As the New York Times gradually digitizes its archival photo collection, the Grey Lady shares her storied past on the Times’s new tumblr, The Lively Morgue. The paper’s pictorial archive, comprised of approximately 2.3 million photographs and millions more in negatives, has long been referred to as “the morgue” as per its important role in obituary research. Photos will be added to the tumblr several times per week in an effort to secure the archive’s accessibility and survival into the increasingly digital future. - Maggie

As the New York Times gradually digitizes its archival photo collection, the Grey Lady shares her storied past on the Times’s new tumblr, The Lively Morgue. The paper’s pictorial archive, comprised of approximately 2.3 million photographs and millions more in negatives, has long been referred to as “the morgue” as per its important role in obituary research. Photos will be added to the tumblr several times per week in an effort to secure the archive’s accessibility and survival into the increasingly digital future.

- Maggie

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