New BLM Web Site Provides Access to Historical Images
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the creation of a photographic database website from which the public may now view, print,
and download historical digital images from the agency’s digital photo library. The new site is designed to provide
access to more than 2,500 historical multiple-use images from BLM’s public lands. The BLM’s historical photo
library contains images from across the United States from 1890-1970. Many of the images highlight traditional
activities found on the public lands such as grazing and mining. In addition, photos of covered wagons,
homesteading, and surveying of the West can also be accessed. Read
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