MAIN STREET BASICS:
Historic Image Resources
Where do you start?
Start with your local library, courthouse,
local historian or historical society.
Photographic Resources:
USPostcards.com— US States/N.C.
www.uspostcards.com/ccp0-stateshow/
NC.html
VintagePostcards.org— US States /
North Carolina
(This is a very limited set.)
www.vintagepostcards.org/unitedstates-north-carolina-c-22_204.html
UNC Library: Digital Collections
www.lib.unc.edu/digitalprojects.html#
Duke Library: The Urban Landscape
Collection
http://library.duke.edu/
digitalcollections/diap/
Images of America
These are books and collections of post
cards published by Arcadia Publishing.
They are available for purchase online:
www.arcadiapublishing.com/state/
North-Carolina
County Architectural Surveys
Your county may have an architectural
Survey, check the local library for a
copy. Or you can check with the State
Historic Preservation Office (SHPO):
www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/bldgsurv.htm
Mapping Resources:
UNC library—North Carolina Sanborn®
Fire Insurance Maps from
1880 to 1950
www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/
sanborn.html
UNC library— “Going to the Show”
Mapping Moviegoing in
North Carolina from
1896-1922
http://docsouth.unc.edu/gtts/index.html
Free Online Image Resizers:
Web Photo Resizerwww.webresizer.com
Postcard Images:
Pic Resize - www.picresize.com
Card Cow— US States & Towns/N.C.
www.cardcow.com/c/20227/northcarolina/
Moody’s Collectible Vintage
Postcards— US States Views/N.C.
http://stores.ebay.com/MoodysPostcards/North-Carolina-/_i.html?
_fsub=5226564015&_sid=777605&
_trksid=p4634.c0.m322
UNC Library: Digital Postcard
Collection
www.lib.unc.edu/dc/nc_post/
index.php?CISOROOT=/nc_post
Free Online File Sharing:
Transfer Big Files .com
This service does not require you to
download anything but the free version
has limitations. You can email up to 50
files (totaling 100 MB) to up to 20
recipients.
www.transferbigfiles.com
DropBox
This service requires you to download
a free program to your computer.
The free version has file size
limitations (2 GB).
www.dropbox.com
Gmail—Documents (“Drive”)/Photos/
Videos
A gmail account will allow you to
share and collaborate on a number
of file types - documents,
spreadsheets, photos and videos, etc.
www.gmail.com
Hotmail—Documents (“SkyDrive”)/
Photos / Videos
A free hotmail account will allow you
to share a number of file types documents, spreadsheets, photos
videos, etc.
www.hotmail.com
PipeBytes
This service does not require you to
download anything, requires no
account registration, and claims to
have no file size limitations.
http://host03.pipebytes.com/
FileDropper
This service does not require you to
download anything, requires no
account registration, but limits file
size to 5 GB.
www.filedropper.com
Fetch (Mac / Apple product)
This is a platform specific (Apple
only) application. Free trial only last
15 days.
*If you have a file sharing website that
you use and it works well, please let us
know what it is.
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