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Selection of historical photographs Flickr Commons: Historical photographs from around the world

Last update: Reading time: 1 minute Tags: Bibliothèque de Toulouse, Brooklyn Museum, dokumentarische Fotografie, Flickr, Flickr Commons, Fotografiegeschichte

After the Library of Congress posted its works as Commons on Flickr, several other collections have since been added. I have briefly picked out a few highlights here. More will follow.

Brooklyn Museum: travel photography and world exhibition

The collection of the Brooklyn Museum provides insights into the photographs of William Henry Goodyear between 1895 and 1914 on research expeditions to various parts of the world. These include impressive glass slides of Egyptian buildings or Landscapes and daily life. Images like these were not uncommon in travel photography.

From the collection of the Brooklyn Museum – Giza in Egypt, 1900 size: oldcontent

There are also hand-coloured photographs from the Paris World's Fair 1900.

View of an impressive building at the 1900 World's Fair
From the collection of the Brooklyn Museum – the Palace of Optics at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair, hand-coloured

[via Flickr-Blog]

Bibliothèque de Toulouse: Life in the Pyrenees around 1900

The collection of the Bibliothèque de Toulouse has scenes from life in the Pyrenees around 1900. There are photos of the town of Luchon, of walks and climbing tours in the mountains or of fairs and festivities.

historical photo of a bridge
From the collection of the Bibliothèque de Toulouse – Bridge in Luchon, 13 August 1908

[via Flickr Blog]