About 97 percent of Lifes archives have not been publicly seen, according to Life.

The photos can be printed out for free as long as they arent being used as part of an attempt to make money. Time Warner Inc., Lifes parent company, hopes to make money by selling high-resolution, framed prints. The orders will be processed through Qoop.com.

Lifes archives include photos from the Civil War as well as some of the most memorable moments from the 20th century, including the Zapruder film capturing John F. Kennedys assassination.

Google has been indexing a wide variety of information that previously wasnt available online as part of its efforts to lure even more traffic to its popular search engine. For the past four years, Google has been scanning millions of books stored in dozens of libraries around the world.

The Life partnership represents Googles biggest undertaking in professional photography. Google hopes to work out similar arrangements with the owners of other large photo archives, said R.J. Pittman, a director of product management.

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