DesertBlooms88 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Here is another ' find ' from the Library of Congress website. A Dennis vehicle driven by British soldiers in France , possibly during WWI This is a good size image to view. The original 22mb image can be viewed on Library of Congress website via the Flickr link below. Here is the link to this photo on Flickr which has the Library of Congress link too so you can view the ORIGINAL file. DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Ah, a well known photo, previously seen on these pages. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?33432 http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?429-WW1-Dennis-truck-find/page103 You can also find postcards of this image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 A ' well known ' photo perhaps but my thread offered the original file for high res download. I did think about putting it in that thread for the truck rebuild but thought it was a differant vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Odd the Library of Congress would have such nice records of ENGLISH kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Odd the Library of Congress would have such nice records of ENGLISH kit. I am always finding images on that site which bring a smile to my face. In addition it is usual to find a large mb download . DesertBlooms88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'll have to have a nose! How does it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlooms88 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 I'll have to have a nose! How does it work? If you click on the Flickr link under the photo you will find another link for the ' original ' file on Library of Congress website. Once there enter something in the SEARCH box. I have actually just found a photo of what looks like a British WWI tank with German markings being inspected by German soldiers... and its 20MB. I am waiting for it to download now to see exactly what it is. Thanks for your comment. DesertBlooms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Herbert Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Don't forget that if you scan a realy fuzzy photo at 20 megapixies you get a realy large file size but the same low resolution as the original. As libraries tend to put digitalising photos out to contract they will have specified what resolution they want them scanned at but the originals will be very variable in quality. You get a similar problem with engineering drawings that were microfilmed in the 60s and 70s. The originals were very varied in condition and they were often filmed all at the same settings so many were very hard to read but a record had been made so the originals (which often had not been looked at for 20 years and took up lots of space) could be dumped. Then people like us come along needing the original drawings to build a replica tank/ plane/ steam engine etc.... David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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