We have something a little different for you in Photo of the Day today. A few readers pointed out to us yesterday that the Library of Congress now has their very own Flickr page, and they’ve been uploading all kinds of fantastic images from their archives as a way to share them easily with the public.

Above is a photo titled, Woman putting on her lipstick in a park with Union Station behind her, Washington, D.C., taken ca. 1943. Because many of these photos, such as this one, have very little identifying information — who took the photo and when, sometimes even the location and the subject matter — the Library is asking everyone to leave comments and tags on the images, to better catalog them (at least online) for reference. In fact many of the photographs, such as this one, have no known copyright restrictions, meaning these are indeed little gifts of history for the public to embrace. Take a stroll through history and check out their entire photostream; don’t forget to make them a Contact so you know when new photos are added.