Ryerson university nets historic photo collection

slashgirl writes “‘Close to 300,000 original black-and-white photos spanning the 20th century, and first published in popular media such as Life magazine and The Saturday Evening Post, now belong to Toronto’s Ryerson University.

An anonymous donor who purchased the archives of the Black Star photojournalism agency – the world’s oldest of its kind – has given the collection to the university.’

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