SLNSW-UTS: a historical image dataset for image multi-labeling and retrieval

Abstract

This paper introduces a dataset of historical images created by the State Library of New South Wales and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). The dataset has a total of 29713 images with 119 unique labels. Each image contains multiple labels. We use a CNN-based framework to explore the feasibility of our dataset in image multi-labeling and retrieval research, and extract semantic level image features for future research use. The experiment results illustrate that effective deep learning models can be trained on our dataset. We also introduce five applications that can be studied on our historical image dataset.