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The E-Sylum: Volume 02, Number 36, September 5, 1999, Article 9

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As reported by Larry Mitchell on the Numislit mailing list, "Folks interested in archival photographs of U.S. Mint operations will be pleased to know that NARA (National Archives & Records Administration) is slowly but surely making a selection of these photographs available via the web.

The NARA NAIL project (NARA Archival Information Locator) will locate archival material in any media, but the NAIL Digital Copies Search will be of especial interest to those of us who collect photographs of early numismatic activities. I just entered a search for "Mint" in "All Units" and "All Media" and pulled up 72 photographs of such things as "Photograph of San Francisco Mint employees in the Assayer's Office" and "Photograph of San Francisco Mint employees working on the account books." The primary address is:

http://www.nara.gov/nara/searchnail.html "

My favorite from the collection is "Photograph of destruction outside the San Francisco Mint after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire."

Beware - these pictures are large and take some time to download without a fast internet connection.

Wayne Homren, Editor

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