Sanborn Historical Maps
St. Louis Image Resources
- Summaries of Historical City PlanningIndex and date listings for St. Louis city plans created 1875-1990; check WU libraries for copies of original plans.
- University ArchivesThe Harland Bartholomew and Associates Collection is a wonderful source for detailed maps of St. Louis in the 20th century.
Maps Image Resources
- St. Louis Area Historic MapsA guide to locating historic maps of the St. Louis (Missouri) regional area.
- Fire Insurance Maps online (FIMo) This link opens in a new windowA research portal to find and view high-definition, color Fire Insurance Maps, Real Estate Atlases, Plat Books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information. This subscription includes Illinois and Missouri. Learn more about this database
- Sanborn MapsOnline resource consisting of scanned black and white images of Sanborn maps for Missouri. The maps were produced between 1876 and 1970, and can be searched by city and date.
- Unreal CityWashington University Libraries and the Missouri History Museum hold approximately 3,300 fire insurance maps produced in St. Louis by Alphonso Whipple between 1870 and 1898.
- David Rumsey Map CollectionThis collection contains over 8,800 maps and focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented.
- Broer Map Librarya collection of historic maps, primarily from the 19th & 20th centuries. The collection includes various types of maps and subject matters.
- GIS for Architecture Research GuideResearch focused on GIS and architecture.
General Web Image Resources
- Pexels
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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.