accessCeramics is a growing collection of images of contemporary ceramics by recognized artists. It is designed for use by artists, arts educators, scholars and the general public, and is intended to fill a void in contemporary ceramics digital image collections on the web. The images and metadata are held within the Flickr photo sharing system, and accessible through this website as well as the Flickr interface. Submissions are juried by a curatorial board, which currently consists of the founders of the Collection, Ted Vogel (Assistant Professor of Art, Program Head in Ceramics, Department of Art, Lewis & Clark College) and Margo Ballantyne (Visual Resources Curator, Watzek Library, Lewis & Clark College). The curatorial board will be expanded in the future.

The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, providing a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies through images preserved in one particular advertising collection available at Duke University. The advertisements are from the J. Walter Thompson Company Competitive Advertisements Collection of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History in Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.

AICT “is a personal, non-profit project of its author, art historian and visual resources curator Allan T. Kohl . AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public at large. The images displayed on this site have been photographed on location by the author, who consents to their use in any application that is both educational and non-commercial in nature.” (AICT)

This collection contains records for over 1,600,000 objects from the British Museum in London, England. The database is in its early stages and new images are being added weekly. To search for images, select “Search the collection database” on the left. If you want to use an image select “Use Digital Image” link for terms of use.

Search for Illustrators, browse images, job board, artists blogs and the Directory of Illustration magazine.

A steadily growing digital image sampler and browsing resource for the vast photography holdings of George Eastman House.

Search over 4,000 high-resolution images documenting modern American illustration. Search by art studios, subject, or by illustrators names. These images have rights reserved.

American Memory 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. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

Search over 3,500 images documenting American history since the mid-1800’s. You may download high-resolution images or participate in the project by adding your own tags. Photos are public and have no known copyright restrictions.

"Mike Wallace rose to prominence in 1956 with the New York City television interview program, Night-Beat, which soon developed into the nationally televised prime-time program, The Mike Wallace Interview. Well prepared with extensive research, Wallace asked probing questions of guests framed in tight close-ups. The result was a series of compelling and revealing interviews with some of the most interesting and important people of the day."

"Copyright of all of the interviews is held by Mike Wallace, who generously agreed to allow the Ransom Center to present them here in their entirety. Any further use of this material requires the permission of both Mike Wallace and the Ransom Center." (Harry Ransom Center, the University of Texas at Austin)

A source for free high resolution digital stock photography on a variety of subjects.

A government-sponsored information source. Use for researching family history, verifying a veteran’s military service, or researching a historical topic that interests you.

The National Museum of American History collects artifacts of all kinds—from gowns to locomotives—to preserve for the American people an enduring record of their past. The Museum has more than 3 million artifacts in its collection. Information and photos of selected objects is available in the online collections database. The database is a work-in-progress and new items will be added regularly. A separate database covers archival collections.

NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 480,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.

Free stock photography database. Create a free account and download high-resolution images for free. Search by keyword or by tags. The condition of use for images in the Open Photo database is attribution (give credit as described in the attribution box next to each image).

Includes hundreds of political cartoons published in the United States and Europe from 1800 through the first decades of the 20th century.

Generations of remarkable Americans are kept in the company of their fellow citizens at the National Portrait Gallery. The Gallery presents the wonderful diversity of individuals who have left–and are leaving–their mark on our country and our culture. Through the visual and performing arts, we celebrate leaders such as George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., artists such as Mary Cassatt and George Gershwin, activists such as Sequoyah and Rosa Parks, and icons of pop culture such as Babe Ruth and Marilyn Monroe. They all link us to our past, our present, and our future. For anyone fascinated by famous Americans and their stories, the National Portrait Gallery is a must-visit destination.

The Comer Archive of Chicago in the Year 2000 (CITY2000) includes half a million photographs created in the year 2000 with the support of the not-for-profit Comer Foundation. They document every feature of a vibrant metropolis through its millennial year. More than 200 photographers recorded the people of Chicago in every feature of their public and social lives as well as the buildings and landscape they occupied. In their own words, the project's creators brilliantly captured what they did: "Every day we hope to surprise ourselves and our viewers with what we find. We will take thrilling photographs. We will stop time." The site currently contains 9321 high quality images.

he Farber Gravestone Collection is an unusual resource containing over 13,500 photographic images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones, most of which were made prior to 1800, in the Northeastern part of the United States. The late Daniel Farber of Worcester, Massachusetts, and his wife, Jessie Lie Farber, were responsible for the largest portion of the collection. This online version of the Farber Gravestone Collection is sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society. The Web site and online image database have been created by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates.

"Mike Wallace rose to prominence in 1956 with the New York City television interview program, Night-Beat, which soon developed into the nationally televised prime-time program, The Mike Wallace Interview. Well prepared with extensive research, Wallace asked probing questions of guests framed in tight close-ups. The result was a series of compelling and revealing interviews with some of the most interesting and important people of the day."
"Copyright of all of the interviews is held by Mike Wallace, who generously agreed to allow the Ransom Center to present them here in their entirety. Any further use of this material requires the permission of both Mike Wallace and the Ransom Center." (Harry Ransom Center, the University of Texas at Austin)

“VADS is the online resource for visual arts. It has provided services to the academic community for 11 years and has built up a considerable portfolio of visual art collections comprising over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in teaching, learning and research in the UK.” (VADS)

Biographies of designers and images of their fashion designs. Collection of 60s fashions includes Mary Quant, Pierre Cardin, and Balenciaga, among others.

Wikimedia Commons is a media repository that is created and maintained by volunteers.

It provides a central repository for freely licensed photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text, video clips, and media of all sorts.

Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others.