthatpicture … http://t.co/aIc5088 #
- Spotted on #Flickr Girl with Doll and Pressed Flower – 1/4 Plate Daguerreotype, Mourning?: Photo_History … http://t.co/1NnqJmy #
- So sweet! RT @komiska: @PhotosOfThePast I have a little "present" for you:my granny in Chicago 1917: http://t.co/Abrgvbr #
- A Flickr user just spotted there's a lady beach photographer in this shot, thought to be in Bournemouth, early 1900s http://t.co/XfwvrSg #
- Nice article on Beach Photographers in UK (via @EastMarple1 ) http://t.co/y5gHwdK #
- Nice article on Beach Photographers in UK (via @EastMarple1 ) http://t.co/y5gHwdK – see also this pic: http://t.co/XfwvrSg #
- @EastMarple1 Brilliant! You shall have to see if you can find any photos by her (and a good excuse to Google your own name!) in reply to EastMarple1 #
- @HalaasK @Historypin has just relaunched – great new functionality and a mbl app. @SepiaTown so far has concentrated on specific locations #
- @HalaasK … but @Historypin @SepiaTown (and don't forget @WhatWasThere ) all great, and all innovative, so take your pick! in reply to HalaasK #
- I hate it when you can't lay your hands on a pic, or wonder if actually you sold it #INeedAnArchivist #
- Another fun vintage photo group on #Flickr "Vintage Seaside". Such a common theme across the ages. http://t.co/kojwzGK #
- @Historypin @LivingRdgEvents @readingmuseum can't come to drop-in, but here's my contribution – http://t.co/PQVwSWd (shame no Street View) #
- I gave @MarDixon +K about museums on @klout http://t.co/hrePW0d #
- New on Flickr: Simeon Monument, Market Square, Reading, c. 1900: whatsthatpicture posted a photo:
Just redis… http://t.co/IXpr1hx #
- Another example of #Flickr used by a private collector to set up their own 'virtual museum' and share their images – http://t.co/z7RqEhM #
- Spotted on #Flickr Gatehouse to park or country estate? (undated): pellethepoet posted a photo:
Cabinet car… http://t.co/kVPaYKU #
- @NancyProctor @Curator_NGNY glad you liked it – the intro saying why he did it is great. Helpful to have a strong focus and well presented #
- @NancyProctor @Curator_NGNY I like to think I do my own bit with my collection, but curation effort somewhat lacking! http://t.co/8H1h7Cn #
- Spotted on #Flickr Portrait of a young man on a bridge in an unknown park (undated): pellethepoet posted a phot… http://t.co/Y0MVES0 #
- A great story of detective work "Longton Park (Queens Park), Stoke-on-Trent (after 1888)" http://t.co/t0bZtHJ #
Latest mystery images
TBC
Heidelberg (right way around now too, thanks Ray and SPS).
Detail
La Rochelle, France (thanks SPS!)
Méva, l'apôtre de la vie naturelle
Tamil lady in rickshaw, Colombo
Femme du Thaï-Binh
A Day at the Beach
What factory is this. Pontypool, South Wales?
Where is this War Hospital? Hamilton
Where is this snowy town?
Zoo Humain Jardin d'Acclimatation Paris 1903
Ship camouflage, possibly the USS Salem (CL-3)?
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United States lightship Swiftsure (LV-83)?
United States lightship Swiftsure (LV-83)?
Tintype portrait of a man (4" x 5.5")
Vintage bad trigger discipline
Studio portrait of a man in dress uniform and Stetson
Unknown suburbs
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