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The Baltimore Sun Begins Digitally Preserving and Selling Original Photos From Its Historic Photographic Collection of Images

Tuesday 29. March 2011 - The Baltimore Sun has begun creating a digital archive of its entire historic photographic library of 2 million photos and marketing the original prints to consumers, collectors, photo enthusiasts and historians.

“Our photo archive documents life in Maryland over the years and captures some of the most poignant moments in our history, both locally and nationally,” said Tim Thomas, Baltimore Sun Media Group senior vice president of business development. “We’re now making this treasure trove available to the public.”
The Baltimore Sun is using the Advanced Image Archiving (AIA) service, created as a joint venture between Image Fortress Corp. and Masterpiece Marketing Group, to digitally archive its entire historic photographic library of images and then market the original edition photos worldwide. To date, approximately 200,000 of the Sun’s collection of original vintage photos have been digitized and digitally archived by Image Fortress.
A photo of the 1923 Yankees featuring Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig recently fetched $4,400. Other popular high-ticket photo subjects include Triple Crown winners War Admiral and Secretariat, as well as Army-Navy football games and Marilyn Monroe.
The Photos Section of BaltimoreSunStore.com features an image database for consumers to buy photo reprints of historic local events, long-gone venues, and slice-of-life settings captured by photographers like A. Aubrey Bodine.