Image taken from page 582 of 'The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education and self-government. [By various authors.]
A new link on Databases A-Z will lead you to Flickr Commons. The key goal of The Commons is to share hidden treasures from the world's public photography archives. Recently The British Library has added over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books digitised by Microsoft . The images cover a wide range of subjects: There are maps, geological diagrams, illustrations some beautiful or very colourful, comical satire, illuminated and decorative letters, landscapes, wall-paintings and more.
Something to explore over the Christmas break...
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