This is a terrific development-- Google has started to post archived LIFE magazine photos online, in their online image database. The photos are terrific! Most are historical and give you an amazing glimpse into the eras gone by. So far, there are two million images online (so I've heard), with *only* eight million more to go. LIFE magazine was renowned for taking the most incredible photos. It's a history lesson just going through them. The quality is amazing-- this is one of my favorite "old" photos, taken in the early 1900s. It's the Tsar of Russia and his wife on their coronation day. (Nicolas and Alexandra and their children were brutally murdered by Leninists in 1917).

The image database is here. Everything is organized by decade, from the 1870s to the 1970s. It's pretty neat! Of course, I like the "usual" kinds of photos (presidential portraits, landmarks and buildings, etc), but the photos of everyday, average people living every, average lives are really great. I like photos that tell me what life was like back then, when things were slower and simpler, before the age of the superjet and Big Box coffee franchises. Take a peek, I'll bet you'll find it amazing!