“With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination.”
According to the Smithsonian’s Flickr account, at least two children have been mailed in U.S. History.
“Flickr Commons is a new forum created by Flickr for cultural institutions to share their photographic collections. The Smithsonian was the fourth institution to join, following the Library of Congress, the Powerhouse Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum.”
In 2008, the Smithsonian announced on their blog they were joining the online project. Currently, the Smithsonian’s Flickr holds 6,228 photos.
This includes never-before-seen photos from the Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes Trial, released July of this year. The Smithsonian not only emphasizes the importance of this trial in history (“which prohibited the teaching of evolution in schools”), but stresses their desire to increase online accessibility.
Just yesterday, the Smithsonian blog announced “1,000+ physical copies of the books scanned through the History, Art, and Culture (HAC) Digitization Project” were available online in the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) with direct links!
