This style of image gallery was common for the era (1995) since each image could take a minute or more to download over dialup internet connection. At those spe

This style of image gallery was common for the era (1995) since each image could take a minute or more to download over dialup internet connection. At those speeds even a contact sheet of thumbnails was somewhat of a luxury. I don't think the images are behind text links out of consideration for the blood of it all, but more for bandwidth conservation.