The British Library has continued to release images from its digitized collection, now bordering over one million images on public image-sharing platform Flickr, reports Quartz.  Since 2013, the institution?s ?Mechanical Curator? has been randomly selecting images or other pages from over 65,000 public-domain books from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.

"Through China with a Camera ... With ... illustrations". Image Courtesy of The British Library

The British Library has continued to release images from its digitized collection, now bordering over one million images on public image-sharing platform Flickr, reports Quartz.  Since 2013, the institution?s ?Mechanical Curator? has been randomly selecting images or other pages from over 65,000 public-domain books from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
"Homes of our Forefathers in Boston, Old England, and Boston, New England. From original drawings by E. Whitefield". Image Courtesy of The British Library

The treasure trove includes ?maps, drawings, illustrations, handwritten letters, diagrams, cartoons, comics, posters and decorative scrolls,? writes Quartz. As the images are curated randomly -- and due to the extreme volume -- the public has been called upon to help categorize the collection.  To date, the collection has had over 267 million views and over 400,000 tags have been added. 

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