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) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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,_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 > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
