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Exploring Old Photos Online: Newspapers’ Role As Metadata

Philip BumpApr 28th
Flashback From 1998: When Altavista, Lycos And Porn Ruled the Web

Philip BumpMar 23rd
Old Candidate Websites: Revisiting A More Innocent Time

Philip BumpMar 16th
Media Workers: It Could Be Worse. It Could Be 1977.

Philip BumpFeb 22nd
One Book That Won’t Make It To The iPad: The White Pages

Philip BumpFeb 2nd
The Glory Days of the Newspaper Comic: A Retrospective

Philip BumpJan 25th
3D Is Played Out. Let’s Talk 4D.

Philip BumpJan 7th
The Wayback Machine: Exploring New York City, Circa 1795

Philip BumpDec 9th
Free Video! Public Domain Video Should Be Public

Philip BumpDec 4th
The Art of the (Online) Poster

Philip BumpNov 23rd
About that ’09 Ticker Tape Parade — 1909, That Is

Philip BumpNov 6th
Exploring Reincarnation, Internet Style

Philip BumpNov 4th
Touring (and Expanding) History, Thanks To Crowds and Technology

Philip BumpOct 26th
We Keep Finding Historically Significant Photos. Will Our Grandchildren?

Philip BumpOct 20th
Why Does The Internet Have No Historical Directory?

Philip BumpSep 28th
9/11, Remembered In Old Screengrabs

Philip BumpSep 11th
New York City Circa 1600: More Giant Trees, No Jersey Plates

Philip BumpSep 10th
The Commons: Using The Web To Unlock Little Mysteries of the Past

Philip BumpSep 2nd