After much waiting, the Library of Congress has FINALLY added more photos to it’s Flickr account. The 50 new photos were added to the 1910s Bain News Service set.
Hopefully the love and excitement, that started with the Library’s foray into Flickr in January, will continue here.
Go there. Enjoy the Library of Congress photos on Flickr. Tag them.
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Zvi Band // March 17, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Justin,
Has anything come of this? Has the LOC been able to garner any more information from these pictures by posting them online?
It’d be interesting to know…
Justin Thorp // March 17, 2008 at 1:16 pm
@Zvi: Here is some info on how the first round went…
http://www.loc.gov/blog/?p=237
Max speaks, the LoC answers | Washington D.C. Metblogs // March 19, 2008 at 7:00 am
[...] last month when Max asked what was up with the lack of new photos in their flickr account. Justin posted about the fact that they’ve just added 50 more, and although that’s not a real big number compared to the initial add of 3,100, it positively [...]
JW // March 19, 2008 at 9:58 am
I work at the LC, and the high-ups are THRILLED at the response to the Flickr postings. They *are* getting some more caption information that commenters are adding, like where specific photos were taken (i.e. town corrections, street names, etc) which we didn’t know before.
And the LC is also excited at the chance to share what are truly amazing collections with such a huge audience. Many coworkers are relieved that world now knows our buildings are NOT just full of books!
Library of Congress Blog » More Photos in Flickr (Library of Congress) // March 20, 2008 at 11:36 am
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