The Internet Archive’s Flickr collection, Internet Archive Book Images, now has 2.6 million copyright-free images of image scans from books published 1500–1922. The archive plans on posting millions more.
To My Peoples
by Barrett Golding
The Europeana museum, the Austrian National Library, and Google collaborated on the online presentation, “To My Peoples!” The First World War 1914 – 1918, a collection of “untold stories & official histories of WW1.”
The War Illustrated
by Barrett Golding
“The Story Of The Great European War Told By Camera, Pen And Pencil” was the subtitle of The War Illustrated, a magazine published in London publication by William Berry (later owner of The Daily Telegraph). The first issue date was August 22, 1914, eighteen days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. The magazine…
Great War vs World War I
by Barrett Golding
The New York Times Lab new Chronicle tool lets you graph how language usage varies over time; for instance, “World War I” vs. “Great War”.
BBC “Live” Blogs 1914 Assassination
by Barrett Golding
The BBC applied their modern news reporting techniques to “live” blogging the century-old assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, with on-the-scene videos and minute-by-minute updates.
Maps Explaining World War I
by Barrett Golding
Maps of continents, countries and cities that illustrate how The Great War shaped Europe and made the United States as a global power.
Gallery: Guns, Gas Masks and Pigeons
by Barrett Golding
Previously unpublished images from a private collection show a plane crashed into a building, captured German prisoners, and Nazi officers partying a few months before their nation’s defeat.