A History of Broadway's Greatest Photos Debut on Google Images from LIFE Magazine

By: Nov. 30, 2008
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Google announced on Tuesday, November 18th a new partnership with LIFE magazine that includes many treats for theatre fans. More than 10 million photos are in the process of being made available online, of which 97% have never before been seen by the public.

The overall collection of photos range from the Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination to Dahlstrom glass plates of New York but also included are thousands of photos from Broadway's Golden Age.

To search, click here.

Savvy BroadwayWorld.com message board members have already linked to images from many shows, click here for the thread. 

Pal Joey, Sweey Charity, Can Can, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Guys & Dolls, L'il Abner, The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Mame, Hello, Dolly!, A Streetcar Named Desire, 1776, Cabaret, The Music Man, Peter Pan, Damn Yankees, The Sound of Music, South Pacific and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum are just some of the many shows with photos available.

The LIFE Photo Archive on Google will be one of the largest professional photography collections on the Internet and one of the largest scanning projects ever conducted. Millions of images have been scanned and made available on Google Image Search and all 10 million images will be available in the coming months.

"LIFE will now reach a broader audience and engage them online with the incredible depth and breadth of the LIFE Photo Archive from serious world events, to Hollywood celebrities to whimsical photographs," said Andy Blau, LIFE's President.

All keywords were translated into 16 different languages.

"Bringing millions of never-before-seen offline images online aligns with Google's mission to organize all the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," said R.J. Pittman, Director of Product Management at Google.

The LIFE Photo Archive captures some of the most compelling events, people and places of the past two hundred years. They have enhanced Google Image Search to provide our users with a rich search and browse experience to explore these high quality historical images.

Professionally framed images can be purchased as well from LIFE magazine, on the site.


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