Images and Photos On-line

How to search for Graphics: Many of the web-based search sites include a means to find graphics such as clip-art and photographs. Often they will display a "thumbnail" picture of the graphic. Sometimes you can click on that to get a large graphic, or sometimes you click on it and go to the web page that contains the graphic. Once you find what you want, it is normally best to get it as large as possible before copying. In "Explorer", just right-click and select "copy", in "netscape" save it as a file to your hard disk. Then paste it into your PowerPoint file.

Official Government Sites

• Photo Gallery for the Guard and Reserves from the office of Reserve Affairs.
• The Corps of Engineers has a site offering many photos at their Digital Visual Library. Check especially the Historical section.
• National War College Military Image Collection.
• The Center for Military History has many Prints and Posters online that may be used. Also see their Photographs directory.
• For patches, insignias, etc visit the Department of the Army, Institute of Heraldry. See esp their extensive listing for Medical and Veterinary units. Also, check the Army Badges page.
• One of the best places to find older photographs related to the field of medicine is the Images from the History of Medicine archive at the National Library of Medicine. This archive includes about 60,000 images mainly from the USA, France and the UK. Definitely a good starting point.
• A massive, and growing, resource is the Library of Congress. Visit their "American Memory" collection of photos and prints. This also includes photos covering the depression to WWII. You can search all or some of their many collections. See their Selected Civil War photos. Also see the Civil War Photographs index. The LOC also has America's Library site with interesting graphics.
• Many useful photos are available from the simple search at DAVIS, Defense Automated Visual Information System.
• When it is working, the search site at DOD Imagry is very useful. The Defense Visual Information site is a branch of the AFIS. If things are really working well, you might go direct to DVIC or even DVIC search.
• DVIC has published a series of CD-ROMs containing photos of recent operations (Bosnia, Haiti, Desert Storm, etc) as well as general military history. They have online a sample selection of these photos - actually, quite a few! Just scroll down to the CD and select "preview".
• ArmyLINK Photos - archive from 1996 to the present.
• DefenseLink multimedia includes a good archive of photographs on their "News Photos" site. These include people and operations of the military. They have additional graphics and images, which may function at times. Also, check their links to other services image sites.
• HometownLink photos from Army and Air Force News Service.
• Fleet Imaging Command Pacific, includes multimedia from the navy and marines.
• Navy Medical Art of the Abbott Collection. From the Navy Art Collection Branch.
• Military Photos, from Ft. Sill.
• DPMO Photo Library

• Check the collection of Medical Images at the SGO office of medical history.
• The U S Army Institute of Heraldry is especially useful for rank, unit, awards, and other patches and emblems.
• The National Museum of Health and Medicine includes some online Galleries, including images from various wars.
• The Military History Institute is testing a site with Historic photographs online. There are many good black and white photos here - be sure to set the search on "low" for maximum number. Especially good are the Indian Wars photos.
• HQ, Department of the Army, maintains a directory to various ClipArt collections containing military related images.
• The US Army Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee offers an interesting Military Image File. It is a bit difficult to navigate, but of value.
• Don't forget to visit the USAF for photos (mostly of airplanes!)
• The Air War College has a good (and detailed) directory to Military Clip Art and other multimedia items.
• Navy history has many photos online.
• And, the Marine Corps Research Center has a variety of multimedia archives available.
• The Army's Center for Military History has some interesting Art and Images. Also see their Gulf War Photos. Also, 2ID from WWII and Korea, 1 ID, WWII and VN, 25 ID, WWII, Korea and VN, 10 Mountain Div, WW II, 82 Abn Div, WWII, 101 Abn Div, WWII, VN.
• Army Signal Corps photos.
• National Archives and Record Administration:
  Photographs and Graphic Works - basic guide to collections.
  DigitalPhoto collection search.
  Still Picture Unit
  You can go direct to the search engine.
  Still Pictures
  Pictures of World War Two.
  Pictures of the Civil War.
  Photographs of the American West 1861-1912.
  Pictures of the Revolutionary War. (for the text index, see RevWar).
  Image Library from the US National Guard.
  Artwrok from the US Capitol building.

• US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection, from the Library of Virginia.
• The United Nations Photo site is useful and includes some good peacekeeping graphics.
• NASA offers many space related photos. Also see their Visible Earth collection.
• Langley Research Center, Aircraft & research, stills and movies.
• For something different, check out the Images1 online database of images from the National Library of Australia's Pictorial Collection.
• The NOAA Photo Library has many good photos ranging from exploration to WWII C&GS.;
• The US Department of State maintains a photo archive.

Directories

• The American Library Association had a good site on Locating public domain images which includes links to a variety of search engines and directories.
• A directory of sites offering photos online.
• The Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE directory to collections. Also, see their own directory of sites held on the SunSITE.
• An excellent directory is at Gifpile. Also look at their directory of graphic files.
• Explore online museums found at the Museum Computer Network.
• Image Collections and online Art a list of sites from University of Michigan.
• A list of several Photo Exhibitions and Archives online.
• Photographs and images from the American Civil War.
• Military Patches.

Search Engines

• There are several sites that offer multiple search engines on one page:
  • A site called "WebPlaces" includes direct access to multiple search engines.
  • Mamma may, or may not, be the "Mother of all search engines", but it will search five different engines.
• Alta Vista has a site to search directly for photos and graphics in color or black and white. Click on the thumbnail to go to the actual site containing the graphic.
• LycosMultimedia is useful, but be sure to check the "pictures" box, then you need to agree to their copyright restrictions. They will return many, but most have a watermark.
• Ditto is a major search engine. Click on the thumbnail and two windows will open - one with the graphic the other with the home site.
• Dogpile Metasearch can find graphics. Be sure to choose "images" in the "select" box.
• Go.com returns fewer images, but still worth a try. Check the "images" box at the top of the page.
• The Thinker, allows search for many major works of art, based at the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts.

Collections: Military

• Art of the First World War
• US Army Insignia, includes uniforms, etc from each war.
• Vietnam, links to many pages with personal photos from VN.
• Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871.
• The Art of War and Peace from an academic in Australia.
• The Melvin C. Shaffer Collection includes many great photos from WWII Germany, North Africa Italy and Southern France during 1943-45.
• USMC Art Collection.
• The Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign. Over sixty photos.
• Civil War Treasurers from the New York Historical Society.
• WWII Multimedia Database.
• Revolutionary War art gallery.
• A nice collection of maps of Civil War Battles
• Civil War Battle maps.
• Many links to historical maps online. (this site links to specific battle locations)
• Earthstation 1 has a remarkable collection of sounds, video and photos online. Of special interest are the jpg files dealing with: WW II, WW I, Viet Nam, and propaganda posters. Explore for sound and pictures of general history interest.
• "The History Place" has a section on WWII in the Pacific
• A place called Olive-Drab has a good listing of Military photo archives, clip art and images. A good reference.
• An extensive listing of information and photos is at U.S. Military Aircraft Designations.
• Civil War photos.
• WWI Image Archive
• WWI Model Galleries
• US Navy ships - very good and large collection of photos.
• WWII Posters, over 300 from Northwestern Univ.
• WWII photos
• American Civil War Pictures
• Vietnam Picture Archive
• The Vietnam Image Library at the University of Texas is useful.
• US Army Vietnam Combat Art
• Photos of Vietnam
• Photos of places around viet nam - from the 15th field arty.
• See a large number of personal photos from VN
• Another collection, these from the 22 Inf Regt Soc.
• This is a large directory of assorted photos, mostly related to Viet Nam, many from within a museum.
• A directory of many Civil War Photos sites.
• Illustrations of 1861 US Army Uniform - many detailed parts of uniforms as well as some good overall pictures.
• The Australian War Memorial offers many online art and photographs. These may be enlarged, but do have the AWM watermark.
• Art of the First World War, from a group of european museums.
• From the Schomburg Collection and the NY Library, African-Americans in the Civil War, 34 images. This is part of a larger collection.

Collections: Medical

• MedSlides, for ppt.
• Hardin Meta Directory, Medical Pictures.
• Many medical images are available at Health on the Net.
• History of Medical Photography is a British site that has many collections of pre-1950 medical photos.
• The Wellcome Trust list several links to medical pictorial sites.
• Medieval Medical Images index at UCLA.

Collections: General

• history US, from course.
• Vietnam Pictures Archive.
• eHistory has many photos and maps from Vietnam.
• "Forward-March!", photos from WWI.
• The Tate Gallery in London now has many of its paintings online. Use the Subject search. The Tate also provides Turner Worldwide index of all JMW Turner works.
• See the large collection of pictures related to early US history, especiall the constitution.
• The FDR library has many Roosevelt photos online, including many from WWII.
• Don't miss the Smithsonian Institution Online Collections.
• Images of American Political History.
• Presidential Libraries:
  • The FDR Library includes many Online photos, especiall interesting are those from WWII.
  • Korean War Photographs from the Truman Presidential Library. Also, see their general Photo collection.
  • There are some good photos from the Reagan term.
• The Time-Life Photo Gallery. See esp their section on War (Civil and Second)
• Visual Arts Data Service offers several collections, including some from the Imperial War Museum.
• A historian at UC Davis has a growing collection of historical photos scanned and online. esp: indians.(this is an excellent collection of hard to find graphics)
• See the many photos from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from the Museum of San Francisco.
• New York, 1935-38.
• From the Digital Library Collection at the New York Public Library, small town America, 1850s-1910s.
• A history prof at the Univ of Wisconsin has some good photos covering Civil war to the present.
• Be sure to check the History directory of the pictures online by the sunet.se site.
• Red Scare includes lots of images, especially political cartoons, from 1918-1921.
• Gallery of the Open Frontier, from the University of Nebraska.
• TreasureNet Historical Image Collection.
• Many maps are available from the Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia.
• Visit the very large archive from Picture Australia.
• The Smithsonian American Art Museum has many good items online.
• The Artchive is a bit difficult to navigate, but will lead to some useful resources.
• The Chairman Smiles, posters from communist Russia, China and Cuba.
• Flags of the World.
• Flags from non-UN members.
• Historical pictures of Helicopters.
• Historic photos, a large assortment. (also, see archive)
• Many Stereoviews are available for purchase, and can be viewed online.
• The Philadelphia Print Shop is worth a visit.

• There are several commercial sites trying to sell graphics. Often you can get a small picture, but a larger one will have some kind of watermark. They are worth a look.
  • One of the best is Corbis. It has an extensive archive of photos and other graphics, but when enlarged, they have a prominent watermark. Nevertheless, it is a good source for the "hard to find" picture.
  • Photodisc is similar, but a smaler archive.