A new collection on Flickr Commons!

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Ög 46 Herrestad. Girls beside runestone in Herrestad in Östergötland. Photo: Unknown photographer, c. 1900 We are happy to announce that we will present a new collection on Flickr Commons in the beginning of next week – on September 1st to be more precise. We give you a sneak preview in this post. It´s called […]

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200 000 visningar på Flickr!

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Jag har ”Flickr Commons-vakten” den här veckan.  Och noterade att natten mellan söndag och måndag visades våra bilder på The Commons för den 200 000:e gången. Kanske undrar du vilka som varit mest populära och då kan jag av en händelse visa just det här och nu. Den blåa Stockholmsbilden har visats 7 805 gånger […]

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En resa…

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En av fördelarna med att förbereda en presentation är att man tvingas att reflektera en stund. I detta fall på hur RAÄ:s webb 2.0-resa sett ut. Ett par intressanta strategiska val gäller öppen källkod och när webb 2.0-tankarna sattes… Det är ett tag sedan… >> Lars Lundqvist, jobbar på RAÄ med webbfrågor.

Carl Curman photos from Norway – locations identified

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Lake Vangsmjosa in Valdres, Norway (on Flickr Commons). Photo: Carl Curman As we told earlier (here and here), some photos taken by the physician and photographer Carl Curman in the end of the 19th century on a trip to Norway, were found in the archives some years ago. They were digitized this year and presented as […]

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Tonsåsen/Tonsaasen identified and more to come

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Unidentified location in Norway. By: Carl Curman I´m very pleased to report that the photos we uploaded in the beginning of this week has been identified by a Flickr community member. The location is Tonsaasen Sanatorium in Valdres, Norway. We got a great response with over 7000 views on our account over the 9th and […]

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Carl Curman photos from Norway – help us identify the locations

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Unidentified place in Norway. Photo: Carl Curman We are right now preparing an upload on Flickr Commons of some recently digitized photos taken by the physician and photographer Carl Curman. These pictures were taken when Dr Curman made a trip to Norway. When we moved our collections to new vaults some years ago, a minor […]

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Crinolines in coastal landscape

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What makes you feel for a certain picture? Now when I’m participating in the choice of photos from the collection of Carl Curman for Flickr Commons on the Internet, I evidently find my own favorites. The photos we choose to show should be charged with something special, both in appearance and in contents – directed to the international […]

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The Swedish National Heritage Board joins Flickr Commons

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People on a picknick, Lysekil, Sweden. Photo: Carl Curman, c. 1900 We are proud to announce that a selection of our photos is available on Flickr Commons joining institutions like the Library of Congress, The Smithsonian and the National Galleries of Scotland. Our aim with the participation is to: Increase access to our photos Allow […]

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