Re: Library of Congress Photos
Al and Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...>
Bill - Looks like the end decal is fogged. Guess Armour didn't use a setting solution! - Al Westerfield
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From: lnbill
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 7:22 AM
Subject: [STMFC] Re: Library of Congress Photos
I do not have a precise link but here is a link to one of the photos I found. Everyone on this list will love this 1903 scene showing an Armour owned FGE reefer being loaded with bananas in New Orleans. Note that you can download this large 900 dpi image, great screen saver!
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994006485/PP/
From there you can search for specific topics and industries. On the link above you will see some suggestions for the photo you will see. I don't know what you interest is but say it is "steel." I would put in "steel" to begin with. For my topic I did individual crops, loading, unloading, and on and on.
Bill Welch
--- In STMFC@..., "Nathan" <obermeyern@...> wrote:
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> Bill,
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> Do you have a direct link to the data base you're using? The LOC is so large, I just want to ensure I'm looking in the correct place. Also, where are the industries information located? Thank you,
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> Nate
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> --- In STMFC@..., "lnbill" <fgexbill@> wrote:
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> > I think it is a worthy suggestion to create a data base of photos from the LofC photo collection. I do think it is important to know that this may be a moving target. From my visits to their web archives they continue to expand both what is there and what is available as a high resolution image.
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> > Also for those researching various industries related to railroading, their collection is a gold mine. For example there are many images related to agriculture: planting, harvesting, preparation, shipping, wholesaling and retailing of perishable produce for example.
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> > There are also some small collections that can only be seen on the premises. For example there is such a collection from the a AAR.
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> > Bill Welch
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From: lnbill
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 7:22 AM
Subject: [STMFC] Re: Library of Congress Photos
I do not have a precise link but here is a link to one of the photos I found. Everyone on this list will love this 1903 scene showing an Armour owned FGE reefer being loaded with bananas in New Orleans. Note that you can download this large 900 dpi image, great screen saver!
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994006485/PP/
From there you can search for specific topics and industries. On the link above you will see some suggestions for the photo you will see. I don't know what you interest is but say it is "steel." I would put in "steel" to begin with. For my topic I did individual crops, loading, unloading, and on and on.
Bill Welch
--- In STMFC@..., "Nathan" <obermeyern@...> wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> Do you have a direct link to the data base you're using? The LOC is so large, I just want to ensure I'm looking in the correct place. Also, where are the industries information located? Thank you,
>
> Nate
>
>
>
> --- In STMFC@..., "lnbill" <fgexbill@> wrote:
> >
> > I think it is a worthy suggestion to create a data base of photos from the LofC photo collection. I do think it is important to know that this may be a moving target. From my visits to their web archives they continue to expand both what is there and what is available as a high resolution image.
> >
> > Also for those researching various industries related to railroading, their collection is a gold mine. For example there are many images related to agriculture: planting, harvesting, preparation, shipping, wholesaling and retailing of perishable produce for example.
> >
> > There are also some small collections that can only be seen on the premises. For example there is such a collection from the a AAR.
> >
> > Bill Welch
> >
>