LIFE Photo Archive
Google recently announced it's struck a deal to host the entire photo archive of Life magazine. Millions of photos (including many previously unpublished ones) will be made freely searchable online. If you're the kind of person who likes to browse through archives searching for weird stuff, it's pretty much a goldmine.
Only about 20% of the archive is online so far, but I've already had fun browsing through it. Below are a few photos I found doing a search for bird experiments.
The LIFE captions are pretty dry. I thought they could be improved by coming up with new captions in the style of LOL Birds. I'm sure the WU readers can come up with better captions than I was able to.
Only about 20% of the archive is online so far, but I've already had fun browsing through it. Below are a few photos I found doing a search for bird experiments.
The LIFE captions are pretty dry. I thought they could be improved by coming up with new captions in the style of LOL Birds. I'm sure the WU readers can come up with better captions than I was able to.
LIFE caption: Visual perception experiment on chickens, showing chick wearing a rubber helmet with prisms in the eyepieces, 1953.
My caption: "Mommy told me to wear my safety helmet!"
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LIFE caption: A vision experiment being done on pigeons at Maryland University, May 1962
My caption: "I'm watching you!"
My caption: "I'm watching you!"
LIFE caption: Chicken playing baseball during an animal experiment, October 1948.
My caption: "Canz I play too?"
My caption: "Canz I play too?"
Comments
baseball chicken
"Come on guys! It's easier if ya'll play as skins!"
"Come on guys! It's easier if ya'll play as skins!"
Posted by Madd Maxx on 11/19/08 at 01:04 PM
If you're the kind of person who likes to browse through archives searching for weird stuff, it's pretty much a goldmine
IF we're that kind of person? I think that's a given, Alex!
IF we're that kind of person? I think that's a given, Alex!
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 11/19/08 at 01:35 PM
"Below are a few photos I found doing a search for bird experiments." Ummm.... why?
Posted by BikerPuppy on 11/19/08 at 04:04 PM
BikerPuppy -- Come on, who hasn't done the occasional image search for "bird experiments"? It's perfectly natural to be curious about these kinds of things. Just don't let your coworkers see what you're searching for.
Posted by Alex on 11/19/08 at 04:54 PM
Alex - don't let your coworkers see, but go ahead and post it on the web for all to see?
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 11/19/08 at 05:29 PM
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