| Historical Image Collections |
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AP Photo Archive  - News photographs dating back to 1826, audio sound bytes dating from the 1920's, among other digital resources. |
| British Library Images Online - historic photographs, maps and other images from the British Library; search by keyword or browse historical events and movements, both fictional and historical. |
| Corbis Images for Education - Historical, fine art, science, and nature images from the Bettmann Archive, United Press International, and the Hulton Deutsch Collection. |
| Digital History: American Historical Images - an online collection of historical images hosted by the University of Houston in partnership with other institutions. The images are categorized in over 20 categories from advertisements to daguerreotypes to political history and more. |
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Facts.com (Facts on File World News Digest) UWB/CCC Campus only - collection of historical photographs of political and world events and figures from the 19th and 20th Centuries. Select "Photos and Graphics" from the menu on the right, which links to images included in the articles in Facts.com. Browse the collection by figure or event in an A-Z listing. |
| History of the American West - a collection of over 30,000 photographs of the American West from 1860-1920, drawn from the holdings of the Western History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public Library. Search by keyword or browse by topic. |
| Library of Congress Prints and Photographs - an online catalog with a comprehensive selection of the vast historical image holdings of the Library of Congress. Most images in this collection are in the public domain or acceptable for educational use. Search by keyword or browse by topic, person, event, and more. |
| National Archives - a browseable collection of historical images from the National Archives' Online Exhibits. Includes 20th century photographs and photographers, workplaces of the 19th and 20th centuries, historical panoramic photography, and more. Browse by topic, time period, or search by keyword. |
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NYPL Digital Gallery - a collection of over 337,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including photographs on a variety of subjects and covering different time periods. |
| Online Archive of California - provides access to thousands of historical images from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives. Search by keyword or browse by category, including California places, society, and technology. |
| Smithsonian Images - a collection of digital photographs of historic events, as well as displays, objects and artifacts in the Smithsonian collections, offered by the Smithsonian Photographic Services. Search by keyword or browse by category, including American history, the Presidency, and more. |