The National Museum of Public Health has been uploading hundreds of incredible photos from its archives onto Flickr. Image at left, "Masks worn during experiments with Plague. Philippines, probably around 1912." Image at right, "Ossifying fibroma, frontal bone." From email that the National Museum sent to the wonderful Morbid Anatomy blog:
The National Museum of Health and Medicine has been uploading pictures to Flickr since September 2006. We've transcribed, of course, all information that we have for each picture, but have also been posting some for which we have relatively little information, such as Library of Congress is doing, with the hope that a Flickr user will recognize them and be able to tell us more.Link, Link, and Link (Thanks, Mark Dery!)
We've been uploading the hard way, mostly one picture at a time, choosing from among the several hundred thousand we've been digitizing over the last three years. Until that database goes live, this is our way of sharing our favorite photos from our many collections.
Previously on BB:
• Library of Congress uses Flickr Link
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I think Flickr needs to give these guys a free pro account so they can have one large archive.
These photos are great.
Earlier today I spoke with Michael Rhode, an archivist at the National Museum of Health & Medicine. He provided me with more information about their collection:
http://billkosloskymd.typepad.com/lexicillin_qd/2008/01/the-national-mu.html
It would be great if the International Center of Photography in NYC, which recently received 3000 undocumented negatives by Robert Capa decided to do the same.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/arts/design/27kenn.html?_r=1&oref=slogin