Images: History

Historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving pictures, books, pamphlets, maps, and other resources from the Library of Congress.

Historic photographs, maps and other images from the British Library; search by keyword or browse historical events and movements, both fictional and historical.

Historical images from Canadian archives, museums, libraries, and universities.

Images from the Library of Congress, now in the public domain.

Millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.

Historical images from the National Archives' Online Exhibits. Includes 20th century photographs and photographers, workplaces of the 19th and 20th centuries, historical panoramic photography, and more. Browse by topic, time period, or search by keyword.

Over 337,000 images digitized from primary sources and print rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including photographs on a variety of subjects and covering different time periods.

Historical and contemporary images of Australia, from the National Library of Australia and other participants.

American art, craft, and design from all regions, traditions, and cultures. Searchable and browsable by artist, work type, and subject.

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.

Digital resources from the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center covering the history and culture of African peoples in the diaspora

An extensive collection of photographs, documents, and other materials from Duke Library, with collections in African American history, advertising, women's history and many other areas.

Over 30,000 photographs of the American West from 1860-1920, drawn from the holdings of the Western History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public Library. Search by keyword or browse by topic.

Historical images from Protestant and Catholic missionary collections in Britain, Norway, Germany, and the United States. Hosted by the University of Southern California, with contributions from the Yale Divinity School.

Photographs and graphics section encompasses a variety of research materials, including photographs, architectural plans, postcards, historical maps, artwork and ephemera, most of which are related to various aspects of the Pacific Northwest, its history, geography, arts, and industries.