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Photogrammar: Organizing 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945

28 points by duck 12y ago

3stripe 12y ago
Amazing resource. What are the licensing/usage terms? These should be highly visible on the website!
- walterbell 12y ago
  Content created by the US gov is usually not subject to US copyright, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the...
- pl212 12y ago
  The Library of Congress has a special page for this info: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html "Most photographs in this collection are considered to be in the public domain"
zo1 12y ago
Very nice dashboard for searching through the collection. Though, on a side note. It's a tad depressing watching images/photos of normal settings and people, knowing that they're probably all long-gone by now. But at least they are semi-immortalized in this collection.
- pessimizer 12y ago
  Not long gone; 1945 wasn't very long ago. My grandmother would have been graduating high school.
  - zo1 12y ago
    It's still within reach, sure. But it's pretty much an entire person's lifetime. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the average lifespan is currently hovering around 70, no? That's pretty much how old some of the newer images are in this catalog.
jeffbarr 12y ago
The images are shown at a fixed sizes on the site; some are far larger and more impressive at full size. Copy the image URL and paste it in to another browser tab for best results! Compare http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=oem2002006929/PP http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=oem200... to http://photogrammar.research.yale.edu/photos/service/pnp/fsa/8b05000/8b05700/8b05736v.jpg http://photogrammar.research.yale.edu/photos/service/pnp/fsa... to see the difference.
aaronbrethorst 12y ago
Minneapolis, 1939: http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000009522/PP http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa200... Minneapolis, 2013: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronbrethorst/10353371776/in/photolist-gLTJHW-gLTC92-gLTFqx https://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronbrethorst/10353371776/in/... (My photo was shot from the bridge that can be seen in the foreground of the top photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Arch_Bridge_(Minneapolis) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Arch_Bridge_(Minneapolis))
rtkwe 12y ago
There's an error in the map. If you mouse over Stanley County North Carolina it thinks it's Stanley County Virginia.
lips 12y ago
I'm awestruck by the collection of images, but the navigation is straight out of 19xx. Or am I missing the prev/next buttons?

28 points by duck 12y ago

3stripe 12y ago

Amazing resource. What are the licensing/usage terms? These should be highly visible on the website!

walterbell 12y ago
Content created by the US gov is usually not subject to US copyright, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the...
pl212 12y ago
The Library of Congress has a special page for this info: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html "Most photographs in this collection are considered to be in the public domain"

zo1 12y ago

Very nice dashboard for searching through the collection. Though, on a side note. It's a tad depressing watching images/photos of normal settings and people, knowing that they're probably all long-gone by now. But at least they are semi-immortalized in this collection.

pessimizer 12y ago
Not long gone; 1945 wasn't very long ago. My grandmother would have been graduating high school.
- zo1 12y ago
  It's still within reach, sure. But it's pretty much an entire person's lifetime. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the average lifespan is currently hovering around 70, no? That's pretty much how old some of the newer images are in this catalog.

jeffbarr 12y ago

The images are shown at a fixed sizes on the site; some are far larger and more impressive at full size. Copy the image URL and paste it in to another browser tab for best results! Compare http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=oem2002006929/PP http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=oem200... to http://photogrammar.research.yale.edu/photos/service/pnp/fsa/8b05000/8b05700/8b05736v.jpg http://photogrammar.research.yale.edu/photos/service/pnp/fsa... to see the difference.

aaronbrethorst 12y ago

Minneapolis, 1939: http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000009522/PP http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa200... Minneapolis, 2013: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronbrethorst/10353371776/in/photolist-gLTJHW-gLTC92-gLTFqx https://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronbrethorst/10353371776/in/... (My photo was shot from the bridge that can be seen in the foreground of the top photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Arch_Bridge_(Minneapolis) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Arch_Bridge_(Minneapolis))

rtkwe 12y ago

There's an error in the map. If you mouse over Stanley County North Carolina it thinks it's Stanley County Virginia.

lips 12y ago

I'm awestruck by the collection of images, but the navigation is straight out of 19xx. Or am I missing the prev/next buttons?