Flickr is not only a data base for exceptional pictures, but
the interactive aspects of it are very interesting. They say that a picture is worth a thousand
words, but with the tags containing great little tidbits of information that
are inserted into many of the photographs, the word count in worth has risen
dramatically. I was able to effortlessly
spend about an hour in Flickr initially and I found many exceptional
pictures. The one that I have attached
and supplied a link to was interesting to me because I think that it represents
a very early version of a web page. The
photograph was taken by a man named Jack Delano in 1939 in Brockton, Mass and
it was part of the documentation process associated with the Farm Security
Administration which later merged into the Office of War Information.
The shop’s window is
arranged very similar to what the results of a modern day Google search might
look like. It is interesting to see how
the people casually gather in front of the window to look over the
information.
Awesome picture! Very interesting information on the history of this photo and of the office. It is incredible how things have changed! Great post!
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