Library of Congress Posts Photos on Flickr

Here's something neat that the Library of Congress is now doing: posting photos on Flickr with the hope that the general public will add value to the old photos by tagging them and commenting on them. Richard Koman at ZDNet has more. Here are the photos and here are the photos tagged baseball.

I didn't immediately notice any Chicago Cubs photos, but here's one of the great Christy Mathewson playing catch:

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Photos Tagged Chicago Cubs

There is now one photo of a Chicago Cubs player, former backup catcher Tom Needham, so there is a Chicago Cubs tag.