Saturday, November 5, 2016

Historical Portraits, Photographs, Maps and Illustrations


World History – General
 
A Clip Art History - Public Domain images of the History of the World. Also Natural History and Fancy letters suitable for school projects


From Old Books - Collection images scanned from various old books that are now in the public domain. Searchable. Used to be under http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/

Old Book Illustrations  - Images scanned from old books. States that images on the site are the works of artists who "...have been dead for over seventy years, which makes them part of the public domain in many countries." Searchable by keywords.

"The Secret Museum of Mankind" - collection of anthropological photographs published in a 1935 book without copyright. Scanned and released under a CC-NC license, but images should be public domain, at least in the US, since they are faithful reproductions of PD images. (Warning: strong 1930's racist P. O. V.) 

World History – World War I

The Heritage of the Great War has several colour pictures from World War I (likely all PD, since the effort taken to scan/reproduce them probably fails to qualify for being a derivative work).

Photos of the Great War many images of World War I, scanned in from public domain resources. Slight usage notice, which is probably compatible with GFDL (requires attribution and link, as does GFDL, requests e-mail notice of usage).

World's Armed Forces Forum (gallery for images taken from the French Ministry of Culture's website) hosts more colour images of World War I (likely all PD, since the effort taken to scan/reproduce them probably fails to qualify for being a derivative work). 

British History (United Kingdom) - General

Newgate Prison Calendar - Images from The Newgate Calendar. Mostly crimes and criminals from the 18th century. Also other works at http://www.exclassics.com

Punch Magazine John Leech Archive - John Leech sketch archives 1841 until 1864 from Punch magazine The page states they are long out of copyright and that they are believed to be public domain. 

United States History – General

America As It Was - a huge resource for vintage postcards in the US, organized by state. Any postcard first published in the US before 1978 without an explicit copyright notice is PD. Lots of photos, aerial views, and maps of many US locations.


American Memory - Library of Congress American Memory site (Check copyright information for the separate items before deciding to use them!)


Cities and Towns – U.S. Library of Congress Collection


Military Battles and Campaigns – U.S. Library of Congress Collection

New York Public Library Digital Gallery - New York Public Library. Over 700,000 images scanned from books. Including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more. There is a per-image usage fee even for public domain images.

September 11 Documentary Project - Library of Congress Collection

U.S. History Images - Public domain images from United States history.

William P. Gottlieb Collection – U.S. Library of Congress

Yale University - Beinecke Library Archive - Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library's online collection of digital images. Most will be {PD-art}. 90,000 images from rare books and manuscripts, search by keyword. 

United States History – 1492 Discovery, Exploration and Maps









Rochambeau Map Collection – Library of Congress


Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890 from Mystic Seaport – Library of Congress 

United States History – New England Settlers Experience

Early Virginia Religious Petitions – Library of Congress

The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, 1600-1925 – Library of Congress 


United States History – American Revolution



The Thomas Jefferson Papers, 1606-1827 – Library of Congress 


United States History – Portraits of the Presidents

By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies – Library of Congress 


United States History – Native American Experience



North American Indian Photographs – Library of Congress

Omaha Indian Music – Library of Congress 


United States History – African American Experience


African-American Sheet Music – Library of Congress




Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870 – Library of Congress

Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 – Library of Congress 


United States History – The Wild, Wild West and Pioneer Days

The James Madison Papers, 1723-1836  – Library of Congress

History of the American West – Library of Congress





Railroad Maps, 1828-1900  – Library of Congress 


United States History – Asian American Experience

Chinese in California, 1850-1920 


United States History – Civil War, Reconstruction and the South


Band Music from the Civil War Era  – Library of Congress

Civil War Maps  – Library of Congress

Civil War Photographs  – Library of Congress








Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia  – Library of Congress 


United States History – 19th Century Pop Culture

America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets   – Library of Congress Collection



Historic American Sheet Music  – Library of Congress







Shaping the Values of Youth: A Nineteenth Century American Sunday School Book Collection  – Library of Congress 


United States History – The Spanish-American War

The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures  – Library of Congress 


United States History – Inventors and Inventions



Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers at the Library of Congress  – Library of Congress 


United States History – Industrial Revolution and Labor Movement

Child Labor in America 1908 – 1912 - Child Labor in America 1908 - 1912 by Lewis W. Hine  – Library of Congress



Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting  – Library of Congress 


United States History – Women’s Suffrage Movement



Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress  – Library of Congress 


United States History – Early History of Film


Origins of American Animation  – Library of Congress




Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film  – Library of Congress 


United States History – 20th Century Pop Culture

Baseball Cards  – Library of Congress


Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939  – Library of Congress



Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua  – Library of Congress 


United States History – News photos, Panoramas and Stereoscopes

Photographs from the Chicago Daily News  – Library of Congress



Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company  – Library of Congress 


United States History – World War I


Stars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919  – Library of Congress 


United States History – Great Depression 1929 - 1940






Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Thousands of on-line, copyright free photographs of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Great Depression and the New Deal, and World War II.


Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950  – Library of Congress 


United States History – World War II


Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Thousands of on-line, copyright free photographs of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Great Depression and the New Deal, and World War II.

World War II Poster Collection over 300 posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies  – Library of Congress

World War II Military Situation Maps  – Library of Congress


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