Catch of the Day - Wikimedia Commons: History - 6 Jan 10

Wikimedia Commons: History is today's sumptuous catch


Wikimedia Commons: History is a media file repository making public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) available to everyone, many in their own language. Available languages include English, Spanish, German, French, Russian and many more.

History Subcategories Page

It is as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, but you do not need to belong to one of those projects to use media hosted here. The repository is created and maintained by volunteers.

Slavery Images Page

Wikimedia Commons: History only hosts media files such as photographs, scanned images, diagrams, animations, audio and video clips, along with any associated metadata. Wikimedia Commons: History hosts only free content, files that are either freely licensed or which are in the public domain.

DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: http://cmp.ly/0

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