American Historical Photos

October 5, 2005 2:07 AM

PictureHistory - a source of American historical photographs
posted by Gyan (6 comments total)

Featured thrice before on Mefi, in a peripheral role.
posted by Gyan at 2:07 AM on October 5, 2005

Well it's the first time I've seen it, and as a sign over the doorway of a used book store in my neighbourhood says, "Any book you've never read before is a new book".

Thanks for the post, Gyan.
posted by Mike D at 6:35 AM on October 5, 2005

The Library of Congress' American Memory Project offers an even larger collection of images (as well as books, sheet music, etc.), unwatermarked and freely downloadable.
posted by ryanshepard at 7:38 AM on October 5, 2005

Nice. I appreciate that they 1) Have a separate section on cattle, since apparently neither the Agriculture section nor the Animals section could contain them; 2) have a section on Social Workers that has four pictures of Mother Jones.
posted by OmieWise at 10:31 AM on October 5, 2005

That's a nice collection they have there, thanks for the post. Too bad the greedy bastards charge $35.00 for an 8" x 10".
posted by marxchivist at 11:23 AM on October 5, 2005

Thanks for the link, Gyan. And, ryanshepard the AMP is totally cool, too. I'm digging through the Printed Ephemera pages, and loving it.
posted by safetyfork at 1:32 PM on October 5, 2005