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Blog Action Day: Flickr Commons Images of Acquiring Water

Posted By Jeanne On In Blog Action Day,photography | Comments Disabled

Water in Bengal [1]
Water in Benal (1944)

In honor of this year’s Blog Action Day [2] theme of Water, I wanted to share some stunning images from the Flickr Commons. The images I have selected, contributed by cultural heritage institutions from around the world, show methods of transportation or acquisition of water. I will let the images speak for themselves below, but next time you go to turn on the tap water in your home – think of all of those for whom getting water is a huge challenge each and every day. While most of the images below are from decades ago, easy access to safe, clean water is still a current issue. Please consider supporting an organization like Charity: Water [3], a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of public donations directly fund water projects.

And now.. the photos!

Summer scene, N.Y. - drinking water from street pump (LOC) [4]
1910: Drinking Water from Street Pump, NY
Catskill aqueduct. ... Contract 58. March 4, 1913. [5]
1913, Catskill Aqueduct
Filling an Indian pot with water from the cart [6]
1918, Central France, Filling pot with water from a cart
[Native girls, Marken Island, Holland] (LOC) [7]
1890: Native Girls in Holland
Ways of using a divining rod (LOC) [8]
1910: Ways of using a divining rod
Alice Thompson, Besoco, West Virginia, Is Shown with Milk Bottles Her Neighbors Furnish Her Water with after Her Water Lines Were Cut Off. She Is Divorced From a Coal Miner Who Was Imprisoned for Killing a Man 04/1974 [9]
1974: Alice Thompson, Besoco, West Virginia, Is Shown with Milk Bottles Her Neighbors Furnish Her Water with after Her Water Lines Were Cut Off. She Is Divorced From a Coal Miner Who Was Imprisoned for Killing a Man
Faro Caudill drawing water from his well, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC) [10]
1940: Faro Caudill drawing water from his well, Pie Town, New Mexico

 

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#1 Comment By Dave Lucas On October 15, 2010 @ 11:04 am

Your pictures are amazing! Thanks for supporting Blog Action Day! People need to come together on this important issue! Here’s a [11].

#2 Comment By Yvette Hoitink On October 15, 2010 @ 1:16 pm

I love your selection! The photostream of our organization, the Nationaal Archief, also has an image that I think goes well with this topic: [12] during World War I.

#3 Comment By Jeanne On October 15, 2010 @ 1:21 pm

Thanks Yvette! That is a great image – I also like this one: [13].

#4 Comment By Elena_SC On October 15, 2010 @ 5:33 pm

Thanks to be part of Blog Action Day!
Please read and share my post about Water’s footprint in Fashion: you’d be surprised at how much impact your personal or family clothing preferences have on the environment. [14]
You can make the difference!

#5 Comment By commonweeder On October 18, 2010 @ 8:56 am

Great photos. I didn’t know about the Flickr commons. My daughter had to haul water when she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya, but when she left, she left 2 huge water tanks in the village, that collected water from a gravity feed spring. She put in the water line from spring to tank, and supervised the buildign of the tanks. My Blog Action Day post takes a different aspect of water waste and hazard.

#6 Comment By tarryn On October 30, 2010 @ 4:54 am

Your picutres are beautifull they really have feeling. I live in South Africa and enjoy [15] on my photography by studying others, thanks for sharing