Category Archives: Local History

History Trends

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

This is a collection of the links related to the brief presentation on History Trends that I am doing at the Massachusetts Library Association Conference tomorrow. Facial Recognition Picasa and other image management systems have facial recognition that can help … Continue reading →

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Oral Histories from the Stoneham Theatre

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

The Stoneham Theatre opened its tenth season in September with Studs Terkel’s The Good War : A Musical Collage of World War II. Journalist Studs Terkel was known for his oral histories that reflected the American experience in all of … Continue reading →

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Illustrated Newspapers on Flickr

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Illustrated Newspaper Supplements — The Library of Congress has added a great new set to their Flickr Commons account: cover pages from the New York Tribune illustrated supplements, beginning with the year 1909. These images are from the Chronicling America … Continue reading →

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DCPL Then and Now Photo Contest

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

The DC Public Library is using Flickr to run an interesting photography contest. Photographers choose any of the historic photographs from the DCPL Flickr Commons collection, take a new photograph of the same location, and upload it to the DC … Continue reading →

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Make Your Own Trading Cards

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Teacher Karen Bosch has an interesting post about how her students made their own National Park Trading Cards using the online Trading Card Maker. Looks like a nice project, a good way to teach the kids to gather and organize … Continue reading →

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Boston Public Library on Flickr

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Elizabeth Thomsen

The Boston Public Library is sharing several collections of artistic and historic images to Flickr, including local brewery posters, rare books, manuscripts, postcards, photographs and much more. Two collections are of particular interest for local interest to NOBLE libraries. The … Continue reading →

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