{"id":796,"date":"2008-02-03T06:33:03","date_gmt":"2008-02-03T06:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/02\/03\/the-commons-plays-host-to-vint\/"},"modified":"2014-08-08T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T21:04:48","slug":"the-commons-plays-host-to-vint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/the-commons-plays-host-to-vint\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Commons&#8217; plays host to wonderful vintage photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/02\/auction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-34237\" alt=\"auction\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/02\/auction.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/02\/auction.jpg 640w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/02\/auction-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>This photograph by Marion Post Wolcott shows a York County auction of a house and its contents in 1939. It&#8217;s among a host of Library of Congress photographs available to the public, accessed through a developing public domain site. Background posts: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/01\/local-images-1\">Bank adds murals to York County&#8217;s walls<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/12\/fed-photogs-captured-wonderful-1\">Fed photogs captured wonderful WWII images<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>The popular Web site Flickr has provided an area for vintage photographs called <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/commons\">The Commons<\/a>.<br \/>\nFlickr and the Library of Congress are working on a project to promote LOC photographs for public use&#8230; .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe photographs appear to have few, if any, restrictions in their use.<br \/>\nAnyway, photo sites are popular destinations for history enthusiasts, including this blog&#8217;s <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/category\/for-photo-fans\/\">For photo fans<\/a> category on this site.<br \/>\nSo, we&#8217;ll point them out as we find them.<br \/>\nAnd, here&#8217;s another local scene:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/02\/auction1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-34238\" alt=\"auction1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/02\/auction1.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/02\/auction1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/02\/auction1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a>Mennonite farmer brings tobacco into a barn in York County, 1939. 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