So you thought you’ve already seen everything? You were waiting for Web 3.5 beta to arrive, right? Instead, there is a really cool thing going on on Flickr. The Library of Congress is constantly uploading more and more of their photo archives in an unprecedented effort of making remarkable pictures available to a greater audience, namely you.
So they got themselves a pro-account and started the whole thing.
This splendid merger of interests I think is a good idea, alone the fact makes me a bit sad, that they got themselves some kind of own rights policy similar to the one they had up until now. No “Free as in free beer,” only “Free as in free until someone rises from the dead and asks for royalties.”
The photograph of the lady by the way is in its original colors, you may even download it from the Library of Congress itself, as TIFF if you like, 141MB only. If you are bored, count her wrinkles!
There are also many pictures of everyday life, on farms, as well as in Washington DC itself. Very cool.
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