Outstanding Library of Congress photos

bazookamsb
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Outstanding Library of Congress photos Jan 18, 2008 18:05:23 GMT -5

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Library of Congress announced that it has partnered with flickr, putting up 3,000 photos from two of their most popular collections. Only images for which no copyright restrictions are known to exist are included.

www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

these collections feature such amazing photos as:
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179888436/
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179093507/
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179069381/
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179057897/
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179054351/

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a.k.a SS-Oberschütze Wilhelm Gottschalk
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Old Salt Retired Forum MP Der springende Reiter Posts: 3,704	Outstanding Library of Congress photos Jan 18, 2008 20:55:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Old Salt on Jan 18, 2008 20:55:09 GMT -5 I feel this post needs to be stickyed to the top. These are some very interesting photos that they are releasing.

garandguy1551
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Outstanding Library of Congress photos Jan 19, 2008 23:32:11 GMT -5

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Artgunner 1st Lieutenant My Baby '42 WC52 Posts: 2,161	Outstanding Library of Congress photos Jan 20, 2008 8:42:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Artgunner on Jan 20, 2008 8:42:27 GMT -5 WOW! Very cool. Wealth of information. I say we sticky too! Artgunner
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dtdoyle T/Sgt. Posts: 452	Outstanding Library of Congress photos Jan 20, 2008 11:04:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dtdoyle on Jan 20, 2008 11:04:03 GMT -5 Outstanding site.....Thanks for the link

diggerww2
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Outstanding Library of Congress photos Jan 20, 2008 13:08:07 GMT -5

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mudpuppy 1st Lieutenant Posts: 2,055	Outstanding Library of Congress photos Jan 20, 2008 13:37:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mudpuppy on Jan 20, 2008 13:37:56 GMT -5 Very cool photos!!! I think they should be stickied also Pup

jerry16 T/4. To speak for thoes who can no longer speak for themselves Posts: 151	Outstanding Library of Congress photos Feb 12, 2008 8:10:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jerry16 on Feb 12, 2008 8:10:47 GMT -5 Amazing photos. I always think of World War Two as a black and white war so to see color and sharp perfect color photos it is just mind blowing thanks for all of the links
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First Special Service Force T/5. Posts: 94	Outstanding Library of Congress photos Apr 5, 2008 21:31:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by First Special Service Force on Apr 5, 2008 21:31:44 GMT -5 very cool pictures thanks for sharing

Dave T/Sgt. Join the 104th Regiment, enlist today! Posts: 457	Outstanding Library of Congress photos Apr 8, 2008 14:56:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dave on Apr 8, 2008 14:56:29 GMT -5 Woah. I almost want to believe that those photos aren't that old.. but they're over 60+ Years in age.
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chiefyeomanbb55 1st Lieutenant Posts: 1,662	Outstanding Library of Congress photos Jul 8, 2009 12:08:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chiefyeomanbb55 on Jul 8, 2009 12:08:32 GMT -5 I'd hazard a guess that these photos were shot on kodachrome color film, which, at the time was ASA 25 -- slow, but it had wonderful color saturation (as seen in the pictures).