German national photographic archive to be posted to Wikipedia

The German government (who should be greatly applauded) has donated it's national photographic archive to the world and is in the process of putting them on Wikipedia (or rather to Wikimedia Commons) as this was judged the best way for the material to reach the public. 100,000 photographs have been made available, eventually it is hoped 11 million others will join them.

A trio of samples.


Frigate SMS Thetis


Otto Von Bismark


Berlin, Unter den Linden, Neubauten