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Asian History: Photos, Maps, and Film
Featured Collection
Featured Collection
One Zen master tugs another Zen master's beard in this photo from the East Asia Collection.
Art, Image & Photography Collections
- Artstor This link opens in a new window
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Image library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
- Dr. Suess Went to WarWWII-era collection of cartoons created by Theodore Suess Geisel between 1941 and 1943 from UC San Diego collection.
- LIFE Magazine Photo ArchiveMillions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1860s to today.
- The East Asian CollectionHundreds of photos that present a East Asian history, with special emphasis on China.
- UW Image Bank This link opens in a new window
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Cultural production from diverse time periods and world cultures, and major monuments of world art and architectural history.
Films
- Internet Movie Archives: Prelinger ArchivesDigitized historical and archival films, with an emphasis on those produced by government agencies.
Maps
- Library of Congress Map CollectionsSelected digitized maps from the Library Congress Map Collections.
- University of Alabama Historical Map ArchiveA collection of digitized historic maps from the University of Alabama.
- David Rumsey Map CollectionFocuses on rare 18th and 19th century maps of North and South America, although it also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map CollectionHundreds of maps of the world's nations, major cities, state outline maps, and national park maps.