Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress.
The US Library of Congress has started adding its collection of photographs to a Flickr account. They’ve started with 3100 of the most popular items from their 14 million collection, including this classic photo by Dorothea Lange, Destitute pea pickers in California.
The site is really interesting, my personal favourite collections are World War I Panoramas and 1930s-40s in Color and this photo In the waiting room of the Union Station by Jack Delano:
Chicago, Illinois. In the waiting room of the Union Station (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress.
We, as the viewing public, are invited to add tags and information to the collection which has, in turn, furnished the library with additional information about their collection.