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Yale Makes Available Online 170,000 Photographs From WWII Period

schwit1 writes: Yale University had posted online 170,000 Library of Congress photographs taken in the United States from 1935 to 1945. The photos come from all over the U.S., and can be accessed with this easy-to-use interactive map. They also used the original captions allowing the viewer to get an honest feel for the time period.

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  1. slashdotted by Holi · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think we done broke it.

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  2. Re:Interactive map maybe ? by techno-vampire · · Score: 4, Funny

    That may be, but you must admit that an inactive map is easy to use.

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  3. Re:Interactive map maybe ? by RavenLrD20k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Considering that as of this moment the page keeps timing out and I can't get it to load, I believe the spelling in the summary is more correct.

  4. Yoda Headline by Cytotoxic · · Score: 5, Funny

    That headline appears to have been written by Yoda.

    How about "Yale makes 170,000 photographs from WWII period available online."

  5. Re:Inactive? by Cytotoxic · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Yale Debuts New Interactive Map Application Supporting Up To 20 Simultaneous Users"

  6. Re:Interactive map maybe ? by NotDrWho · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps Yale needs to have some Harvard alum come and show them how to properly run a web server.

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  7. Back to the Future! by Nite_Hawk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot Effect killing websites: Check
    Government trying to ban encryption: Check
    TI-82 programming featured on slashdot: Check
    Slashdot ID still 4 digits: Check

    Huzzah! I've managed to transport myself back to the 1990s! Who wants to pay me $150k to make them a website?

  8. Re:Interactive map maybe ? by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once the Harvard alum get taught how to do the job by some prisoners.