Ads from the Collection
Ad for Van Camp's Pork and Beans from Ladies' Home Journal, December 1911
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- ARTstor This link opens in a new window
New interface available at JSTOR Artstor
Collection of nearly 2 million images, documenting artistic traditions across many times and cultures. Embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Academic Search CompleteYou can limit results to articles which contain images. Under
'Image Quick View Types' select preferences (Black and White Photograph, Color photograph, Illustration, Graph, Map, etc.)
- Associated Press Collections Online This link opens in a new windowAssociated Press Collections Online includes decades' worth of access to an array of internal AP publications and records from select AP bureaus. Contents provided by Associated Press Corporate Archives, AP Images, and AP Archive.
History
- NYPL Digital Images - History and GeographyEvents, landscape, maps, military history, politicians, public figures, scenery and views and travel.
- LIFE Photo ArchiveSearch millions of photographs from LIFE photo archive, from 1750s to today.
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online CatalogPhotographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.
Advertisements - Digital Image Collections
- Ad * AccessWith over 7,000 images available, Duke University’s digitized collection of American and Canadian advertisements from 1911 to 1955 is an exceptional resource. The collection can be searched in a variety of ways including subject, company, date, publication, and audience.
- The Advertising ArchivesThe collection spans the years from the mid 19th Century to the present day. Image types include British & American Press Adverts, British & American Magazine Covers and Artwork including story Illustrations, Rare French & Spanish Magazine Art, British TV Advertising Stills, Mail Order Catalogues, Posters, Postcards, Menus, Theatre Programmes & other Ephemera, and a Wide selection of Vintage Magazines.
- Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920Another excellent digital collection from Duke University, with a focus on late 19th-century to early 20th-century advertisements.
- History of Advertising TrustThis organization focuses on preserving and providing access to items related to the UK advertising industry. The online gallery contains hundreds of ads that can be browsed by subject.
- Jay PaullA personal collection consisting of over 10,000 American advertisements dating from the 1830s to the 1920s.
- Kodak Advertising Collection at the George EastmanThe George Eastman Archive in Rochester, NY possesses a collection of approximately 95,000 Kodak ads from the late 19th century to the late 20th century. Nearly 100 images are available online for browsing.
General Web Image Resources
- Pexels
All photos and videos on Pexels are free to use. Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the photographer or Pexels is not necessary but always appreciated. You can modify the photos and videos from Pexels. Be creative and edit them as you like. - Unsplash
All photos can be downloaded and used for free
Commercial and non-commercial purposes
No permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!). What is not permitted - Creative Commons
The nonprofit Creative Commons enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools, providing convenient access to Google Image, Flickr and Wikimedia Commons.
Always verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link. - Flickr Commons
Flickr Commons provides access to publicly-held photography collections from cultural institutions around the world, including the Smithsonian, Getty, NASA, and the National Media Museum.