"Life Mag is a bunch of SUCKAS, 4 reals. LOL"
From the Toronto Star:
A cache of “rare, unseen” photographs from Eva Braun’s private photo album that flashed across the Life magazine website are pictures publicly available since 1947 and the legendary photo magazine has been duped, the U.S. National Archives says.
“We’ve had them here since 1947,” Edward McCarter, head of still photography at the archives, told the Star on Thursday. “Anyone could see them for free.”[full article]
With all the fiscal woe and licensing news, it’s nice to see a library/archivist type makes waves for something this awesome.
Incidentally, it’s also not the first time people have fallen for a hoax like this.
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