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David Hilton

Internet Mission Photography Archive - 0 views

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    A valuable collection for a sad, complex issue.
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    The Internet Mission Photography Archive offers historical images from Protestant and Catholic missionary collections in Britain, Norway, Germany, and the United States. The photographs, which range in time from the middle of the nineteenth to the middle of the twentieth century, offer a visual record of missionary activities and experiences in Africa, China, Madagascar, India, Papua-New Guinea, and the Caribbean
David Hilton

The Russian Photography Collection 1917-1945 / Fine Art Photographs Russia / Silver-Gel... - 1 views

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    This is a collection of photographs of Russia throughout it's history. They seem to be quite high-quality images.
Michael Sheehan

Learning Never Stops: Twisted History? - 14 views

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    Two excellent history related music videos. One explains women's suffrage the other the Declaration of Independence. Plus, a very cool photography site with a great history section.
Michael Sheehan

Learning Never Stops: Trek Earth - Learn about our world through amazing photography. - 8 views

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    Excellent resource for geography and world history teachers.
Nicole Avery

Documenting "The Other Half": The Social Reform Photography of Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine - 11 views

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    A collection of photographs from "How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis.
David Hilton

Harvard Daguerreotypes: Intro #2 - 0 views

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    It's hard to tag something like this well - sorry about that. Will be a diverse collection of images of US life from the mid-19th century.
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    Since the invention of photography in 1839, libraries, museums, research institutes, and academic departments at Harvard and Radcliffe have created and collected photographs for use in research and instruction. Among these millions of images are more than 3,500 daguerreotypes, the first publicly-announced photographic process
Deven Black

Captured: Color Photography from Russia in the Early 1900's - Plog Photo Blog - 1 views

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    I've seen these before and they're just awesome! Keith Dennison 735am.wordpress.com
Kay Cunningham

Instruments for Science, 1800-1914: Scientific Trade Catalogs in Smithsonian Collections - 3 views

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    Digitized versions of trade catalogs. Browse by company name, type of instrument, or category--acoustics, astronomy, balances, biology, chemistry, drawing instruments, education, electricity, engineering, geophysics, math, medical apparatus, meteorology, microscopy, natural history, natural philosophy, navigation, optics, photography, physics, spectroscopy, surveying. Images may be freely downloaded for personal, research and study purposes only; see the Permissions link forfurther details. Provided by the Smithsonian Institution
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    Kay - saw your post and thought you'd be interested in the new set of scientific teaching collection videos we've (NMAH) posted on YouTube. We are in the middle creating a website for these videos, and we'll be adding more over the next year or so. http://www.youtube.com/user/SmithsonianAmHistory?ob=0&feature=results_main
Deven Black

MyGreatWorld - Your spot related photo community - 7 views

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    A photo-sharing site with an emphasis on quality photography.
Eric Beckman

The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated (A Libra... - 3 views

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    Amazing color photos from Imperial Russia
International School of Central Switzerland

Museum of London Releases Augmented Reality App for Historical Photos - 3 views

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    Streetmuseum is a new (and free) augmented reality iPhone app created by the Museum of London that allows you to browse historical photographs in various parts of the city. The app leads you to various locations around London using either the map or GPS. Once you're there, click the "3D View" button, and the app will recognize the location and overlay the historical photograph over the live video feed of the real world, giving you a brief glimpse into how the past looked.
Evan Graff

Original Civil War photographs - 24 views

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    A wealth of Civil War wet-plate photographs from the Civil War era.
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    That is fantastic! Thanks.
Terrie D

The Face of Slavery &  Other African American Photographs -- American Museum ... - 1 views

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    A collection of photos of African-American slaves from the C19th.
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    photographic museum African American Slavery
David Hilton

Subjects, Science Service Historical Image Collection - 0 views

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    An archive of period publications relating to scientific research; they seem to go back to the C19th.
Deven Black

WWII: American Home Front - Photo Gallery, 22 Pictures - LIFE - 1 views

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    Superb pictures from Life Magazine showing various aspects of life on the home front during WW II.
Michelle DeSilva

earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up - 1 views

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    Earth Album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note-- since the top Flickr images are used, the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!
David Hilton

Flickr: The Library of Congress' Photostream - 1 views

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    Contains collections on World War I, the Depression, Women's Lib and Honest Abe, among others. I'd imagine it will grow with time. I've actually found Flickr much better as a source of quality historical images than Google Images or Wikimedia Commons.
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