Friday, February 29, 2008

geeky things # 17 - Library of Congress pilot project

 


A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, La. (LOC)

I just found a new-to-me part of flickr - a library of congress pilot project, in which folks are asked to help "tag" the images to make them more browsable...which is a great idea. But better - it is a great portal into the Library's wide variety of collections - many of the photos are in public domain!

Right now they have color photos from the 30s and 40s, and news of the 1910s. Very cool.

http://flickr.com/commons
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html

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