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,_Lome,_Verladen_von_Baumwollballen.jpg 1885: Ship loading of cotton, Lomé in Togo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2004-1115-500,_Wien,_deutsche_Botschaft.jpg 1906: Vienna, German ambassy http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_116-424-046,_China,_Tsingtau.jpg 1912: German troops in Tsingtao, China http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-037542,_Westpreu%C3%9Fen,_Russlanddeutsche_Fl%C3%BCchtlinge.jpg 1920: Russia German refugees in Western Prussia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0814-503,_Marga_von_Etzdorf.jpg 1930: Female pilot Marga von Etzdorf http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1983-0121-500,_Berlin,_Bar_%22Eldorado%22.jpg 1932: Bar "Eldorado", Berlin http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_152-08-35,_Dachau,_Konzentrationslager,_Besuch_Himmlers.jpg 1936: Himmler and Hess visit Dachau http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-1280,_Russland,_Kessel_Tscherkassy.jpg 1944: Encirclement of Cherkassy, Russia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-06420-0007,_Radrennfahrer,_finnische_Mannschaft.jpg 1950: Finnish cyclists at race Warsaw-Prague-Warsaw http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-03344-0005,_P._James.jpg 1955: English boxer P. James http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_175-Z02-00866,_Herbert_Wehner.jpg 1966: Herbert Wehner, then vice president of Social Democrats parliamentary group http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_B_422_Bild-0233,_Zivilschutz,_Hubschrauber_MBB_Bo_105.jpg 1979: German emergency helicopter http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1982-0109-013,_Katarina_Witt.jpg 1982: Katarina Witt http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-0215-032,_LPG_Hohensch%C3%B6nhausen,_Besucher_aus_Nordkorea.jpg 1989: North Koreans visit an agricultural cooperative in GDR -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
