Multimedia Resources for Creation

You will need a DCPL account to access this source. Looking for images to add to a school paper or presentation? Search the Associated Press Image which contains a history of the world in photographs from the 1840s to as recent as a minute ago.

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The historical map collection has over 47,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented.

George Eastman House’s Image Licensing provides access to the George Eastman collection for educational use and scholarly research, publishing, advertising and other projects.

Getty Images offers the industry’s best and broadest collections of imagery and footage – including award-winning news, sport and entertainment content, plus rare and contemporary archival imagery. Recently the company has changed its policy to allow users to embed photos on separate websites. Click on the <> icon to receive an embed code to put on your website.

The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress.

Explore important topics in-depth using primary sources, artifacts from the Newseum’s collection and interactive learning tools.

NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library’s vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

Discover more than a million resources, create personal collections and educational experiences, and share your work.

The internet’s source of freely useable images. Powered by creators everywhere.

Wikimedia Commons is part of the non-profit, multilingual, free-content Wikimedia family.