Public Domain Images
for Use in Multimedia Projects and Web Pages
(Most of the images in these collections are in the public domain.
Though you may not need to ask permission to use them when publishing on the Web for educational purposes,
you still must cite these images unless otherwise notified!
If you see any copyright notices on these pages, read them for further instructions.)
America From the Great Depression to World War II: FSA/OWI 1935-1945 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
American Memory Collection: Library of Congress (click on "Photos and Prints" and check the "Copyright and Restrictions" section for each collection)
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html
American Memory Maps Collection http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Art Images for College Teaching http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/index.html
Daguerreotype Portraits and Views 1839-1864 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/daghome.html
Department of Agriculture Image Gallery http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html
Department of the Interior Photo Resources Library http://www.doi.gov/oirm/photolib/
FreeFoto.com http://www.freefoto.com/
*Graphic Maps.com http://www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm
Images of American Political History http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
Internet Moving Images Archive (read Conditions of Use) http://www.archive.org/movies/
Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp
(Please read copyright info on http://www.metmuseum.org/copyright.htm)
NARA's (National Archives and Records Administration) NAIL Search http://www.nara.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=images.txt&id=demo&pass=&OK=OK
NASA Image Exchange http://nix.nasa.gov/
NASA Multimedia Gallery http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html
NASA Photo Archive http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html
NASA's Planetary Photojournal http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/
NOAA Photo Library (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
*Pics4Learning (A great collection of donated photos!) http://pics4learning.com/
Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography http://www.nara.gov/exhall/picturing_the_century/home.html
Selected Civil War Photographs http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
US Air Force Link: Photos and Art http://www.af.mil/photos/
US Fish and Wildlife Services Images http://pictures.fws.gov/
US Geological Service Photographic Library http://www.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/photographic-library/photographic-library.html
US Navy Images http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm
USDA Historical Photos http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/histfeat.htm
Clip Art/Image Generators
Action Links Clip Art http://www.action-links.com/clip/misc/index.htm
Animation Factory http://www.animfactory.com/dailygif/today.html
Barry's ClipArt Server http://www.barrysclipart.com/
ClipArt Connection http://www.clipartconnection.com/
*Cool Archive (Mrs. V's favorite!) http://coolarchive.com
Cool Finder: Free Graphics http://www.coolfinder.com/free/graphics.htm
Cool Text http://cooltext.com
*Discovery School Clip Art Gallery (great for teachers!) http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
Free Science Clip Art http://users.ids.net/~jkinnie/clip/cliparch.htm
GoGraphics http://www.gograph.com/
(Site states "For personal purposes, you may use the images found on GOgraph’s website and include a limited number of those image(s) on a personal, non-commercial website.)
Pixel Place.com http://www.pixelplace.com/
Science-Related Clip Art http://www.clipartguide.com/clipart_science.shtml
*Web Clip Art (About.com) http://webclipart.miningco.com/internet/webclipart/
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