Jennifer Akins
Subject Librarian for Art and Architecture
314-935-4377 jakins@wustl.edu
Andrea Degener
Visual Materials Processing Archivist
314-935-9382 andread@wustl.edu
Skye Lacerte
Curator, Modern Graphic History Library
314-935-7741 slacerte@wustl.edu
Rina Vecchiola
Art and Architecture Librarian
314-935-7658 rvecchio@wustl.edu
Multidisciplinary Image Resources - These images have been licensed for use by the WUSTL Community for educational purposes. Check restrictions before using and refer ot the Copyright and Fair Use page of this guide.
Artstor - 2+ million (and growing) images from museums, photo archives, scholars and artists in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences. Artstor Subject Guides
DPLA The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
Library of Congress Collections - The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. Several are digitized.
Academic Search Complete - Multidisciplinary images. Use the Image Quick View Types feature at the bottom of the search page to limit to results with accompanying image.
Public Domain - The term “public domain” refers to creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark, or patent laws. They are works owned by the public, not an individual author or artist.
There are four common ways that works arrive in the public domain:
From Welcome to the Public Domain. Stanford University Libraries. (CC BY-NC 3.0 US)
Always check the license to verify if your use is allowed. See also the Copyright and Fair Use section of this guide.
Google Advanced Image Search allows you to select features such as size, type, color and license (usage rights).
Creative Commons - CC Search enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools, providing convenient access to Google Image, Flickr and Wikimedia Commons.
Flickr - The Commons provides access to publicly-held photography collections from cultural institutions around the world, including the Smithsonian, Getty, NASA, and the National Media Museum.
Art:
In Advanced Search, select 'Art Reproduction' in Document Type.
In Advanced Search, select 'Art Reproduction' in Document Type.
Over 2 million images of art and architecture from German and European cultural institutions and universities, including the photo archive in Marburg.
Architecture:
Use 'Document feature' to select type of image (illustration, photo, sketch, plan, etc).
Landscape Architecture:
History:
Advertising:
Advertisements - MGHL Periodicals Collection
The Periodicals Collections include 25 different titles published during the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. A complete list of titles is available at the left. The finding aid is available on the MGHL site.
For researching advertisements, we recommend the following periodicals:
Subjects include:
Featured companies and brands include:
Image credit: Ad for Van Camp's Pork and Beans from Ladies' Home Journal, December 1911/From the Periodicals Collections
Sciences:
Mar's Exploration Program poster, NASA/JPL
These sources were adapted from ALA's Digital Collections Image Guide.
American Philosophical Society - Anthropology Images Collections concerning archaeology, linguistics, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology, the APS is a rich resource of images depicting both the study of these disciplines and the people who practiced them
Institutional websites:
Image credit:
United States and International:
Popular collection categories are celestial, antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall & case, children's, and manuscript maps. Search examples: Pictorial maps, United States maps, Geology maps, California map, Afghanistan map, America map, New York City map, Chicago map, and U.S. Civil War maps. Browse map categories: What, Where, Who, When.
Sanborn Maps, St. Louis, v.5. 1903-, last updated 1964.
World's Fair 1904 round celluloid pinback button with a metal back. David Rumsey Map Collection.
[Detail] Field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863. Library of Congress.
Regional:
St. Louis Maps:
St. Louis Neighborhoods Contemporary maps of St. Louis city neighborhoods.
Summaries of Historical City Planning Index and date listings for St. Louis city plans created 1875-1990; check WU libraries for copies of original plans.
University Archives The Harland Bartholomew and Associates Collection is a wonderful source for detailed maps of St. Louis in the 20th century.
Image credit: Pictorial St. Louis, plate 42. (By C.N. Dry, 1876). Artstor.
Institutional Resources: