October 9, 2009
Flickr at Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has added another year’s worth of historic illustrated newspaper pages to the LC Flickr photostream. The New-York Tribune Illustrated Supplement section of 1905, printed on Sundays, includes published images of signature events of 1905, including: Russian peasants in revolt, dog shows, balloon animals, sculpted shrubbery, and more….In Flickr, you can tag it, add a note, share it….and even read more about it! Check it out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
August 16, 2009
Flickr and Library of Congress
Although I have uploaded my own personal photos to Flickr and searched there for photos in areas of interest several times, it never occurred to me to search Flickr for any serious research purpose. I recently ran across some collections in Flickr that had been uploaded by the Library of Congress, however, and thought it would be useful to share my findings.
The Library of Congress has uploaded a number of different types of photos, as well as a few collections. One such collection, that may be of interest to history scholars, is the Illustrated Newspapers project, found at this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157619452486566/
The photos here chronicle pages from newspapers spanning the time period 1880 and 1922 and include newspaper titles from 17 states, as well as from the District of Columbia.
Another interesting collection includes photos chronicling the accomplishments of women, primarily from the time period 1910-1940.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157614805050380/
Check out the Library of Congress flicker account to see these collections and many others and have a look at Historical events, captured as they were happening.