Digital BW, The Print

Hi again,

Sorry for the barrage of questions.  I've seen a number of posts regarding
scanned prints from the Library of Congress (scanned hi-res TIFFS).  I've
gone to the site mentioned (
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html) and gone into the staff
selections and popular requests.  When I click on the link beneath each
image I either get a small image file, or the file cannnot be found.  Where
are the huge LF scans mentioned?

Thanks
G Guhan Gunaratnam

Hi... some of the links at the Staff Selections and Popular Requests seem broken.  Try this, 
though, to find another way to access these files.  Start off at this link:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fatop1.html

This is a page from the Popular Requests section.  Go to the image on the bottom right. 
Migrant Mother, and try clicking on it.  The link is broken.  Okay, now try this:

Remember the first line of the description (Destitute pea pickers in California).  Go back to 
the FSA home page and put those words into the search field.  Select "match this exact 
phrase" from the pulldown menu below the search field.  This will take you to the page for 
that image.  At the bottom of that page, you'll see what files are available for the Migrant 
Mother image.  In this case, there is one choice:  "b&w digital file from nitrate negative."  
Click on that link.  On the next page you'll see that there is both a 163kilobyte jpeg and a 
55 megabyte TIFF.

Sometimes, your search will take you to a list of images rather than a single image.  You 
can then explore that list.  Notice also there is sometimes a PREV and NEXT link at the top 
of the image page.  These links can take you to adjacent images on the roll.

Hope this will get you started.... :-)

Ed

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, G Guhan Gunaratnam 
<guruguhan@...> wrote:

>
> Hi again,
> 
> Sorry for the barrage of questions.  I've seen a number of posts regarding
> scanned prints from the Library of Congress (scanned hi-res TIFFS).  I've
> gone to the site mentioned (
> http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html) and gone into the staff
> selections and popular requests.  When I click on the link beneath each
> image I either get a small image file, or the file cannnot be found.  Where
> are the huge LF scans mentioned?
> 
> Thanks
> G Guhan Gunaratnam
>

Thanks a lot Ed!


On 3/17/06 7:08 AM, "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com"
<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Message: 11      
>    Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:13:14 -0000
>    From: "edrudolpho" <erudolph@...>
> Subject: Re: Scanned pictures Library of Congress
> 
> Hi... some of the links at the Staff Selections and Popular Requests seem
> broken.  Try this,
> though, to find another way to access these files.  Start off at this link:
> 
> http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fatop1.html
> 
> This is a page from the Popular Requests section.  Go to the image on the
> bottom right. 
> Migrant Mother, and try clicking on it.  The link is broken.  Okay, now try
> this:
> 
> Remember the first line of the description (Destitute pea pickers in
> California).  Go back to
> the FSA home page and put those words into the search field.  Select "match
> this exact 
> phrase" from the pulldown menu below the search field.  This will take you to
> the page for 
> that image.  At the bottom of that page, you'll see what files are available
> for the Migrant 
> Mother image.  In this case, there is one choice:  "b&w digital file from
> nitrate negative."
> Click on that link.  On the next page you'll see that there is both a
> 163kilobyte jpeg and a
> 55 megabyte TIFF.
> 
> Sometimes, your search will take you to a list of images rather than a single
> image.  You 
> can then explore that list.  Notice also there is sometimes a PREV and NEXT
> link at the top 
> of the image page.  These links can take you to adjacent images on the roll.
> 
> Hope this will get you started.... :-)
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, G Guhan Gunaratnam
> <guruguhan@...> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi again,
>> 
>> Sorry for the barrage of questions.  I've seen a number of posts regarding
>> scanned prints from the Library of Congress (scanned hi-res TIFFS).  I've
>> gone to the site mentioned (
>> http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html) and gone into the staff
>> selections and popular requests.  When I click on the link beneath each
>> image I either get a small image file, or the file cannnot be found.  Where
>> are the huge LF scans mentioned?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> G Guhan Gunaratnam
>> 
>

Thanks for the hint.  I wonder how long it took you to download?  When
I tried it would have taken all night even with DSL.  I gave up.

Tom

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "edrudolpho"
<erudolph@...> wrote:
>
> Hi... some of the links at the Staff Selections and Popular Requests
seem broken.  Try this, 
> though, to find another way to access these files.  Start off at
this link:
> 
> http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fatop1.html
> 
> This is a page from the Popular Requests section.  Go to the image
on the bottom right. 
> Migrant Mother, and try clicking on it.  The link is broken.  Okay,
now try this:

Hi Tom,

I can't recall how ling it took but it was manageable; I downloaded mayb half a dozen 
images.  They varied in size from 10 megabytes to the 55 megabyte Dorothea Lange.

Ed

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband" 
<tom.husband@...> wrote:

>
> Thanks for the hint.  I wonder how long it took you to download?  When
> I tried it would have taken all night even with DSL.  I gave up.
> 
> Tom