Soon he stumbled upon content that was rich in information - newspapers - and began digitizing newspapers from microfilm. When they got positive feedback, he digitized some other materials. At first, Tryniski digitized postcards that he had received and placed them online. ![]() This project is a labor of love by a former IT executive, who has the skills, technology and time to created a growing archive. ![]() This isn't a library doing a project or some other organization. When I first heard about Tom Tryniski earlier in the summer, I was amazed that I hadn't heard of the project sooner. This has translated into the site being a popular destination for people who are doing research (more than 1.4 million hits in 30 days). That's more than 2.8 terabytes of content from 1837 to 2007. When I saw him, Tryniski has digitized over 6.12 million old New York State historical newspaper pages and would soon be placing another 1.3 million pages online. Yes, it started as a small postcard digitization program, but has grown to be so much more. ![]() ![]() During the summer, I ventured to Fulton, NY to visit the public library and to talk to Tom Tryniski, who runs the site " Old Fulton NY Post Cards." First of all, the site isn't really about postcards.
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