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Historical Images Presentation:
Introduction
Text without images is plain (as illustrated here). A reader is often more drawn into an article or story if there are illustrations of some kind. Sometimes, the author does not want to draw attention away from the article, or does not feel the story requires any art. But in other cases, and especially on the Web, pictures and illustrations are preferred. The sources for art useable on the Web are varied and diverse, but if one needs historical pictures the field of choice is dramatically narrowed. Many pictures are part of the public domain, but just as many are not and must be handled through an agent company, such as Corbis or Getty. Most of these image sites are archives. They present original versions of the pictures or paintings for personal or commercial use. In the image captions, the amount of relevant data varies, but typically includes the artist/photographer, date of creation, and perhaps a bit about what the image shows. Interpretation is often left up to the user to determine if the item is suitable for their purposes. If more information about the item is required, contacts within each company or service are available. Since the user is already on the Web, they can also search the internet to find more background data.
This type of history in an electronic space is most beneficial. More people can access more paintings than in one museum, and can easily obtain them for a wide variety of uses.
