Hello, 2011/10/24 Dominic McDevitt-Parks <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > > Since it hasn't really been mentioned, I just wanted to point out that this > image, never before available to the public in high resolution, was uploaded > to Commons as a result of our ongoing cooperative efforts with the US > National Archives (i.e., my residency). Its copyright status was listed as > unrestricted in the National Archives' online catalog, where the scaled-down > image has been displayed for several years without (apparently) any > incident. Of course, these copyright statuses can often use a second look, > and I am happy for it to get the extra scrutiny at Commons, especially one > as complex as this. I don't have any extra insight to offer copyright-wise, > and am interested to see the community's decision. > > However, I would also like to take the opportunity to talk about the broader > effort here, which I think is more important than one image of Mickey Mouse > from a war poster, as symbolic as that is. Beginning in July, I began an > effort, in collaboration with NARA staff, to quite literally upload the > entire National Archives library of digital content in high resolution. The > National Archives—with billions of pages of records, tens of millions of > photographs, and hundreds of thousands more sound recordings, videos, and > artifacts—has hundreds of thousands of digital images in their catalog, > nearly all of which is in the public domain. The 60,000 uploaded so far[1] > include thousands more posters like the Mickey one from the WWII and WWI > era; historically significant photography from Mathew Brady, Dorothea Lange, > Ansel Adams, and other notable photographers; photos of Native Americans, of > the Depression, of the national parks and the environment, of the Civil > Rights Movement, of presidents and their activities, and of every US war > from the Civil War to Vietnam, including incredible manufacturing and > Japanese internment scenes from the home front in WWII; ultra high-res TIFFs > (~150 MB) of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents; > other textual documents, including historical maps, laws, court records, > census cards, and the letters of diverse personalities, from Susan B. > Anthony to Albert Einstein to Winston Churchill to Elvis Presley; and even > other oddities like an ancient Roman bust, a Remington statue, ancient > Chinese terracotta soldiers, a Diego Rivera painting, bullets and other > evidence from the JFK assassination, a First Lady's evening gown, and a > ceremonial Beninese wooden headdress(!). > > This is a huge task, and it requires a community effort to help categorize > images, to use them in Wikipedia articles, to transcribe them on Wikisource, > and just generally show them some love. If finding Mickey Mouse in the > National Archives means anything, hopefully it's that this is a diverse and > significant, and sometimes surprising, collection that deserves more care > and attention—especially since many cultural institutions, domestically and > internationally, are following the project with interest. For more > information, check out the partnerships page on Commons < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:National_Archives_and_Records_Administration>, > and its sister WikiProjects on Wikipedia and Wikisource, linked in the tab > header.
Indeed, you are right. This is a great addition to Commons. I am going through it now, and I have questions. In some cases, I found that there are better quality images than the ones we have. Where do they come from? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan.jpg This version is of higher resolution than the original TIFF http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington,_D.C._(Entertainment-_closeup_view_of_vocalists_Joan_Baez_and_Bob_Dylan.),_08-28-1963.tif http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washakie.jpg This version is of much better quality, but lower resolution, than the original TIFF http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Washakie_(Shoots-the-Buffalo-Running),_a_Shoshoni_chief,_half-length,_seated,_holding_pipe_-_NARA_-_530875.tif It seems that the TIFF is not directly available, or I am dumb http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=530875 In cases of art work, we have black and white images, where the original was in color. Would it be possible to have a color version? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Pilate_Washing_Hands_and_Feet%22,_1964_-_NARA_-_558811.tif Yes, always wanting more. ;o) > Dominic > > [1] See the upload feed at < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles&user=US+National+Archives+bot Thanks for helping this getting to Commons. Best regards, Yann _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
