Life Magazine images at google

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

Had to come back on this one guys, just spent last hour plus trying to locate photos in the search, used as many well known american names, places, battles and theatre of operations etc and well you have guessed it it cant regonise any thing. even the photos and dates on the home page dont work. My opinion is they have no idea how to load the site and with Goggle involved its hard to believe or they are pulling plonkers estimating 20.000.000 photos on the site what do you think

Les I used the 1940, 41, 42 etc behind things like Army & New Guinea or Normandy and got heaps of photos often up to the 200 limit.

Another thing to remember is you can get a real large image by clicking on the link at the bottom of the large photo that shows up when you click on the thumb nail.

[Les Freathy]

Thanks Cliff, tried em with army and dates got one i have given up now i waste to much time going nowhere with it how on earth can a huge American set up like this not reconise its own icons ie Hoover Dam or Alaskan Highway beggers belief
thanks
Les

[Rich Payne]

One of the things that worries me is that if Google is so obviously deficient here, what does that say about its' abilities in general ?

Why also, the 200 hits restriction ? The most powerful search engine in the world and it's less useful for shooting off at tangents than the IWM or the Canadian archives (to name but two)

A missed opportunity, I feel.

Rich

[Hanno Spoelstra]

The Martians have arrived!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

British made "Wasp" flame thrower mounted to a armored personnel carrier.
Location: France
Date taken: August 25, 1944

[Hanno Spoelstra]

British and South African Army engineers stopping for lunch at a chow wagon during their efforts to clear a way through the rubble of the devastated town of Cassino, site of hard fighting between Allies & Germans and heavy Allied bombardment.
Location: Cassino, Italy
Date taken: May 1944

[Hanno Spoelstra]

British and South African Army engineers using bulldozer to clear a road through the utterly devastated town of Cassino, site of hard fighting between Allies & Germans and very heavy Allied bombing.
Location: Cassino, Italy
Date taken: May 1944
Photographer: Carl Mydans