United States History: Primary Sources by Type: Images

Collection of more than 200 social hygiene posters dating from 1910-1970

Over 900 original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of the New Deal

Collection of over 35,000 news photographs from the Bain news picture agency; most photos date from the early 1900s thru the 1920s

Library of Congress collection of digitized maps

Historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving pictures, books, pamphlets, maps, and other resources from the Library of Congress.

Library of Congress's photographic collections, including Brady-Handy presidential portraits, daguerreotypes, Farm Security Administration photographs, National Photo Company early 20th-century photos of D.C., and more.

Millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.

Includes 20th century photographs and photographers, workplaces of the 19th and 20th centuries, historical panoramic photography, and more.

Over 337,000 images digitized from primary sources and print rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library

Photographs of historic events, as well as displays, objects and artifacts in the Smithsonian collections, offered by the Smithsonian Photographic Services.

250,000 digitized images of photographs, textual documents, illuminated manuscripts, maps, works of art, and books from the Beinecke's collections.

University of California's gateway to primary sources. Includes thousands of historical images from California cultural institutions, including the UC libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives.

Ninteenth-century cartoons from Harper's Weekly.

Images from the New York Public Library of the African American experience in the 19th century.

Extensive collection of photographs, documents, and more, with collections in African American history, advertising, women's history and many other areas.

Political cartoons from Harper's Weekly and other publications.

Over 30,000 photographs of the American West

Historical images from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives.

Civil War photographs, and images from the early American West.

Research materials from the UW Libraries Special Collections, including photographs, architectural plans, postcards, historical maps, artwork and ephemera. Most of the items relate to various aspects of the Pacific Northwest, its history, geography, arts, and industries.