News flash: German Federal Archives donate more than 100,000 pictures, uploading to Wikimedia Commons has started (CC-BY-SA). Some more details (in German): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kurier
The pictures are very important to close the lack of photographs from the 20th century. They do not only show Germans or places in Germany, although mostly. Many different subjects. Below some examples.
Kind regards Ziko
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-003033,_Togo,_... 1885: Ship loading of cotton, Lomé in Togo
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2004-1115-500,... 1906: Vienna, German ambassy
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_116-424-046,_China... 1912: German troops in Tsingtao, China
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-037542,_Westpr... 1920: Russia German refugees in Western Prussia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0814-503,... 1930: Female pilot Marga von Etzdorf
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0121-500,... 1932: Bar "Eldorado", Berlin
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_152-08-35,_Dachau,... 1936: Himmler and Hess visit Dachau
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-1280,_Russland... 1944: Encirclement of Cherkassy, Russia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-06420-0007,_Ra... 1950: Finnish cyclists at race Warsaw-Prague-Warsaw
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-03344-0005,_P.... 1955: English boxer P. James
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_175-Z02-00866,_Her... 1966: Herbert Wehner, then vice president of Social Democrats parliamentary group
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_B_422_Bild-0233,_Zivils... 1979: German emergency helicopter
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1982-0109-013,... 1982: Katarina Witt
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-0215-032,... 1989: North Koreans visit an agricultural cooperative in GDR
Note that this topic is also being discussed on Commons-l.
I think this is a fantastic development, and hopefully a precedent for many more institutions and archives to release their assets under a free license.
-- Hay
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Ziko van Dijk zvandijk@googlemail.com wrote:
News flash: German Federal Archives donate more than 100,000 pictures, uploading to Wikimedia Commons has started (CC-BY-SA). Some more details (in German): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kurier
The pictures are very important to close the lack of photographs from the 20th century. They do not only show Germans or places in Germany, although mostly. Many different subjects. Below some examples.
Kind regards Ziko
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-003033,_Togo,_... 1885: Ship loading of cotton, Lomé in Togo
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2004-1115-500,... 1906: Vienna, German ambassy
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_116-424-046,_China... 1912: German troops in Tsingtao, China
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-037542,_Westpr... 1920: Russia German refugees in Western Prussia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0814-503,... 1930: Female pilot Marga von Etzdorf
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0121-500,... 1932: Bar "Eldorado", Berlin
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_152-08-35,_Dachau,... 1936: Himmler and Hess visit Dachau
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-1280,_Russland... 1944: Encirclement of Cherkassy, Russia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-06420-0007,_Ra... 1950: Finnish cyclists at race Warsaw-Prague-Warsaw
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-03344-0005,_P.... 1955: English boxer P. James
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_175-Z02-00866,_Her... 1966: Herbert Wehner, then vice president of Social Democrats parliamentary group
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_B_422_Bild-0233,_Zivils... 1979: German emergency helicopter
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1982-0109-013,... 1982: Katarina Witt
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-0215-032,... 1989: North Koreans visit an agricultural cooperative in GDR
-- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
In fact, the most useful link here is: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv (with text in English)
Ziko
2008/12/4 Hay (Husky) huskyr@gmail.com
Note that this topic is also being discussed on Commons-l.
I think this is a fantastic development, and hopefully a precedent for many more institutions and archives to release their assets under a free license.
-- Hay
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Ziko van Dijk zvandijk@googlemail.com wrote:
News flash: German Federal Archives donate more than 100,000 pictures, uploading to Wikimedia Commons has started (CC-BY-SA). Some more details (in German): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kurier
The pictures are very important to close the lack of photographs from the 20th century. They do not only show Germans or places in Germany,
although
mostly. Many different subjects. Below some examples.
Kind regards Ziko
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-003033,_Togo,_...
1885: Ship loading of cotton, Lomé in Togo
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2004-1115-500,...
1906: Vienna, German ambassy
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_116-424-046,_China...
1912: German troops in Tsingtao, China
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-037542,_Westpr...
1920: Russia German refugees in Western Prussia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0814-503,...
1930: Female pilot Marga von Etzdorf
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0121-500,...
1932: Bar "Eldorado", Berlin
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_152-08-35,_Dachau,...
1936: Himmler and Hess visit Dachau
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-1280,_Russland...
1944: Encirclement of Cherkassy, Russia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-06420-0007,_Ra...
1950: Finnish cyclists at race Warsaw-Prague-Warsaw
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-03344-0005,_P....
1955: English boxer P. James
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_175-Z02-00866,_Her...
1966: Herbert Wehner, then vice president of Social Democrats
parliamentary
group
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_B_422_Bild-0233,_Zivils...
1979: German emergency helicopter
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1982-0109-013,...
1982: Katarina Witt
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-0215-032,...
1989: North Koreans visit an agricultural cooperative in GDR
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