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	Salmon collection "The Salmon collection contains documents, photographs and other original material describing the roots of the salmon crisis in the Pacific Northwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Material specific to this collection is comprised of text drawn from the pamphlet and book collections housed in the UW Libraries, Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division. Additional relevant material is taken from existing digital collections which include the Tollman and Canaris Photographs, John N. Cobb Photographs, Industries and Occupations Photographs, American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, and the Freshwater and Marine Images."
	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
	Sea lamprey fishtank a gallery of sea lamprey images and photos
	Search the thousands of images in the Historic Photograph Database Searchable database of Salem Public Library's collection of historic photographs of Salem
	Seattle power and water supply collection
	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
	Selected computer images of southeastern U.S. marine fishes
	Shoreline aerial photos (Washington State Dept. of Ecology)
	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
	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)
	souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition May-August 1899 The collection consists of a two-volume album entitled "A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition," containing 253 photographic prints and 1 map. Also included in the collection is a duplicate copy of the album photographs housed loose in two boxes and including an additional print missing from Volume I. Views depict landscapes, geographic features, towns, native Alaskans, and expedition members. Many settlements are identified. Photographs were taken by Edward S. Curtis, Edward Henry Harriman, Clinton Hart Merriam, Grove Karl Gilbert, Leon J. Cole, W.B. Devereux, Wesley R. Coe, William H. Averell, and Robert Ridgway
	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.
	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
	Stemming vision loss with stem cells (CIT): Dr. Jane Sayer, an NIH research scientist in NIDDK, has established the Sayer Vision Research Lecture and Award at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), in partnership with the National Eye Institute (NEI) at NIH, to honor her family and the memory of her parents, Winthrop and Laura Sayer. The lecture and award series will provide an opportunity for honorees to explore areas of interdisciplinary collaboration, such as angiogenesis, that may lead to advances in diverse medical specialties with relevance to vision research. A number of factors place vision science in a position for major advances in the near future including the large number of identified genes relevant to eye disease and the relative ease with which pathology can be visualized and documented in the eye
	Stereocard collection A selection of 171 stereographic views from the archival collections of University of Washington Libraries. They consist primarily of landscape and documentary views from China, the Philippines, Burma, Indonesia, Korea, Russia, Guam, New Guinea, Australia, Hawaii and Washington State. In some cases, both front and verso views of a stereograph have been presented
	Stroke and neurogenesis
	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
	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
	Tacoma Public Library Photography Database Searchable collection of more than 40,000 photographs depicting Tacoma and PNW history
	TED ideas worth spreading TED is an annual conference which brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. This site aggregates the best TED talks in video form
	Texas vascular plant image library Digitized botanical illustrations and photographs of Texas vascular plants
	Theodore E. Peiser photograph collection
	They still draw pictures drawings made by Spanish children during the Spanish Civil War, circa 1938 In addition to the drawings, the site includes a reproduction of the book, They still draw pictures, introduction by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1938. Original drawings are held in the Southworth Spanish Civil War Collection, Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. Foreword to the site provided by Richard Lindemann
	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
	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
	Tokyo National Museum catalog
	Transportation collection Depicts various modes of transportation in the Pacific Northwest region and Western United States during the first half of the 20th century
	Transportation collection The Transportation Collection is an ongoing digital collection of photographs depicting of various modes of transportation in the Pacific Northwest region and Western United States during the first half of the 20th century
	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
	tres riches heures du Duc de Berry
	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."
	University of Tokushima Library
	University of Washington campus collection
	Urban archives database "The Urban Archives project contributes to the body of knowledge on communication in public space. Since 2004, University of Washington students have been documenting Seattle's streets and conducting original research using a variety of approaches and perspectives. The project includes urban texts such as graffiti, public art, advertising, signage, and architectural design"--Home pg
	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
	Urbana atlas of pathology
	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
	UW Image Bank - UW restricted The UW Image Bank is a database of over 6,000 full-size digital images of art, architecture, and cultural and historical materials. The database includes images of cultural production from diverse time periods and world cultures, as well as major monuments of world art and architectural history. Images have been purchased from Scholars Resource, Art on File, and other image vendors, and have also been contributed from the University of Washington's image collections in the School of Art, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and the UW Bothell campus. Images are available for use by all faculty, students, and staff for all purposes related to teaching and learning at the University of Washington
	Vascular plant image gallery This site provides images of vascular plants, arranged alphabetically by family. The database is also searchable via a string query. A link is also provided to the Bioinformatics Working Group home page
	Viet-Nam nhung hinh anh xua
	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
	Visible Earth a catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet Provides a consistently updated, searchable, central point of access to the superset of NASA's Earth science-related images, animations, and data visualizations. The images relate to the biosphere, agriculture, atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, land surface, radiance, cryosphere, and other topics
	vPlants a virtual herbarium of the Chicago region Online searchable herbarium providing herbarium specimen data and digital images of specimens and labels. Currently contains data on plant specimens from three institutions with rich Chicago region collections: the Field Museum of Natural History, the Morton Arboretum, and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Specimen data from additional institutions such as the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Chicago Academy of Science will be added
	War poster collection "A selection of World War I and II posters from the University of Washington Libraries Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives collections."
	War posters 1940-1945
	Web gallery of art Introduction European painting and sculpture 1150-1750
	Web images of North American moth species Links to photos and drawings of over 3,700 moth species. Includes caterpillars and adult forms
	WebMuseum, Paris Includes many famous paintings, an artist index with profiles of artists, a glossary about art and techniques, and a themes index featuring many types of artwork including gothic painting, the Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, 20th century art, and Japanese art
	Wilhelm Hester photographs, ca. 1893-1906 Collection consists of 1212 photographic prints, as well as 85 glass negatives, of the marine shipping industry on Puget Sound in Washington State, including ships, their crews, and the loading of lumber onto vessels. Also included are Hester's photos of his experiences in Nome, Alaska, at the time of the Yukon gold rush, and some photos of San Francisco's Chinatown
	William E. Meed collection, ca. 1898-1953 (bulk, ca. 1898-1907) The collection consists of one journal, 42 clippings, and 327 vintage photographic prints depicting activities and scenes related to the Klondike Gold Rush in the vicinity of Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada, ca. 1898-1953 (with the bulk of the materials dating from ca. 1898 to 1907). About 110 of the photographs were taken by Meed, and many are by well-known photographers such as Eric A. Hegg, H.C. Barley, H.J. Goetzman, George G. Cantwell, and the firm of Kinsey & Kinsey (Clark Kinsey and Clarence Kinsey). Meed's snapshots show his wife and family, friends, and fellow workers, as well as Dawson dwellings, docks and freighting activities, dogsled outings, and wilderness roadhouses. The commercially photographed items document Klondike mines and mining activities, Dawson street scenes, views along the Chilkoot Trail and the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, steamboats and steamboat landings, and other Klondike scenes
	William P. Gottlieb photographs from the golden age of jazz The collection, which consists of over sixteen hundred photographs of celebrated jazz legends, chronicles the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948, primarily in New York City and Washington, D.C
	Williams Afghan media project still image collections
	Without sanctuary : lynching photography in America /
	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
	WTO Seattle collection "The protests depicted in this collection took place between November 29, 1999 and December 3, 1999, when the World Trade Organization (WTO) held its ministerial meeting in Seattle. This collection of images was chosen to illustrate both the diversity of the protests and the mobilization efforts that brought so many activists to Seattle."
	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
	Yomiuri on-line "Searchable image database of the photographs used and copyrighted in Yomiuri Newspaper."
	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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