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This nation's oldest newspaper, The Philadelphia Tribune (pictured), announced Monday that it is digitally archiving their entire photo collection, which includes more than 250,000 photos and spans 125 years.
The photographs, which were previously unpublished, showcase African-American life in and around Philadelphia from 1884, when the newspaper was founded. Of their new offering, Tribune President and CEO Robert Boyle said:
"These photos reflect the life and experiences of the African American community in both America and in the Philadelphia region."
The Tribune, also the largest newspaper to serve the African-American community, is using Advanced Imaging Archiving (AIA), a new digital image archiving and monetization service, to both restore and archive their expansive collection.
Cofounder and President Bob Pokress of Image Fortress, the company alongside Masterpiece Marketing Group who created the AIA, added:
"Their [the Tribune's] photo library provides a unique and historically vital perspective on the evolution of the history of our nation as well as a unique prism into the events and people in and around the Philadelphia metro region who have shaped and been shaped by that history."
The Tribune's photos will be available on the their website, Philly Connection, soon.
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