US Library of Congress Flickr Project
The US library of congress has launched a groundbreaking new initiative to publish its archive of photography online, allowing users of the Yahoo service Flickr to tag and comment on some of the finest and most historically significant photos in their archives.
Flickr Commons is a new initiative by the US Library of Congress to allow members of the public to view, tag and comment on their photo archives. The project launched with a set of colour images from the 1930s-1940s showing daily life in pre-war and wartime America, and a series of news photos from the 1910s. We really like this project because of the incredible quality of the images and the potential for interaction between the public and the archive; it’ll be interesting to see whether the tags and comments of users today can add fresh perspective on content produced over 60 years ago.
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Tim Twomey said
Interesting choice of picture there Paul. Anything to do with your life-long obsession with blimps?
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