[Geysers] USGS Photographic Library. -archival and scanning project

[Carrie Guiles]

http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov

This site is worth a visit - there are some nice historical geyser photos.

~Carrie Guiles


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Photos – Glimpsing Back; in
Trust for the Future
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A collection that is a national
treasure held in trust by the
Central Region (CR) Library is
that of the USGS Photographic
Library.  This archival
collection of still photographs
dating from the 1870’s includes
works of such pioneer
photographers as W.H. Jackson,
J.K. Hillers, and T. Moran.
Student employees are scanning
pre-1955 images from that
collection for the
Web-accessible Earth Sciences
Photographic Archive.  The
Historic Photo Web Site now has
nearly 34,000 photographs
ranging in age from 1868
through 1992.  These public
domain, copyright-free photos,
which can be viewed and
downloaded free of charge, are
an important asset to have
available to the public and
represent one of those “returns
on investment” of taxpayer
dollars that support the USGS.
Approximately 400 new photos
continue to be added on a
weekly basis.  Photos are
available in 100, 700, and 1400
dots per inch resolution and
may be searched using a
free-form string search engine
allowing you to easily find the
photo and caption of interest.
Our goal is to scan the most
important pre-1955 collections
before transferring the
original materials to NARA
(National Archive and Records
Administration) as part of the
mandated Federal Records
Disposition Schedule.  I invite
you to check out the Web site
and to re-visit often as we
continue to enlarge and improve
this service and asset:
http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov

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