btgoss
11-28-2008, 09:10 AM
Google, our future overlords, has been kind enough to place the Life Magazine photo archives online. While I am not certain if the project is complete, you can search it using a standard Google image search. The images are tagged with some major keywords, but they are not complete, so you might want to search around a bit to find something interesting.
Each image can be purchased from Life in a framed format.
(If you are aware if this feature, I apologize for taking your time.)
Here are two searches to get you started.
For Stock Cars
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=stock+car+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
For Auto Racing
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=auto+racing+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
To make your own search, just go to images.google.com
On the search line enter your topic and follow with "source:life"
So, looking for pictures of classic midgets would be done with
midget racing source:life
If you do that search, there is a classic picture of a midget on three wheels that is just awesome.
Also, I found a few very early Modified pictures, including one of an old Will Cagle coupe.
And JA. If you guys want to do a monthly Internet Find feature for Speedway Illustrated, just let me know. I pitched it to Stock Car and never heard back. :)
Each image can be purchased from Life in a framed format.
(If you are aware if this feature, I apologize for taking your time.)
Here are two searches to get you started.
For Stock Cars
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=stock+car+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
For Auto Racing
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=auto+racing+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
To make your own search, just go to images.google.com
On the search line enter your topic and follow with "source:life"
So, looking for pictures of classic midgets would be done with
midget racing source:life
If you do that search, there is a classic picture of a midget on three wheels that is just awesome.
Also, I found a few very early Modified pictures, including one of an old Will Cagle coupe.
And JA. If you guys want to do a monthly Internet Find feature for Speedway Illustrated, just let me know. I pitched it to Stock Car and never heard back. :)