Wow, great news, thanks Sandra! On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Sandra Fauconnier < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > In November 2016, the Temminck Groll Collection of the Dutch Rijksdienst > voor het Cultureel Erfgoed > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Temminck_Groll_Collection>, > consisting of 2,641 historical photographs, was uploaded to Wikimedia > Commons. I did the upload, using Pattypan > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Pattypan>. I can recommend > this tool very warmly. > It’s a collection of photos of historical buildings and heritage in the > following countries/regions: > - French Antilles > - French Guyana > - Ghana > - Guyana > - India > - Indonesia > - Malaysia > - Dutch Antilles > - Sri Lanka > - Suriname > - South Africa > These are all regions with which the Dutch have historical relations. The > Dutch architect and architectural historian Coen Temminck Groll > <https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_Temminck_Groll> (1925-2015) shot > these photos while travelling and studying 'shared cultural heritage' > (heritage of the Netherlands located outside the country’s borders). These > travels mainly took place in the 1960s and 1970s. > Temminck Groll worked on the subject of the shared cultural heritage of > the Netherlands his entire life, and has widely published about it. > The collection is made available to Wikimedia Commons in the context of > the project The Netherlands and the world > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Nederland/The_Netherlands_and_the_world> > . > All help is welcome in adding these images to Wikipedia articles, Wikidata > items, monument lists and more! > Many greetings, Sandra > > -- > Sandra Fauconnier > [email protected] > http://www.spinster.be > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > >
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