Outstanding!

Although, at first glance, the image-by-image mode of distribution seems obstructive to widespread dissemination (as is the case with similiar publications of the same kind and magnitude[0]), the generous licensing makes more than up for it.

Nothing seems to prevent the Internet Archive from providing additional backbone, possibly outlasting this web presence[1]. (Odd, archive.org has no separate category for images.)

The thought of a comprehensive, high-resolution, Gutenberg-esque archive for Images clean boggles and delights the mind (mine at least).

[0] The BBC's image and British Pathé's video archives come to mind. HN discussion about the last publication of this nature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7604459

[1] http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html

> Nothing seems to prevent the Internet Archive from providing additional backbone, possibly outlasting this web presence[1]. (Odd, archive.org has no separate category for images.)

Working on it. Already have the first collection before the additional images were added.

Many, if not all, of these images could belong in Wikimedia Commons. If they're really all public domain, then they could be a boon to encyclopedia articles.

I suppose there isn't a .torrent for all of these images ? :<

Seeing as how they seem to be going out of their way to mention Open Content and public domain in one sentence, I would venture to guess that there's nothing standing in the way of compiling a torrent archive.

Redistribution is not adressed explicitly, though (as far as I can see).

why not just link to the archive?

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Thanks! We changed the post url.