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,_Chin… 1912: German troops in Tsingtao, China http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-037542,_Westp… 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,_Russlan… 1944: Encirclement of Cherkassy, Russia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-06420-0007,_R… 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,_He… 1966: Herbert Wehner, then vice president of Social Democrats parliamentary group http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_B_422_Bild-0233,_Zivil… 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(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l