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| Search the Saint Louis Universtiy Libraries Catalog by subject using your topic with
the subdivision of pictorial works. Example:
United States--Pictorial Works. Or search
by keywords such as illustrations, pictures,
or images. |
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Ad*Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
Digital pilot project from Duke University that contains images
from the Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing
History's "Competitive Advertisements Collection"
from the J. Walter Thompson Company Archives. Contains
over 7,000 ads from primarily U.S. publications dating between
1911 and 1955. The purpose of this project is to make
historical advertisements available for research and study.
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American Memory
Project
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
A very large digital project from the Library of Congress
that "provides free and open access through the Internet
to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and
moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document
the American experience." (text from site 1/05/05)
Topics covered include Advertising, African American
History, Architecture, Landscape, Cities &Towns, Culture
& Folklife, Environment & Conservation,
Government & Law, Immigration & American Expansion,
Literature, Maps, Native American History, Performing Arts
& Music, Presidents, Religion, Sports & Recreation,
Technology & Industry, War & the Military, and Women's
History.
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Encyclopedia
Smithsonian: Photography
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/photography.htm
Contains searchable and browseable images from items in the
Smithsonian Institution's collections. Images are in
color and are accompanied by information about the item such
as size and history.
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Forestry Images
http://www.forestryimages.org/
Includes pictures of silvicultural practices, forest plants,
forest pests, wildlife, invasive organisms, diseases, people,
places, and scenes. Images are copyrighted by either
the University of Georgia or the agency or photographer providing
the picture. However, "the images may be copied
and used, in whole or in part, for any non-profit, educational
purpose provided that all reproductions bear an appropriate
credit and copyright notice." Access to images
with 1536x1024 resolution or better requires registration
that is currently free.
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Great
Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/buildings.html
Provides photographic images, architectual drawings, and live
3-D walkthroughs of buildings and monuments in history around
the world. Additional software, "Design Workshop
Lite" is required for 3-D-walkthrough viewing.
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Images from the
History of Medicine
http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/
The History of Medicine Division of the National Library of
Medicine provides over 60,000 images scanned from its print
and photograph collection. Provides search and browse
methods to find an image on a particular topic. Use
must comply with U. S. Copyright law (Title 17, United States
Code).
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Nobel Foundation
Plant Image Gallery
http://www.noble.org/webapps/plantimagegallery/
From the Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundation, this site is aimed at persons who need to identify plants, specifically
botanists and ecologists in addition to students and teachers.
Currently includes images for 600 vascular plant species
primarily found in Oklahoma and Texas.
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NYPL DigitalGallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
From the New York Public Library, this collection contains over 550,000 images digitized from the New York Public Library's collections. Sources include "illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, [and] printed ephemera." (text from site 4/05/07)
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| NYPL Picture
Collection Online
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
The New York Public Library Picture Collection Online contains
30,000 digitized images from books, newspapers, and magazines
in addition to photographs, prints, and postcards primarily
pre-1923 that were selected fromThe New York Public Library,
Mid-Manhattan Library, Picture Collection, which began in
1915 to serve writers, illustrators, artists, teachers,
students, and the general public.
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Portrait
Gallery
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/portraits/index.html
From the Perry-Castaneda Library, University of Texas at Austin,
this collection of images consists of portraits of historical
figures such as Abigail Adams, Mark Twain, and Anne Bolyn.
All may be freely used since they are in the public domain.
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UNESCO
Publishing PHOTOBANK
http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/index.htm
A collection of images dating back to 1946 related to the
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's
areas of interest in education, science, culture, and communications.
Photographs may be added to a "basket" and ordered. Cost is not given.
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USASearch.gov
http://usasearch.gov/search?v%3Aproject=firstgov-images&v%3Aframe=
form&frontpage=
1&emptyquery=1
Search for images from the various U.S. Government Web sites.
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| Last updated April 5, 2007. |
