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Beginning in July 2011, NARA is contributing thousands of images to Commons; please see Commons:National Archives and Records Administration. This page may be used by Wikimedians to report errors encountered in National Archives and Records Administration catalog records so that staff may make corrections. The most common error is an image file which has been assigned to the wrong catalog record. Thank you for your help.

See instructions for adding a report below, or jump to the error reports.

Older completed error reports have been moved to the archive.

To list an error edit

The clearer we make this page, the easier it will be for the NARA staff who will use it to fix errors. Please use {{NARA error name}} for each file related to your error report. Below this, add {{NARA error reason}} to give explain the error. Add new error reports to the bottom of the table.

Use

You may copy and paste this code into the table and fill out the fields: 

{{misattributed photograph of Charles B. Stoughton}} 
| File = <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_B._Stoughton.jpg>
| ARC  = <ARC ID (528064)>
| Done = <!-- leave blank--> }}

<If your report relates to multiple files, use {{NARA error name}} as many times
as needed to list them all.>

{{NARA error reason
| Reason = <This photograph is actually of Charles B. Stoughton's brother Edwin Stoughton.> ~~~~}}
Example
{{NARA error name
| File = [[:File:Nebraska (BB14). Port bow, camouflaged, Norfolk, 04-20-1918 - NARA - 533703.tif]]
| ARC  = 533703
| Done = }}

{{NARA error name
| File = [[:File:Pennsylvania (BB38). Starboard beam, underway, 08-23-1935 - NARA - 520584.tif]]
| ARC  = 520584
| Done = }}

{{NARA error reason
| Reason = The images for these records are switched. You can clearly see "U.S.S. Nebraska" written on the photo that has been 
described in the catalog as ''Pennsylvania''. ~~~~}}

Error reports edit

File ARC ID Link NARA comment Fixed?
546689 [1]
546689 [2]
546616 [3]
546616 [4]
546693 [5]
546693 [6]
This appears to be the John Philip Sousa Bridge. For the first two images, the view is looking west, not east, and both sides of the bridge are in DC, not in Maryland. The coordinates are also incorrect for all six images, they should be 38.872620, -76.968480. Antony-22 (talk) 19:12, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]


2128905 [7]
The metadata describe this as a photo of Murry City in Vinton County, Ohio, but this is a double error: "Murry City" should be changed to "Murray City", and the community is actually in Hocking County, Ohio. Nyttend (talk) 13:44, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


299123 [8]
299123 [9]
The genus is misspelled. It should be "Balsamorhiza", not "Blasamorhiza". Auntof6 (talk) 04:47, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]


554354 [10] misidentified
File name says 7th Ave and 8th Street, but they do not intersect. It would appear that this is 7th Ave S and Perry St.


1425675 [11] misidentified
1425675 [12] misidentified
1425675 [13] misidentified
1425675 [14] misidentified
1425675 [15] misidentified
According to a Flickr user, whose opinion I share, all these photos were taken in Antofagasta, Chile. See [16]. Jespinos (talk) 03:17, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
NARA comment Verify new citation and change geographic location to Antofagasta in catalog record


541764 [17] rotate image
The image is rotated through 90 degrees 193.164.127.164 08:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
NARA comment Rotate image 90 degrees


300209 [18]
300209 [19]
This document is written in German, not English. 207.245.177.15 13:41, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


??? [20]
This category contains the wrong photos. It has 2 photos of the Washington Monument under construction, instead of roses or irises. Djembayz (talk) 13:17, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


535901 [21]
The photographer's name is Charles DeForest Fredricks not Frederick. It should read "Fredricks' Photographic Temple of Art" Tmc11579 (talk) 12:18, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


535847 [22]
535847 [23]
These images do not match the description. Yann (talk) 08:24, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks like the image was switched with another; images #172 and #173 on the African Americans in WWII image list. The correct description should be "As a landing barge noses onto the beach, members of the Negro Seabee Battalion clamber ashore. This assault training is supplemental to the Seabees' chief work as construction crews for the U.S. Navy." Ca. December 1942. The identifier should be 208-N-570, but I can't find the corresponding record in ARC, so I don't know if the correct high-res TIFF is available to upload. Carl Lindberg (talk) 18:25, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


  • Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize/US National Archives series: Distsrict of North Dakota: Fargo: Criminal Cases, compiled 1890 - 1957
 [24]
Typo on list of series to upload page (appears more than once): "Distsrict" Djembayz (talk) 00:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


520584 [25]
533703 [26]
The images for these records are switched. You can clearly see "U.S.S. Nebraska" written on the photo that has been described in the catalog as Pennsylvania. Dominic (talk) 21:04, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]


512984 [27]
520780 [28]
V4 was never SS-164; she was supposed to be designated with SS-166, but this never happened (see [29]). In a similar vein, V2 was not SS-166, but SS-164. Ed [talk] [en:majestic titan] 07:22, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]


520813 [30]
This image, which has now been moved to a different name, is actually of USS Colorado (ACR-7). I believe it should be located at File:Colorado (Armored Cruiser 7), renamed the Pueblo. Port side, underway, 09-1907.tif Ed [talk] [en:majestic titan] 07:22, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]


518908 [31]
File name not consistent with picture content. --Foroa (talk) 07:10, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]


532874 [32]
creation date 1775 is too early if painter is Michel Angelo Wageman born in 1820-1821 Teofilo (talk) 21:37, 28 July 2011 (UTC) ; According to http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/SF193/washington-taking-command-of-the-army-at the creation date is "ca. 1845"[reply]


535735 [33]
535735 [34]
Date is 1585, not 1885. From John White's works[35] Rmhermen (talk) 00:23, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]


532908 [36]
Some liberty was taken with the original title "An exact view of the late battle" not "Battle..." ; "View of the left bank..." not "The left bank..." (compare with the LOC entry at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004670053/ )Teofilo (talk) 13:07, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]


532550 [37]
535712 [38]
Pictures are horizontally flipped:
* "Marines" The inscription should read 忠魂碑 Teofilo (talk) 21:22, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
* "B-17" Compare with File:Bombing plants near Paris HD-SN-99-02981.jpg and with Google maps or any map of Paris.


519915 [39]
519917 [40]
This refers to Rae Lake. It may be a transcription error or a misspelling in the original (which should be noted). Dominic (talk) 19:03, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


535934 [41] Yes
wrong date. This picture is from 1915. Teofilo (talk) 21:49, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


530949 [42] Yes
Spelling should be "Château" and "du Chesnay" ; "ca. 1900 - 1982" spoils the real date which is mentioned as being March 1919. Teofilo (talk) 21:54, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


533189 [43]
Wrong series. This WWI picture has nothing to do with "Photographs of Gulf Oil Company Oil Towns and Camps in Mexico" Teofilo (talk) 22:29, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


533189 [44]
Contradictory information between "Koch, K., Photographer" and the "NARA record" link. The Author of "Sociale verdediging", 1982, World War I historian Pr. Koen Koch of Leiden University, was born in 1945 according to this website. So he cannot have taken photographs in 1919. On E-Bay the same picture is sold with a different marking "Karl Koch Kiel" instead of "M L Carstens Hamburg". See also This other one with "Karl Koch Kiel", and this other one.
530707 [45]
If this is really John Sontag the date must be May 29, 1893.[46] If it is Sept 14, 1904, if must be some other fugitive. Rmhermen (talk) 23:46, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


530707 [47]
530707 [48]
While I can't confirm that these are not Mandan doing a buffalo dance, this is certainly not by Bodmer in the 1830s unless we have time travelling photographers bringing their own electric light fixtures. Bodmer did do a couple paintings of Mandan buffalo dances but this photograph is unrelated. Rmhermen (talk) 02:05, 13 August 2011 (UTC) Update: I believe that the second image is the one described (reversed descriptions) Rmhermen (talk) 22:11, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The images are switched in the NARA records on these; I have switched the images here on Commons so now they are fixed locally. The ARC IDs still point to the correct descriptive record, and hopefully NARA will fix the associated images on their side eventually. Carl Lindberg (talk) 17:55, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


530707 [49]
530802 [50]
This [Great Camp of the Piekanns] is not by Bodmer or in 1833.[51] This is a Sioux camp in Pine Ridge. Rmhermen (talk) 03:38, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • The images got switched on the two above records (I just added a line for the other one); I fixed them on Commons by cross-uploading the images to the correct descriptions/records. Presumably NARA will do this eventually as well; there are a number of similar issues with the American Indian Select List series (and a few other places). Carl Lindberg (talk) 18:09, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


531020 [52]
This is a picture of an cavalry expedition to the Great Wall of China, not earthquake victims in San Fran. Rmhermen (talk) 04:50, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is interesting; the ARC record actually has two images, the correct San Francisco one and the Great Wall image, and it looks like the bot picked up the latter one. The Great Wall image is actually the one (correctly) associated with ARC 531019; it looks like that image was accidentally also attached to the ARC record one number higher. If that could just be removed from the ARC 531020 record, the bot could probably be re-run to pick up the correct image (though it'd be good to keep *this* image as well, but just with the correct metadata/description). Carl Lindberg (talk) 00:30, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
519134 [53]
Not certain this is an error but the image is dated 1880, while the Creek sold the log council house in 1878 and moved into the modern one. It seems likely this image may relate to the Okmulgee Constitution convention of 1869 and 1870. Rmhermen (talk) 15:22, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


519152 [54]
This is a picture of several Indians seated outdoors in the American West, not of an Indian scholar in front of a fireplace. Rmhermen (talk) 04:50, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Various [55]
How are these images public domain? Were they not marked as copyrighted when created/published? Unless the artists were government employees (as opposed to contractors), this is the only plausible route I can see to them being PD. These are modern artworks by unknown artists, and presumably NARA has no rights to them. Even the donor would not have had the rights, unless they explicitly purchased the copyrights as well as the physical artworks (sale of an original artwork does not equate to sale of a copyright). Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:03, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


540147 [56]
The photo is inverted (see the licence plate, which begins with "WH" for "Wehrmacht") Cobatfor (talk) 06:10, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


513332 [57]
The date should be the date of the painting/engraving, not of the event. Per [58] the correct date for the painting is 1859. In any case it should be in Chappel's lifetime (1828-1887). - PKM (talk) 00:45, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


532841 [59]
Missing info: Artist is Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), date is 1780. [60] - PKM (talk) 00:56, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


513356 [61]
513357 [62]


513358 [63]
513354 [64]
Author and date info is in the titles - A. l. Westgard, various dates 1911-1915. - PKM (talk) 01:34, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


  • Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize/US National Archives series: Records of the Nursey Division, Ames, Iowa, compiled 1934 - 1939
 [65]
Duplicate misspelled category; should be merged with proper spelling Commons:National Archives and Records Administration/Categorize/US National Archives series: Records of the Nursery Division, Ames, Iowa, compiled 1934 - 1939 Rmhermen (talk) 21:25, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
546831 [66]
Incorrect title. This is an aerial photo, not of the launching of the ship "Chevron Hawaii." Moreau1 (talk) 06:00, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


546826 [67]
Incorrect title. This appears to be a photo of workers in the Sparrows Point Shipyard. Not an aerial photo. Moreau1 (talk) 06:00, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


520584 [68]
533703 [69]
533703 [70]


The ship's name is "Westphalia", not "Westaphalia" (as can bee seen in File:Sarrasani Circus on tour. At sea - NARA - 285555.tif). Also, in File:Sarrasani Circus on tour. At sea - NARA - 285555.tif, the part of the description that reads "Mark Spider & Sam Lone Bear stand before a tipi. John Milk and family stand before a tipi" does not seem to apply. High on a tree (talk) 14:17, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]


530626 [71]
Picture is inverted (see tail number "23" on the helicopter) Cobatfor (talk) 20:36, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


541761 [72]
This filename is misspelled as this portuguese dam is not called, in porttuguese, "Vend Nova" but instead is called "Venda Nova", as can be seen in the webpage about this dam, in the owner´s website (in portuguese) Tm (talk) 15:42, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


299013 [73]
Species epithet is misspelled. It should be paucicapitatus Eric in SF (talk) 02:22, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


299014 [74]
Genus is mispelled. It should be Campanula. Eric in SF (talk) 02:26, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


299015 [75]
Species epithet is misspelled. It should be caespitosus. Eric in SF (talk) 02:29, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


544660 [76]
This is the Oakland, California skyline, not the San Francisco Skyline. Eric in SF (talk) 03:30, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


198457 [77]
File title references Ellison S. Onizuka but the contents of the file are about Michael J. Smith. Eric in SF (talk) 02:34, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


519438 [78]
519437 [79]
These two files are the same image. Eric in SF (talk) 03:47, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


540174 [80] Yes
The title "Sterreich wird Deutsche. Einmarsch der Deutschen polizei in Imst (Tirol)." is an illiterate adaption of the original German (Nazi propaganda) description. The correct spelling would be: "Österreich wird deutsch. Einmarsch der deutschen Polizei in Imst (Tirol)." As there is no letter "Ö" in English, "Österreich" could also be spelled "Oesterreich". Cobatfor (talk) 11:40, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


196533 [81]
Wrong file description: "Germans cmoflauge radio tower near Kaiserdamm". The building depicted is the entrance buiding of the Messe Berlin fairgrounds on Masurenallee (not Kaiserdamm) [82]. The description obviously refers to the "Funkturm Berlin" [83], which is part of the fairgrounds, but not shown in the picture. Cobatfor (talk) 16:49, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


513787 [84]
It's not anonymous. The signature reads Dick Williams Mutter Erde (pluspedia.org) 91.66.138.175 18:03, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


515762 [85]
515762 [86]
515779 [87]
515779 [88]
There is a copyright notice (albeit blurry) on the lower left of these posters. The author is not likely "unknown"; they may be "not provided", but that does not excuse us for ignoring the obvious (that there is a possible copyright claim) and claim these as federal works. The Archival Description for "World War II Posters, compiled 1942 - 1945" (ARC Identifier 513498) states "Restricted - Possibly Copyright Some or all of this material may be restricted by copright or other intellectual property right restrictions" under Use Restriction. The items in this ARC should not be casually uploaded to here. Jappalang (talk) 12:44, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • The author is The Sheldon-Claire Company. Apparently this series dates from 1942, or possibly later in World War II. I could not find any renewal registrations for these in the years 1969-1973 in the Artwork sections, so I think copyright was not renewed. The "Possibly Copyright" notice on the series means that some of the items in the series have restrictions; however individual items which do not have restrictions should be fine (note the "Unrestricted" determination on these posters -- they were not uploaded casually, but I think that field was checked). The author should be mentioned but I think the PD determination was fine. Carl Lindberg (talk) 23:57, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]


541885 [89] Yes
541879 [90] Yes
The images for these records are switched. You can clearly see "The Ku Klux Klan on parade" and Bullet-riddled taxi and the gangsters and police. MrPanyGoff 10:45, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


513939 [91]
not anonymous, signature by w:Leon Schlesinger. Mutter Erde (pluspedia.org) 91.66.138.175 13:12, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


305385 [92]
305386 [93]
The image for the former entry is the second page of the latter. Prosody (talk) 00:17, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


533086 [94]
Photographer is not unknown. See Wilbur Sturtevant Nye, Plains Indian raiders : the final phases of warfare from the Arkansas to the Red River, with original photographs by William S. Soule. University of Oklahoma Press, 1st edition, 1968, ISBN 0806111755, pages 318 and 319. Photographer is William S. Soule, Quote from the book: This photograph was taken by Soule in his Fort Sill studio in 1872. It shows Tau-ankia dressed [...]. See also SIRI on this at National Anthropological Archives NAA INV 1627900. The NARA uploads contain many photographs by Soule with unnecessarily unidentified authors and with the wrong information that this photos are the work of an U.S. government employee - they are not.--Martin H. (talk) 17:11, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


559177 [95]
559177 [96]
559176 [97]
559176 [98]
The images for these records are switched. You can clearly see William E. Artis "sculpturing" in the photo that he is described as "making pottery". Gavin Collins (talk) 21:49, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


558976 [99]
558976 [100]
The orientation of photgraph is incorrect. You can see from the original painting on which the linocut is based that the file should be rotated by 90 degrees counter clockwise. Gavin Collins (talk) 21:58, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


305566 [101]
File too large to display in Wikipedia, even at smallest thumbnail size. 25or6to4 (talk) 13:46, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


527684 [102]
image quality extremely poor, though image possibly still restorable; however please confirm that this is not a simple scan problem before someone makes the heroic effort that would be required. Rescan if it seems likely to help? Elinruby (talk) 05:00, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


519152 [103]
This woman is not spinning Elinruby (talk) 07:34, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


535905 [104]
Wrong image; the current picture is actually of Charleston, and is correctly associated with the ARC ID 559146 (which was also uploaded at File:Old Charleston Houses - NARA - 559146.tif). The actual Park Street, Boston image should look like the one here. Also, the author is Karl Zerbe, which is also not mentioned in the ARC record. Carl Lindberg (talk) 05:34, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552440 [105]
Location is actually East Peoria (Tazewell county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place; not sure if such a subject ID exists in ARC yet. (To be fair, in the far background of the picture is probably either Peoria or Peoria Heights, Illinois.) Closeapple (talk) 17:21, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552441 [106]
In addition to being the city of Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207836) on the right, the left side of this photo is actually East Peoria (Tazewell county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place; not sure if such a subject ID exists in ARC yet. I introduced East Peoria to the error list in ARC 552440 above. Closeapple (talk) 17:21, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552432 [107]
552433 [108]
552434 [109]
552435 [110]
553902 [111]
Location is actually Fulton (Illinois, United States, North and Central America) county; not sure if such a subject ID exists in ARC yet. Also, farm name might be misspelled. (N.B.: These photos are not of Liverpool, but somewhere in the interior of Fulton County. For what it's worth, the name of the site is "Lowell Wier Farm" (note spelling) in recent Sanitary District actions, if one needs something more specific than Fulton County. I haven't been able to place exactly where in the county it is yet, but Chicago's sanitary district (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District) still owns it.) Closeapple (talk) 19:35, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552416 [112]
552417 [113]
552418 [114]
552419 [115]
"HUGH" in description should possibly be "HUGE" - I didn't find any mining machinery branded "Hugh" in a very brief search. Also, location is actually "Fulton (Illinois, United States, North and Central America) county", name already proposed by error report for 552432-552435, not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 06:30, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552420 [116]
552421 [117]
552422 [118]
552423 [119]
552424 [120]
552425 [121]
552426 [122]
552427 [123]
552428 [124]
552429 [125]
552430 [126]
552431 [127]
552436 [128]
552438 [129]
552439 [130]
553827 [131]
Location is actually "Fulton (Illinois, United States, North and Central America) county", name already proposed by error report for 552432-552435, not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 06:30, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552437 [132]
In description, "IN LIVERPOOL" should be "OF LIVERPOOL". Also, location is actually in "Fulton (Illinois, United States, North and Central America) county", name already proposed by error report for 552432-552435, not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 06:30, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552442 [133]
552443 [134]
552444 [135]
552445 [136]
552461 [137]
Location is actually "Putnam (Illinois, United States, North and Central America) county", not Peoria; not sure if it exists as a location subject in ARC yet. Closeapple (talk) 06:30, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


  • File unit: S Planting - R-9 - Nurseries - Chippewa - Cass Lake Nursey 1931-37
 2551874 [138]
Misspelling in file unit title. Should be "S Planting - R-9 - Nurseries - Chippewa - Cass Lake Nursery 1931-37". Dominic (talk) 21:26, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


  • Series: American Frontier Forts and Indians, "Carter Collection", 1860 - 1900
 533452 [139]
The dates are contradictory, so something is wrong. The series date range is 1860 - 1900, but two of the three item-level descriptions note that they come from 1924. Dominic (talk) 21:26, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552532 [140]
552533 [141]
552534 [142]
Location should be "Kewanee (Henry, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (ARC subject ID 3322998), not Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207835). Closeapple (talk) 04:57, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552528 [143]
552535 [144]
Location is actually "West Jersey (Stark, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (ARC subject ID 3324300), not Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207835). Closeapple (talk) 04:57, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552537 [145]
Error in description: This is actually a barn with an animal pen in front. NARA record incorrectly describes it as a farmhouse. Closeapple (talk) 04:57, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552454 [146]
552456 [147]
552457 [148]
553818 [149]
Location should be either "La Prairie Center (Marshall county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs) or, if one wishes a more general category, La Prairie Township as perhaps "La Prairie (Marshall county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs). In any case, not in Peoria, and not to be confused with La Prairie in Adams County, which is a different location. Closeapple (talk) 06:51, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552455 [150]
Location should be "Marshall (Illinois, United States, North and Central America) county" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), or slight chance of "Stark (Illinois, United States, North and Central America) county" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), but in any case not Peoria. Location based on order in archive sequence, plus sign on fence that says "Camp Grove Sportsmen's Club". Closeapple (talk) 06:51, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552459 [151]
552460 [152]
Location should be "La Rose (Marshall county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 06:51, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552480 [153]
552481 [154]
552482 [155]
Location should be "Princeville (Peoria county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (ARC subject ID 3323704), not the city of Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207836). Closeapple (talk) 06:51, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552529 [156]
552530 [157]
Location should be "La Fayette (Stark county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 06:51, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552450 [158]
552451 [159]
552452 [160]
552453 [161]
Location should be "Hermon (Knox county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 18:18, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552473 [162]
552474 [163]
Location should be "Kickapoo (Peoria county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (ARC subject ID 3323000), not city of Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207836). Closeapple (talk) 05:49, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552488 [164]
552489 [165]
Location should be "Farmington (Fulton county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (no ARC subject ID yet found), not Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207836). Closeapple (talk) 05:49, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552490 [166]
Location should be "Middlegrove (Fulton county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (no ARC subject ID yet found), not Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207836). Closeapple (talk) 05:49, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552499 [167]
Location should be "Gerlaw (Warren county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (no ARC subject ID yet found), not Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207836). Closeapple (talk) 05:49, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


519710 [168]
Does not relate to category US National Archives series: Raising of the U.S.S. Maine from Havana Harbor, Cuba, compiled 1911 - 1912 of which it is the only member. Rmhermen (talk) 03:15, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552446 [169]
552447 [170]
552463 [171]
Location is "Ladd (Bureau county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 03:41, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552478 [172]
Location is "Buda (Bureau county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 03:48, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552467 [173]
Description and location subject ID are both misleading. This is an ad, probably in the city of Henry (rather than Henry County), advertising a motorcycle race at the fairgrounds in Farmer City, not in Henry itself. Two locations are the subject of this photo; neither are Peoria (ARC subject ID 4207836): (1) "Henry (Marshall county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs; this is the city of Henry, which is not in Henry County); (2) "Farmer City (DeWitt county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs) is the event advertised on the poster. Closeapple (talk) 19:13, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


552464 [174]
552465 [175]
552466 [176]
Location is "Zearing (Bureau county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), not Peoria. Closeapple (talk) 21:53, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


514156 [177]
514156 [178]
Image caption (in metadata) is misspelled, as is filename: "Bid Idera" should be "Big Idea". DS (talk) 15:55, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


285597 [179]
285597 [180]
"Dresen" should be "Dresden". --X-Weinzar (talk) 03:52, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]


193129 [181] ✓ Done
Copyright tag wrong: Not a work of U.S. Government. 18.26.0.5 18:22, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • This page is for reporting errors in the NARA metadata, not tags on Commons. Please feel free to change the copyright tag, which was applied uniformly to all NARA records. Dominic (talk) 14:28, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
194427 [182]
194424 [183]
The file name and description do not accurate describe the pictures. Please verify that the proper image was uploaded. DutchTreat (talk) 15:35, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]


545657 [184]
In title (and therefore filename), "CLAIM SHELL BUCKET" should probably be "CLAMSHELL BUCKET", the type of scoop being used on the crane. Closeapple (talk) 11:40, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]


517178 [185]
This is clearly not Mammoth Hot Springs. There are no travertine terraces to be seen. (c.f. File:Mammoth Hot Springs, near summit of first terrace. Yellowstone National Park. - NARA - 517178.tif, which does show travertine terraces.) This appears to be an image of a gorge carved by a river; but what gorge or what river I have no idea. -- Ken g6 (talk) 17:26, 8 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]


297977 [186]
297978 [187]
The images are switched in the NARA records on these; I have switched the images here on Commons so now they are fixed locally. The ARC IDs still point to the correct descriptive record, and hopefully NARA will fix the associated images on their side eventually. Carl Lindberg (talk) 08:00, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]


297857 [188]
297858 [189]
The images are switched in the NARA records on these; I have switched the images here on Commons so now they are fixed locally. The ARC IDs still point to the correct descriptive record, and hopefully NARA will fix the associated images on their side eventually. Carl Lindberg (talk) 02:24, 18 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]


541076 [190]
541076 [191]
The machinist shown in the picture is not operating a lathe, he operates a shaper. Priwo (talk) 14:33, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]


558790 [192]
558790 [193]
558790 [194]


The title of each of these works are switched around incorrectly. Alanscottwalker (talk) 00:08, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]


535894 [195]
535894 [196]
These images have been printed back-to-front, and therefore need to be ‘flopped’ back. Additional information: Locomotive numbers are (L to R once flopped back): 2429, 1889, 1194, 1912, 1643. Probably Chicago and North Western Railway. Iain Bell (talk) 11:54, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


519711 [197]
519711 [198]
This file is listed and categorized wrongly under: US National Archives series: Raising of the U.S.S. Maine from Havana Harbor, Cuba, compiled 1911 - 1912 Michael LoCascio (talk) 04:34, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


545793 [199]
This isn't Delicate Arch, it is Balanced Rock in Arches N.P. EnLorax (talk) 18:46, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]


530544 [200]
More likely is portraited person John H. Rice, Maine. marv1N (talk) 20:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]


530556 [201]
It seems, that portraied could be Coffroth. marv1N (talk) 20:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]


526850 [202]
526851 [203]
530574 [204]
It is need to verify, whether person isn't bishop John Joseph Keane. It is similar name and portraidn isn't very similar to bishop John Joseph Kain. marv1N (talk) 20:05, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]


197750 [205]
197750 [206]
It's "Havre, Montana" not "Harve, Montana"--Cwbm (commons) (talk) 19:49, 9 August 2012 (UTC)


552526 [207]
Location should be "Hillsboro (Montgomery county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (didn't find in ARC subject IDs), not East Saint Louis in a different county. Closeapple (talk) 06:50, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]


537848 [208]
The descriptions for 537848 and 537849 have been transposed. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 15:39, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]


292118 [209]
292118 [210]
Corrected description: "Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) labor leader from Illinois; convicted of obstruction of military service and sedition." Djr13 (talk) 09:42, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
558790 [211]
Copyrighted, sculpture by artist Skunder Boghossian who died in 2003. I think there are more cases like this. Traumrune (talk) 22:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


557101 [212]
The shell of the gastropod is unidentified. Therefore is is not possible to say if it is a sea snail or a land snail. I would say that a land snail is more probable. Snek01 (talk) 19:50, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]


520496 [213]
Species epithet misspelled: angustifola moogsi (blah) 14:46, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


520328 [214]
Genus name is Castilleja moogsi (blah) 14:51, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


520522 [215]
Genus name misspelled: Antennaria moogsi (blah) 14:57, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


2129597 [216]
From the description, the geographic location appears to be discernable as "Woodford (Illinois, United States, North and Central America) county" (ARC subject ID 3142858) rather than just "Illinois" (ARC subject ID 4191125). Closeapple (talk) 10:27, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


194666 [217]
This is a ticker-tape parade on LaSalle Street in the Chicago Loop. Location and date verifiable from, for example, AP wirephoto (bs41430stf) "CHICAGO, Sept. 4 -- Nixon Comes to Chicago -- Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon flashes a victory sign at crowd lining LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago today as Mrs. Nixon responds with a wave." (image and caption in eBay auction 200757105001 for example). I've added a description= tag on the TIFF, as well as geographic coordinates. Two related issues:
  1. The date is wrong (or at least isn't the date of the event): This photograph was taken on 1968-09-04
  2. Location is "Chicago (Cook county, Illinois, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place" (ARC subject ID 4201352). Closeapple (talk) 02:04, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]


524709 [218]
524709 [219]
The Cumberland River is nowhere near Chattanooga. Either this is on the Cumberland somewhere else, or this is on the Tennessee River at Chattanooga. Nyttend (talk) 17:03, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There's a properly labeled picture of the same bridge here: File:Federal engineers bridging the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, 03-1864 - NARA - 519418.jpg. Based on the wooden arch construction, I'm pretty this is the bridge known as "Meigs' Folly", built over the Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1864 and swept away in a flood in 1867. Choess (talk) 04:16, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


558596 [220]
The photo is actually of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn, not Rutherford, apparently. See File:Otto Hahn und Lise Meitner.jpg. Carl Lindberg (talk) 16:25, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]


544662 [221]
The image shows a sheoak (Casuarina), not a pine (Pinus) as given in the filename. MPF (talk) 18:24, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]


557462 [222]
Location is wrong: This is not the city of San Diego (Geographic Subject ID 4202867). Two correct geographic references for this photo are "Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base (San Diego County (Calif.)) defense installation" (Geographic Subject ID 3312085) and "Oceanside (Calif.)" (Geographic Subject ID 3313517). See description I added to file on Commons; verifiable by looking at I-5 interchange on satellite images. Closeapple (talk) 02:08, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]


520786 [223]
This is not a Northampton class ship. They had two triple turrets front and one aft, while the ship on the photo has two turrets front and two aft. Moreover, the superfiring turrets have three guns, the other ones two. Hence it seems to be a Pensacola class ship. Gżdacz (talk) 08:46, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]


533453 [224]
524419 [225]
images appear identical. 1860-1865 dates appear correct not 1924. this image is identical to Library of Congress stereographic view File:Petersburg, Virginia. Gen. Edward Ferrero and staff.jpg Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 00:23, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]


533703 [226]
Image should be mirrored. Note the turret on the number. Ain92 (talk) 17:04, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]


537419 [227]
Spelling error. See the first full sentence of the description: evacuees of Japanaese ancestry on the Colorado Nyttend (talk) 18:38, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]


547227 [228]
547227 [229]
The title is incorrect. The photo depicts the Georgetown Reservoir in Washington, D.C., which is 2 mi. southeast of the Dalecarlia Reservoir. This is easily verified on USGS Maps, Google Maps, aerial photos, etc. The Georgetown Reservoir has a distinct rectangular shape. Coords. 38° 54' 44.43" N, 77° 5' 33.94" W. Moreau1 (talk) 04:46, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]


547281 [230]
547281 [231]
547284 [232]
547284 [233]
547368 [234]
547368 [235]
547372 [236]
547372 [237]
547407 [238]
547407 [239]
Geographic subject should be Garland (Seward county, Nebraska, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place (no NARA geographic subject ID yet), not Lincoln (geographic subject ID 4201794) in a different county. Closeapple (talk) 14:30, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]



540196 [240] misidentified
540196 [241] misidentified {{{Done}}}
Serious identification error. This photo is used in some 70 projects to illustrate the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (August 23, 1939) but in reailty it depicts the signature of another treaty, the German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty (September 28, 1939). This can be noticed by comparing this image with similar Bundesarchiv images (1, 2) and pictures of both events published in Soviet newspapers. One can notice that people in NARA 540196 image (especially Molotov and Ribbentrop) are dressed the same way as on September 28 but differently from their clothing on August 23. The complete story with more images (not public domain unfortunately) was featured in Ukrainian media and can be found here (Ukrainian only unfortunately) — NickK (talk) 00:45, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]


195394 [242] misidentified
This is not Arthur Szyk in the photograph. He died 5 years earlier, and looks nothing like the man in the photo. He was balding and wore glasses. ‎דוד‎ 08:03, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]



518223 [243] misidentified
The photograph is of Chain Bridge, not Long Bridge. Photo is identical to photo of Chain Bridge in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_across_Chain_Bridge_over_the_Potomac04113v.jpg (also at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000927/PP/resource/ ) Corker1 (talk) 01:47, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]


88 separate ARC IDs separate ARC IDs
Mass typo in the description of an entire series: "Ther are a few photos", which should be "There are a few photos". If necessary, I could fix all by hand, but I'm curious if there might be a more efficient way to do it with a bot. Thanks! Michael Barera (talk) 18:25, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]


546827 [244] misidentified
The image depicts factories of some sort, not what the description states ("PRISONERS PICKING UP TRASH FROM ALONGSIDE JOHN HANSON HIGHWAY"). Michael Barera (talk) 04:57, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]


546830 [245] misidentified
The image depicts a barge and a tugboat, not what the description states ("RESIDENTIAL STREET NEAR LOCUST POINT TERMINAL. PROCTOR AND GAMBLE PLANT LOOMS OVER THE HOUSES"). Michael Barera (talk) 05:16, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]


524534 [246]
524534 [247]
As the description itself notes, this is a picture of Charleston, SC, not Richmond. A similar picture at the Library of Congress also lists it as Charleston [248]. It appears to have been taken from atop the left side of the roof of the Orphan House (see [249],[250]), looking southwest. Several structures still in existence can be identified, including the West Point Rice Mill (left hand side in far distance on the edge of the mill pond, with two smokestacks), the roof of the Bethel Methodist Church (far left) and 210 Calhoun Street [251] (the large white building to the right of the Bethel Church, with the irregularly-sized dormers). This map of Charleston from the 1870s also syncs with the picture when looking at the buildings above the Orphan House (#15). The file name should therefore be accordingly changed. Also, the "^" in the file name appears to have originally been a question mark.Ro4444 (talk) 03:23, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]


526780 [252]
526780 [253]
530239 [254]
530239 [255]
These appear to actually be photographs of his successor Category:John McCloskey. For example see the similarity with File:John Cardinal McCloskey - Brady-Handy.jpg. We were notified of this by someone (presumably in the know) at [256], although I've tried to pick out which files they intended. 99of9 (talk) 06:06, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]


547215 [257]
547215 [258]
Title, Place and geographic coordinates are incorrect. The photo depicts the Little Falls Pumping Station, not a filtration plant. The correct location is Brookmont, Maryland; not Washington, D.C. Correct coords are: 38.9494, -77.1278. See Washington Aqueduct. Moreau1 (talk) 23:35, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]


554818 [259]
The description says that this is "OFF ROUTE 800, NEAR FAIRVIEW, OHIO, AND STEUBENVILLE" [the rest of the description is cut off), and this image has been assigned, to a "Fairview (Ohio)" geographic record, https://research.archives.gov/id/10043227, but the record is for a different Fairview, Ohio. This is http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1064633, a tiny community in Adams County, 200 miles away from Steubenville and the Fairview where this is located, http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:2398858, an incorporated village. I'm not sure if this is a mistake with the authority record (i.e. they just assigned it to the wrong county) or if they assigned the wrong authority record to the image. The same authority record is linked to two other images, ARC 555639 and ARC 554820, but both of them, like 554818, are plainly near the village of Fairview: 555639 is off Interstate 70 (goes through the village of Fairview, but three counties away from the Adams County community), and 554820 is off State Route 808 (doesn't appear to exist; perhaps a typo for State Route 800 near the village of Fairview). Nyttend (talk) 12:37, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]


528716 [260]
This is not Baron Genet, French Minister (who died long before the photo was taken) but Baron Friedrich von Gerolt, Prussian Minister! The correct name is written at the top of the image (although it's slightly cut off), and for verification, US Library of Congress has another photo of von Gerolt from the same session, which is correctly categorized. Smurrayinchester (talk) 17:57, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]


527438 [261]
This is not Baron Gederer, Mexican Minister (who doesn't seem to exist at all) but Baron Charles Lederer, Austrian Minister (or, in German, Carl von Lederer)! The photo gives his name correctly, but does mistakenly appear to describe him as Mexican. You can verify that it's the same person from his portrait. Smurrayinchester (talk) 17:57, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]


535712 [262]
This picture is an incorrectly flipped version of 535713, which is correct. The island is the "Ile de la Jatte". Shadows point North. 109.190.85.164 21:24, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]


530707 [263]


Labeled as World War I, but clearly about the Dacahau Concentration camp in description: which is World War II. Sadads (talk) 22:24, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]


553016 [264]
This image is from south of downtown showing the downtown canyon part of Interstate 30 East/R. L. Thornton Freeway. Only a tiny part of Central Expressway can be seen on upper right of the photo. 47.188.139.236 21:37, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]


553015 [265]
This image is from southeast of downtown showing the recently completed US 75/Central Expressway, Interstate 45 and Interstate 30 interchange on the right side of the photo. Interstate 30 runs left to right across the middle of the photo. Interstate 45 is south of Interstate 30 in the bottom right quadrant of the photo. US 75/Central Expressway can be seen north of Interstate 30 going by the east side of downtown. Technically most of the highway shown north of Interstate 30 is only signed as US75 but is actually Interstate 345. US 75 really begins northeast of downtown and is only barely visible in this photo. 47.188.139.236 22:15, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]


518601 [266]
518601 [267]
The mill identified in the title & filename as the "Barnett Silk Mill" should be spelled the "Barnert Silk Mill", named for Nathan Barnert. TheBilby (talk) 05:40, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]


548915 [268]
548915 [269]
548913 [270]
548913 [271]
Captioned as Parker Dam but the images are of Hoover Dam. Jb17kx (talk) 15:11, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]


68154602 [272]
68154602 [273]
Significant doubts weather this is actually Edmonton, see w:Talk:History_of_Edmonton#Aerial_photo TheImaCow (talk) 06:48, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]


512841 [274]
Labeled as "North Station", but actually South Station TheImaCow (talk) 09:24, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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