The Library of Congress has put two collections of digital images on Flickr: 1,600 images from the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information and around 1,500 images from the George Grantham Bain News Service. The images can be found at The Library of Congress' Photos.

Regarding copyright, LC says:

Although the Library of Congress does not grant or deny permission to use photos, the Library knows of no copyright restrictions on the publication, distribution, or re-use of these photos. Privacy rights may apply.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pm and is filed under ARL Libraries, Digital Archives and Special Collections, Digitization, Research Libraries, Social Media/Web 2.0.