Privacy

1915 DC sets no cookies and loads no third-party scripts, fonts, images or trackers; every photograph is served from this site. Links to the Library of Congress, Wikipedia and other sources take you to those sites, which have their own policies.

If this ever changes, for example if advertising or affiliate links are added, this page will say so before it happens.

Server logs

Like almost every website, the server keeps a log of requests: the time, the page requested, the referring page, the browser's user-agent string, and a shortened network address (the last part of the IP address is removed before anything is written, so the log cannot point to one connection). The log is used only to count visits and to stop abuse, is never shared or sold, and is deleted after 30 days. The legal basis under the GDPR is legitimate interest in running and securing the site.

The hosting proxy in front of this site (measured 2026-10-26): successful requests are not logged there. Requests that fail at the proxy are recorded with the visitor's IP address and browser user-agent, with cookies and authorization headers redacted, and are currently kept until the proxy is restarted. A retention limit for those records is under review.

On your device

If your browser supports it, the site installs a small service worker so pages you have visited still open offline. It stores pages and images only in your browser's cache, and you can clear it from your browser's site settings at any time.