Flickr: National Library of New Zealand's photostream

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Who knew the New Zealand's National Library has a Flickr account with some amazing photos on?

Enjoy - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz/

And definitely check out their photo sets, especially the Movember set - nicely done someone in the Library :-)

I am, however, curious as to what the National Library think is going to happen when they add this to each photo ...
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library must be obtained before any reuse of this image. Contact us about reusing this image
... BUT they leave the "Blog this" button on each picture.
I can tell you what will happen - people will blog without asking for permission because it is implicit with the button.

On with three that caught my eye:

Flickr: Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance approaching Antarctica
Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance approaching Antarctica
Crew on the ship Endurance as it enters pack ice
Attributed to James Francis Hurley, Crew on the ship Endurance as it enters pack ice, 1914-1917, Orde Lees Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference: 1/2-020129-F


Flickr: Two female archers at Athletic Park, Wellington, 1950
Two female archers at Athletic Park, Wellington, 1950
Two female archers at Athletic Park, Wellington, ca 7 Mar 1950
Reference number: 114/121/07-F
Film negative
Part of the Evening Post collection Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library.

Flickr: Former all Black Bernie Fraser, Wellington, 1993
Former all Black Bernie Fraser, Wellington, 1993
Bernie Fraser outside his pub, Bernie's Corner, on the corner of Willis and Abel Smith Streets, Wellington - Photograph taken by Mark Coote.[ca 4 Sep 1993]. Reference number: EP/1993/3135/13a-F. The Dominion Post Collection

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