Vintage NYC in pictures
Posted at 11:03 AM on 1-28-08 by Rob T Firefly
The Library of Congress has posted two collections of photographs to Flickr. The first is a collection of early color photographs from 1939-1944, and the second is a collection of black-and-white newspaper photos from 1910-1912. It’s worth noting that these photos are in the public domain.
The aim of this project is for the millions of Flickr users to tag and categorize the photos, relying on crowdsourcing and wisdom of the masses to complete what would otherwise be a massive undertaking with few failsafes. You can read more about the project in this Newsweek article.
We are particularly fascinated by the collection’s New York City photos, as well as the use of the Internet crowd to preserve and sort historical documents in such a manner.