From the November 20, 2008, Chicago Tribune "New life for huge Life photograph collection on Google" by Steve Johnson.
Including the date rape photo of the kissing sailor at the end of World Wat II."Suddenly one of the great treasure troves in history is available online, free, and even ready for your download and manipulation. The Life magazine photos archive went up this week, hosted by Google www.images.google.com/hosted/life.
It is broken down by decades. And, you are welcome to use them without all that copyright stuff. You can crop hem the way you want and make your own 8-by-10 prints. You just can't use them for commercial purposes.
However, not all of the 10 million images are on the Google site. Life president Andrew Blau said, "To have the entire collection in a warehouse in Jersey City is not to the benefit of the photography."
I look forward to the day when any non-money-making effort can use any photo on the internet with no copyright problems. But I would like for whomever made the photo to include their name or site at the bottom of the picture.
Definitely Worth a Look. --Cooter
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