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message 1: by Joy H., Group Founder (last edited Mar 13, 2009 12:08AM) (new)

Joy H. (joyofglensfalls) | 16697 comments The following website may appeal to folks who are interested in old books: ====>
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/

The web site provides:
"Scanned Images, Engravings and Pictures From Old Books".
"The images are public domain (copyright-free, out of copyright) unless otherwise noted..."

Here's the "about" page: ====>
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/about.html

Excerpt from the web site:
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"Over 2,400 high-resolution free images scanned from more than 160 different old or rare books, with extracts! Remains of Ruined Castles, Deserted Abbeys, Old Manor Houses, mansions and stately homes; also engravings, woodcuts and pictures of Old England and Wales; symbols, photographs and clip-art, Pictures of old books, and much more, stock images scanned from old books, leather-bound books and musty dusty books, (scanned) by Liam Quin."
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Here's a sample picture, "scanned from the Chatterbox Annual from 1916".
(Chatterbox was a magazine for boys.): ====>
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"The children are holding books; perhaps it is a reading lesson..."

Above picture found at: ====>
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Chatterbo...

Below is a link to the resume of the owner of the website, Liam Quin: ====>
http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/cv/


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