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LOC Color Photos, History, and More!

from Writing Adventures and Exploration of History by Tony Bandy

For
some of you readers this may be old hat, but for others, like myself,
I've just discovered buried treasure in the form of LOC availability on
Flickr.

The end result? LOC (Library of Congress) has in their words:

"...is
beginning somewhat modestly, but we hope to learn a lot from it. Out of
some 14 million prints, photographs and other visual materials at the
Library of Congress, more than 3,000 photos from two of our most
popular collections are being made available on our new Flickr page, to include only images for which no copyright restrictions are known to exist...."
Flickr: Photos from The Library of Congress

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