American Library of Congress opens up its archives

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Im not sur if this is the correct place to put this, but it's an extremely valuable resource.

Some truely amazing photos on the American Library of Congress Flickr pages. They've put up thousands of images. You could spend hours on here. Probably the best flickr account I've come across yet.

They also have images from the 1900's converted to full colour as well as from the 1930's-40's.

The following are just some examples.

Flickr: Photos from The Library of Congress

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Delano, Jack,, 1914-, photographer.
Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Mass.
1940 Dec.

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Downey, Jack,, photographer.
Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks and half tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944
1944 Aug. 25

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Lee, Russell,, 1903-, photographer.
Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Montana
1942 Oct.
 
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Hollem, Howard R.,, photographer.
Av. Cadet Thanas at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August

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Hollem, Howard R.,, photographer.
Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August
 
Am I the only one excited about this? lol.
 
Thanks very much for the link, just had a quick look and they look really interesting, i shall explore later! You are not alone!!!!
 
History used to bore me at school. But now i'm in to photography there are certain images that really intrigue me. I'll defo be looking at the site, but its huge!!!
 
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