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[Nara National Museum] |
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150 years of advertising in the Netherlands |
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19th-century American trade card |
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19th-Century Photography of Ancient Greece |
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19th-Century Photography of Ancient Greece "Illustrates approximately 200 nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographs of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Focusing on Greece, Asia Minor, the Aegean islands, Cyprus, South Italy, and Sicily, these images belong to the Getty Research Institute's Gary Edwards Collection." |
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Ad*Access The Ad*Access Project provides access to digital images of over 7000 print advertisements published primarily in the United States and Canada between 1911 and 1957 |
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Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection |
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America from the Great Depression to World War II photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 / "The images in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection are among the most famous documentary photographs ever produced. Created by a group of U.S. government photographers, the images show Americans in every part of the nation. In the early years, the project emphasized rural life and the negative impact of the Great Depression, farm mechanization, and the Dust Bowl. In later years, the photographers turned their attention to the mobilization effort for World War II. The core of the collection consists of about 164,000 black-and-white photographs. This release provides access to nearly 45,000 of these images; future additions will expand the black-and-white offering. The FSA-OWI photographers also produced about 1600 color photographs during the latter days of the project." |
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American cinema. Episodes 1-13 An epic analysis of the American motion picture industry that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics |
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American Indians of the Pacific Northwest digital collection "This site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics ... The digital database includes over 2,300 original photographs as well as over 3,800 pages from the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior from 1851 to 1908 and six Indian treaties negotiated in 1855. Secondary sources include 89 articles from the Pacific Northwest quarterly and 23 University of Washington publications in anthropology." |
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American variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment, 1870-1920 / Multimedia collection containing digitized versions of selected Library of Congress holdings. Represents diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Includes 334 English and Yiddish language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, sixty-one motion pictures, and 143 photographs and twenty-nine memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini Part of the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress |
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Ancient Near East photograph collection Contains over 350 images of archaeological sites, artifacts and structures from the Middle East, specifically Egypt and Israel, dating from 3000 BCE to 200 CE |
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Armchair travel in India c1900 the stereoscopic experience This Web site contains 103 stereoscopic views from a set which is in the Ames Library of South Asia |
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Arthur Churchill Warner photographs Selected photographs of Seattle, Alaska and Mount Rainier taken by Arthur Churchill Warner, drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Ashida bunko kochizu korekushon |
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Asian historical architecture a photographic survey "A photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage. Here you can view over 6500 photos of 461 sites in seventeen countries, with background information and virtual tours." |
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Battle of Midway |
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Bauhaus-Archiv Museum of Design Offers overview to ideas espoused by the Bauhaus school; provides details about the museum and its mission. Contains brief essays on Bauhaus work in: plastic arts, architecture, photography, and art. Offers general overview of the Bauhaus Museum's holdings for persons interested in traveling to Germany to do research. Offers no searchable archive of the museum's collections |
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Beazley Archive The Beazley Archive is a research unit of the University of Oxford's Faculty of Literae Humaniores. This web site provides access to photographs, notes, drawings and books relating to ancient Greek and Roman art. The photographs of Athenian vases are the largest archive of this class in the world and were the basis of John Beazley's life's work |
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Between liberation space and time of need, 1945-1950 rare literary works from the Korean collection of the University of Washington Libraries Full-text of works that were on exhibit in the Allen Library from May 10, 2006 through August 31, 2006 |
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Boston African Americana Project A searchable database of over five hundred digitized documents relating to African Americans, falling broadly within the categories of slavery, the abolition movement, free blacks, the Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction, rural life, urban life, social life, advertising, and depictions of men, women, and children. The collection consists of broadsides, caricatures, illustrations, manuscripts, pamphlets, political cartoons, portraits, and views. Materials span the years 1770 to 1950, with the bulk of the collection falling around 1865 |
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Bridging World history. Episodes 1-26 A multimedia site that looks at global patterns through time seeing history as an integrated whole. Topics are studied in a general chronological order, but each is examined through a thematic lens, showing how people and societies experience both integration and differences. The course videos feature interviews with leading world history textbook authors and nationally known historians. The Web site includes an archive of over 1000 primary source documents and artifacts, journal articles from the Journal of World History and other publications, and a thematic interactive activity on interrelationships across time and place |
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British Pathe |
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Built in America historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) "The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories." Part of American Memory |
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By the people, for the people posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 / The Library of Congress WPA Poster collection, produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, was designed to publicize health and safety programs, cultural programs, travel and tourism, educational programs, and community activities in seventeen states and the District of Columbia |
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Calvin F. Todd photographs Selected photographs of Seattle taken by Calvin F. Todd, drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Centralia massacre collection Digitized collection of pamphlets, leaflets and letters, originally held by the now defunct I.W.W. Seattle Office, focuses on the Centralia Massacre of 1919 in Centralia, Washington |
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Chinese cultural studies images / Images selected to accompany the Brooklyn College course Core 9 Chinese Culture include images of maps, art, historical sites, archaeology, divinities, stereotypes, and technology |
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Chinese in California 1850-1925 / "The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California from 1850 to 1925 through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter. These documents describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions. They also document the specific contributions of Chinese immigrants to commerce and business, architecture and art, agriculture and other industries, and cultural and social life in California." |
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Chininjin yoksa munhwa sirij Provides access to multimedia series about Korean, Western, and ancient history and art |
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Civil War treasures from the New-York Historical Society Drawn from the New-York Historical Society's archival collections documenting the Civil War, the collection features recruiting posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and drawings and writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides |
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Civil Works Administration photographs Selected photographs of the public works projects of the Civil Works Administration during the 1929 Great Depression drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Creswell archive Contains images taken by K.A.C. Creswell, an eminent pioneer of medieval Islamic architectural history, who bequested his negative collection to the Ashmolean Museum Department of Eastern Art. Many of these images were used to illustrate Creswell's Early Muslim Architecture, and Muslim Architecture of Egypt |
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D.O.A When a man (Edmund O'Brien) is given a lethal dose of slow-acting poison, he frantically seeks to learn the truth as to why he was poisoned and by whom |
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Dai Nihon enkaiyochi zenzu |
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Database of early photographs |
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December 7th |
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Department of the Environment and Heritage's online image database This image database contains images the Australian Dept. of the Environment and Heritage owns and that are copyright cleared and available free of charge for use by the media, students, and industry organizations (but not for use in advertising or other commercial purposes). Includes links to other Dept. of the Environment and Heritage image databases |
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Don Bain's virtual guidebooks "This site features nearly 3000 virtual reality panoramas. These amazing photographs show you exactly what it is like to be in a particular spot - you can look in any direction, as well as up and down, and zoom in and out. It's the next best thing to being there." |
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Dr. Seuss went to war a catalog of political cartoons / Online exhibit of 388 political cartoons published by Dr. Seuss in the New York newspaper PM during the years 1941-1943. The exhibition is organized chronologically. Richard H. Minear has written the introduction to the exhibition |
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Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian photographic images Includes the complete digitized set of historical photographs taken by E.S. Curtis in the early decades of the twentieth century and published in the 20-volume set The North American Indian, 1907-1930. The collection is searchable by keyword and browsable by geographic location, tribal affiliation, or subject term (for artifacts, activities, social status, etc.). Also included are a chronology of the life of Curtis, as well as maps and essays placing Curtis' work in context by Mick Gidley, David R.M. Beck, and Gerald Vizenor |
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eKokuho |
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Everett massacre collection "This collection, documenting labor's perspective of the 1916 Everett Massacre and its aftermath, currently holds 39 articles from the Seattle Union Record as well as 49 other items including pamphlets, fliers, hand- and typewritten works, postcards and a photograph." |
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Fashion plate collection Digital images drawn from the Fashion plate collection and Journal des dames et des modes, both in the Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives division of the University of Washington Libraries. Also included is an excerpt from the book Dame fashion by Julius M. Price, 1913 |
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Fear in the night A man suffering from a strange nightmare (Kelley) discovers he has been hypnotized into commiting a murder |
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) photographs Selected photographs of the public works projects of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration during the 1929 Great Depression drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Federal theatre project poster slides "The Federal Theatre Project Poster Slides Collection contains 595 different 35-mm slides taken from original posters. These images are of the original designs used on posters to advertise FTP plays in many different American cities from 1935 to 1939." |
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Fighting Lady |
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Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India Filma Prabhaga The Films Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting maintains an archive of Indian films (8,000 documentaries, short films, and animation films) and provides facilities for motion picture production. The Web site contains information on programs and activities such as the Mumbai International Film Festival, press releases, recent annual report and information about the archives and production facilities. There are also short films and clips available via streaming video |
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Frank H. Nowell photographs, ca. 1901-1908 Primarily consists of photographic prints taken by Alaska photographer Frank H. Nowell of towns, mining camps and operations, businesses, modes of transportation, and native people in and around Nome, Alaska, following the gold rush of 1900. Included are images of Eskimos; steamships; reindeer; streets; dog teams; freighting operations; and various establishments such as schools, hotels, shops, telegraph stations, government buildings, churches, and hospitals. Locations photographed include Nome, Teller, Cape Prince of Wales, Juneau, Sitka, and Dawson |
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FWS online video U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's multimedia portal, offering a wide variety of video and audio products |
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G.I. Jones photographic archive of southeastern Nigerian art and culture Archive of more than 300 photographs taken during the 1930s by G.I. Jones of the University of Cambridge |
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Galloway-Stone River Expedition, 1909 |
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George & Ira Gershwin the offical web site Web site documenting the lives of songwriting brothers George and Ira Gershwin. Includes biographical information, photos, sound files, notes on selected films and musicals, and bibliographical references |
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George Grantham Bain collection "The George Grantham Bain Collection represents the photographic files of one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. The photographs Bain produced and gathered for distribution through his news service were worldwide in their coverage, but there was a special emphasis on life in New York City. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1900s to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and as late as the 1930s." |
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Gold rush centennial photographs, 1893-1916 a catalog of selected gold rush views at the Alaska State Library / Photos of life in the Klondike during the gold rush, from the collection at the Alaska State Library |
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Governors of Washington State This database contains information on governors of the Washington Territory and State. Information includes the governor's political affiliation, when he or she assumed office, terms served, the governor's date of birth and death if known, and photographs or other images |
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Grand Army of the Republic Civil War portraits Images from an album of photographic portraits held by Seattle Public Library and scanned by the University of Washington Libraries. The site contains images of some unidentified portraits that you can help identify |
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Grand Coulee Dam collection The collection contains over 220 digital images of photographs and text documenting the creation of the Grand Coulee Dam, which was built during the first half of the twentieth century. Included are images of the Work Projects Administration work camps, land clearing activities, the moving of towns, and the dam construction itself. Also presented are documents outlining arguments both for and against this enormous undertaking |
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Harappa glimpses of South Asia before 1947 Photographs, lithographs, slides, movies, and sounds are presented, focusing on primarily two historical periods of Indian history, the last century or so of the Raj and the Indus Valley civilization |
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Henry M. Sarvant photographs |
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History of the American West, 1860-1920 photographs fdrom the collection of the Denver Public Library / "Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the Western History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public Library, illuminate many aspects of the history of the American West. Most of the photographs were taken between 1860 and 1920. They illustrate Colorado towns and landscape, document the place of mining in the history of Colorado and the West, and show the lives of Native Americans from more than forty tribes living west of the Mississippi River. Also included are World War II photographs of the 10th Mountain Division, ski troops based in Colorado who saw action in Italy."--Home page |
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History of the Indian tribes of North America : with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs / |
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History of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge |
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hitch-hiker The only true 'film noir' ever directed by a woman, this thriller is a tension-packed, three-way dance of death about two middle-class American homebodies on vacation in Mexico on a long-awaited fishing trip. When they pick up a hichhiker, their car and their lives are commandeered by him |
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Hudson's Bay Company digital collection Collection numerisee de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson Exhibit of images of artifacts of Canadian history, particularly aboriginal cultures and exploration |
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IDP International Dunhuang Project An international collaboration to present more than 100,000 pre-11th century manuscripts, paintings, and artifacts from Dunhuang and other Silk Road sites. Items are include bibliographies, maps, photographs, etc., each searchable in a variety of ways |
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Illustrated Shakespeare Collection "Includes heavily illustrated versions of Shakespeare published in twelve works between 1826 and 1919. Some text, such as picture captions, title pages, dialogue, and synopses of plays, but concentration is on images produced by an array of technologies available in the 19th and early 20th century. Fully searchable, provided by University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries." |
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Image database of Ukiyoe and Edo castle |
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Images from the Philippine-United States War Photographs, illustrations, and maps from the turn-of-the-century war |
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Images of empire |
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Images of Kansas City |
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Impact Millionaire industrialist Walter Williams is marked for murder by his wife and her lover. When the plot ends in a fiery disaster, Williams is thought dead. In reality, he finds himself without a clue of who he is or what happened. As his memory returns, his life becomes a roller coaster ride of suspense and excitement |
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Inner sanctum A woman in a train is told a story by a clairvoyant about a man who kills his fiance and, when he disposes of her body in the back of a train he is seen by a young boy. The man then finds himself trapped by flooding in the small town where he committed the murder and finds himself staying at the boy's home |
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International collections database Selected photographs and postcards in the University of Washington Special Collections Division from Asia and South America including scenes from China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan, 1870s-1930s. Represented are historical events, typical street scenes and native people in traditional dress |
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Internet mission photography archive Historical images from Protestant and Catholic missionary collections during the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The photographs record missionary endeavors and reflect the missionaries' experience of communities and environments abroad. Consists of parts of the photo archives of the Moravian Church, the Leipzig Mission, the Catholic Foreign Missionary Society of America, Inc., the Norweigian Missionary Society, the School of Oriental and African Studies, and Yale University Divinity School Day Mission Library |
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Jackson Davis Photographic Database Collection The Jackson Davis Collection consists of approximately 4,000 photographs of African-American educational scenes in the southern United States, as well as several hundred scenes taken in Liberia,the southern United States, Congo, and other African countries. The U.S. photographs were taken by Jackson Davis during the period ca. 1915-1930 when he was affiliated with the General Education Board in New York, New York. Davis served as a field agent, as the board's general field agent, as associate director in 1933 and as vice-president and director in 1946 |
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Japanese historical maps The Japanese Historical Map Collection contains about 2,300 early maps of Japan and the World. The collection was acquired by the University of California from the Mitsui family in 1949, and is housed on the Berkeley campus in the East Asian Library. Represented in this online collection are about 100 maps and books from this Collection. The maps were selected by Yuki Ishimatsu, Head of Japanese Collections at the East Asian Library, and scanned and put online by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates. The project was initiated by Peter Zhou, Director of the East Asian Library. Funding and project management is provided by Cartography Associates and the East Asian Library |
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John E. Thwaites photographs Digital images of scenes in the Aleutian Islands, the Unga Peninsula, Kodiak Island, Prince William Sound and Bristol Bay. Salmon packing plants, codfish stations, Aleutian natives, Eskimos, maritime accidents, and small coastal towns and the details of Alaska life are often the subjects. Drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Kansas City confidential (1952) |
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King County snapshots a photographic heritage of Seattle and surrounding communities "King County Snapshots presents King County, Washington, through 12,000 historical images carefully chosen from twelve organizations' collections. These cataloged 19th and 20th century images portray people, places, and events in the county's urban, suburban, and rural communities." |
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Koshashin detabesu |
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Lawrence Denny Lindsley photographs Selected photographs of Washington State taken by Lawrence Denny Lindsley, drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Lee Pickett photographs, ca. 1911-1940s The Lee Pickett collection documents scenes and people from Snohomish, King, and Chelan Counties in Washington State from the early 1900s to the 1940s. Local industries, such as the Heybrook Lumber Co. and Index Granite Works, are also depicted, and a large number of the photographs reflect the program undertaken by the Great Northern Railway Company in the 1920s to improve the line over the Cascade Mountains |
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Lewis and Clark in Washington Traces the path of the Lewis and Clark Expedition through Washington State |
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Magnificent views & vistas Mountaineers climbs 1912-1916 |
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Meijiki Nihon Shashin - Nagasaki University |
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Memphis Belle |
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Metis Quick Time Virtual reality tours of many Greek archeaological sites |
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Minnesota Historical Society visual resources database photographs, art, posters, fine art photographs Information about photographs, artwork, posters, and fine art photographs from the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society are included in this database. These historical collections visually represent Minnesotans, their lives, landscapes, leisure and occupations from the pre-territorial period to the present |
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Modern Photographers Collection Images from photographers who were active in the Pacific Northwest community from the late 1920's to the present, drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Mountaineers Collection Photographs and text from selected albums of the Mountaineers, a Seattle mountaineering society, drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Moving Here 200 years of migration to England "Moving Here provides free online access to resources which record and illustrate the migration of the Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian Communities to England over the past two centuries." |
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Moving image collection One to four minute film clips from home movies, industrial films, documentaries, news footage, and art films dating from 1915 to the 21st Century selected from University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections Division. Searchable by keyword or category |
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Napoleonic satires a Brown University library digital collection A collection of fully searchable, digitized Napoleonic satiric prints housed in the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection of the John Hay Library of Brown University. As with other types of military memorabilia, these printed images were effective weapons at the time, usually depicting Napoleon in a negative light. While the bulk of the collection is comprised of British satires, prints from other countries such as France, Germany, and Russia are also included. The satires are in JPG and MrSid formats for distribution via the Web. Each scanned image also includes a descriptive cataloging record created using VRA |
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National Museum of Japanese history |
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National Museum of Japanese History [image collection] |
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Netflix Netflix, Inc. is the world's largest online movie rental service, offering subscribers access to 85,000 titles and more than 55 million DVDs. The website contains a browse feature to search for movies by genre, new releases, top 100 or critics' picks |
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New Deal stage selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939 / Playscripts, production materials, photographs and administrative records selected from the output of a New Deal WPA arts project. Part of the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress |
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NYPL Digital Gallery Provides access to over 415,000 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 |
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Old maps of Nagasaki - Registration required |
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Oliver S. Van Olinda photographs and ephemera, 1884-1946 (bulk 1890-1919) The collection consists primarily of images of Vashon Island and Whidbey Island, along with a few images of Seattle and other Puget Sound communities, such as Port Townsend, Bremerton, and Puyallup. The photographs provide a glimpse of early pioneer activities, industries and occupations, recreation, street scenes, ferries, and boat traffic in the Puget Sound region at the turn of the 20th century. Also included are photographs of Native American activities such as a potlatch and a reburial ceremony, both on Whidbey Island. Most of the photographs were taken by Oliver S. Van Olinda |
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Olympic Peninsula Community Museum a web-based museum showcasing aspects of the rich history and culture of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula communities |
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Panic in the streets One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. When Dr. Reed confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague he must find and inoculate the killers |
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Panoramic photographs taking the long view, 1851-1991 The Panoramic Photograph Collection contains approximately four thousand images featuring American cityscapes, landscapes, and group portraits. These panoramas offer an overview of the nation, its enterprises and its interests, with a focus on the start of the twentieth century when the panoramic photo format was at the height of its popularity. Subject strengths include: agricultural life; beauty contests; disasters; engineering work such as bridges, canals, and dams; fairs and expositions; military and naval activities, especially during World War I; the oil industry; schools and college campuses, sports, and transportation. The images date from 1851 to 1991 and depict scenes in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. More than twenty foreign countries and a few U.S. territories are also represented. These panoramas average between twenty-eight inches and six feet in length, with an average width of ten inches |
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pay off Star Chronicle reporter Brad McKay is assigned to uncover the truth when key prosecuter Lloyd Pearson is brutally murdered. The investigation keeps taking unexpected turns, and noone is what they seem to be |
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Photodatabase related to Japanese literature = Nihon Kindai bungakukan "Database of photography related to Japanese modern literature." |
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Photographs and graphics collection Web page describing the holdings of the photographs and graphics collection in the UW Libraries Special Collections Division, which houses over 600,000 documentary images of (primarily) the history, geography, arts, and industries of the Pacific Northwest in a variety of materials, including photographs, architectural plans, artwork and ephemera. Such topics as Native Americans, fishing and logging industries, the Klondike gold rush, and mountaineering are well represented. Included are the works of early notable Washington Territory and regional photographers such as Edward S. Curtis, Asahel Curtis, Eric. A. Hegg and Clark Kinsey |
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Photographs from the Chicago daily news, 1902-1933 Presents images of urban life in or near Chicago, Illinois, captured on glass plate negatives between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News, then one of Chicago's leading newspapers. The photographs feature a variety of topics and events covered in the newspaper as well as politicians, actors, and other prominent people who stopped in Chicago during their travels and individual athletes and sports teams who came to Chicago |
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Picture Collection Online Picture Collection Online (PCO) is a select group of images from The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection. Covering over 12,000 subjects, the Picture Collection is an extensive circulating collection and reference archive. It is a collection of 30,000 digitized, public domain images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. It consists of images of New York City, Costume, Design, American History and other s |
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Prior and Norris photograph and ephemera collection, 1886-1915 223 photographs and 14 items of ephemera (brochures, stationery, bankbook, advertising flier, postcards, salary statement, handwritten sketches, theater ticket, and union member card) documenting the careers of Pat Prior and Effie Norris as well as the history of vaudeville. Consists of three parts, the first documenting the careers of Prior and Norris themselves. The second includes photographs and publicity postcards of individual performers (many of them friends and colleagues of Prior and Norris) and vaudeville acts of the late 1800s and early 1900, including Eddie Foy. The third part consists of vaudeville stage production images, the most significant being of the Fanchon and Marco productions. Among the many photographers whose work is included in the collection is Baker Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio |
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Rare materials exhibition, Kyoto University Digital Library |
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Report from the Aleutians |
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Ringling Collection images of 19th century actors and actresses Digitized cabinet cards, postcards, and photographs of 19th century American and British actors and actresses. Site searchable by names, dates, themes, and boolean combinations. Useful also as a source of images of period clothing and hairstyles |
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Sayre database "The J. Willis Sayre collection consists of more than 24,000 photographs of theatrical and vaudeville performers, as well as musicians and motion picture scenes, that played in Seattle between about 1900 and 1955 (some of the materials date back to the 1870s). The collector was J. Willis Sayre: drama critic, journalist, promoter. This database includes the data for all images in the database, but only includes links to digital images that are not under copyright restrictions |
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scar Paul Henreid is a cunning criminal whose medical school specialty in mental disorders is about to come in handy. After being released from prison, he sets up a job to rob the local casino that is controlled by the mob. The job is bungled, and his identity becomes known. By chance he stumbles across a psychologist who has a striking resemblance to himself, except for a scar across his face. He concocts a diabolical plot to exchange identities, but he overlooks a thing or two along the way |
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Scarlet Street (1945) |
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Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection A selection images of hydroelectric power and water supply facilities built in Washington State from the late 1890s to the 1950s drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Special Collections Division |
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Selected Civil War photographs Includes 1,118 b&w photographs of Civil War encampments, battlefields and portraits as captured by Mathew Brady and other photographers. Part of the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress |
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siege and commune of Paris, 1870-1871 A searchable database of over 1200 digitized photographs and images recorded during the Siege and Commune of Paris circa 1871. The originals are located in the Deering Library at Northwestern University |
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Social issues photograph collection, ca. 1870s- An ongoing collection of historical images from the western United States and the Pacific Northwest, with particular emphasis on Washington State, that focuses on political and social topics such as women's issues; labor and government; prohibition; legislative assemblies; socialist colonies in Washington State; leisure activities such as camping, hiking and mountaineering; and ethnic groups, especially Japanese and Chinese Americans, and the World War II Japanese internment centers of Camp Harmony (Puyallup, Washington) and Minidoka (Hunt, Idaho) |
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Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures Summary: Motion pictures of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution produced between 1898 and 1901 are featured in this presentation, released to coincide with the centennial of the sinking of the battleship U.S.S. Maine. The complete collection will include 68 motion pictures and a selection of sound recordings related to the war; 53 motion pictures are included in this first release. |
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Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures Motion pictures of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution produced between 1898 and 1901 are featured in this presentation. Actualities and reenactments in Cuba, the Philippines and the United States include scenes of troops, ships, notable figures, parades and other war-time events. Sound recordings of popular songs related to the war will be added in the future. Part of the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress |
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Suffering under a great injustice Ansel Adams's photographs of Japanese-American internment at Manzanar Collection of more than 200 Ansel Adams's photographs of Manzanar. Part of American Memory |
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge collection More than 152 images and text documenting the infamous collapse in 1940 of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Also covers "Galloping Gertie's" creation, subsequent studies involving its aerodynamics, and finally the construction of a second, replacement bridge spanning the Narrows. Images and text are drawn from collections of the University of Washington Special Collections and the Museum of History and Industry |
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Tacoma Public Library Photography Database Searchable collection of more than 40,000 photographs depicting Tacoma and PNW history |
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Theatre in video - UW restrictedContains performances of the world's leading plays and film documentaries on the subject of theater in streaming video. Some plays presented in multiple productions exemplifying various interpretations of the text, and technical and cultural differences among the presentations. Stage work of directors and actors are cross-searchable and available for side-by-side comparison. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances, provide illustration of the development of texts and the productions. Includes the complete works of Shakespeare as produced by the BBC and other theatrical companies |
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Theodore E. Peiser photographs Selected photographs taken by Theodore E. Peiser of Seattle, U.S. Army soldiers between 1880 and 1907, drawn from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division |
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Thomas Prosch Seattle photograph album, ca. 1851-1906 Photographic albums containing 169 images collected and annotated by Seattle pioneer Thomas Prosch ca. 1910. The albums trace the early history of Seattle and vicinity; images include the Seattle Fire of 1889, early businesses, Seattle street scenes, and pioneer families and their homes. The photographs were taken by local photographers, among them Asahel Curtis, Webster and Stevens, George Moore, John P. Soule, Theodore E. Peiser, and the Peterson Bros |
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Thomas Prosch Washington State photograph album, ca. 1858-1903 Photographic album containing 101 images collected and annotated by Thomas Prosch. Images document scenes in Eastern Washington, especially the Wenatchee and Chelan regions, and Seattle's early history, including Seattle street scenes and architecture and the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. Photographers include Boyd and Braas, Theodore E. Peiser, Carleton Watkins, and the Peterson Bros |
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Tokyo National Museum catalog |
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Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century "This digital collection presents 7,949 publicity brochures, promotional advertisements and talent circulars for some 4,546 performers who were part of the Chautauqua circuit." Part of American Memory |
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Tropical America "Tropical America is an online game that fuses the new world of video games to a compelling past through a journey to unravel the mysteries of the Americas. Your journey begins as the sole survivor of a terrible massacre - you must find four pieces of evidence to bring justice to the memory of your small village. Developed in collaboration with Los Angeles artists, teachers, writers and high school students, the game features a bilingual, thematic gameplay, accompanied by an online database of educational resource materials, source texts and imagery." |
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University of Tokushima Library |
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University of Washington campus collection |
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Urban experience in Chicago Hull-House and its neighborhoods, 1889-1963; primary source documents, documentary photographs, and scholarly essays / Documents the history of the Hull-House settlement and its neighborhood. This site provides documents and images from archival collections that are arranged to engage students and scholars in new approaches to the study of urbanization in American history |
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Utah collections multimedia encyclopedia Explore video, audio, pictures, maps, text, charts and graphs about Utah. Collections include: Utah postcard collection; Geography of Utah; A people's history of Utah; A desert sea; Utah : the struggle for statehood; KUER-FM Friday edition; Foothill native plants; Utah history encyclopedia; Utah place names; Hecho en Utah = Made in Utah; Hispanic culture in Utah; Utah Museum of Fine Arts Lesson plans and Val A. Browning Memorial Collection |
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Vietnam War era ephemera collection, bulk 1965-1980 Collection of printed ephemera including pamphlets, posters, manifestos, newsletters, booklets, and open letters created by the various Seattle-area and University of Washington manifestations of American civil rights and protest movements of the late 1960's and 1970's. The material centers mainly around the Vietnam War, but includes much about feminism, racism, socialism, labor unions and the rights of farm workers, gay rights, environmental and economic boycotts of large corporations and agro-industry, prisoners' rights, and the Iranian revolution of 1979. Documents include the publications of groups such as the Seattle Liberation Front, the UW chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, WashPIRG, Young Socialist Alliance, UW Staff Rights Organizing Committee, Seattle Gay Liberation Front, Students Against Violent Expression, United Workers Union, and the Northwest Nihilist League |
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War poster collection "A selection of World War I and II posters from the University of Washington Libraries Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives collections." |
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War posters 1940-1945 |
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Web gallery of art Introduction European painting and sculpture 1150-1750 |
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Why we fight divide and conquer |
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Why we fight prelude to war |
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Why we fight the battle of Britain |
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Why we fight the battle of China |
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Why we fight the battle of Russia part I |
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Why we fight the battle of Russia part II |
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Why we fight the Nazis strike |
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Why we fight war comes to America |
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Williams Afghan media project still image collections |
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Without sanctuary : lynching photography in America / |
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World War II poster database A searchable database of over 300 World War II posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies in 1941-1945. From the collections of Northwestern University Library |
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Yiddish theatre in London Yiddish Theatre in London is a permanent on-line exhibition and illustrated guide. The virtual exhibition gives a brief but historical look at Yiddish theatre in London based on the book, Yiddish Theatre in London by David Mazower. The images include posters and production photographs |
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Yomiuri on-line "Searchable image database of the photographs used and copyrighted in Yomiuri Newspaper." |
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Yukon photographers gold rush era (1897-1900) = La ruee vers l'or vue par les photographes du Yukon (1897-1900) Photographers have been visiting the Yukon since U.S. Army Lieutenant Schwatka travelled down the Yukon River in 1883. After the discovery of gold on Bonanza Creek in 1896, many commercial photographers travelled to Dawson City, photographing the journey and establishing studios along the way. Many of the stampeders also had small roll-film cameras as part of their outfits. The photographers featured here were in the Yukon just before or during the gold rush and are only some of those that photographed the Klondike gold rush |
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