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AP Images

AP Images
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Historical Photos

Historical Stock Photos
Historical images, including many by Matthew Brady (Civil War) and Dorothea Lange (Great Depression). Includes paintings and vintage posters. Does not always include citation information.
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Photo: Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange

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Icons

Find Icons
Icon search engine.
Icon Archive
Icon search engine.
Open Clipart
Clip art put into the public domain by the artists.

Image from findicons.

Reverse Image Searching

Search for information about images you've already found. Upload file or paste URL to find image source, license info, higher resolutions, and modified versions.

The Moving Image Archive

The Moving Image Archive

An index of more than 1.7 million video clips. Download in a variety of file formats. Search the archive by keyword or browse through the many categories and thematic collections.

The Public Domain Review

Features collections of images, books, essays, audio recording, and films that are in the public domain. Search any collection for materials accroding to date, style, genre, and rights. Directions for downloading and saving media are included in each collection.

Free Music Archive

Free Music Archive

Provides free, high-quality music in a wide range of gernres, and the content is under various creative commons licenses. Anyone can download FMA music for use in podcasts, videos, and other digital presentation formats. The music collections can be searched by genre or curator.

Recommended Sources

Google Images
Limit to "free to use or share" at the bottom of Advanced Search (next to "usage rights").
Microsoft Images
Search for clip art, photos, and animations.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
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.

Easily search for copyright-friendly photos!

Use this search engine to find copyright-friendly images or videos

Simply enter your search term and choose which site to search!

More Photo Sources

Artstor
More than 1 million images publicly available
Compfight
Search for photos under Creative Commons license.
Creative Commons Search
Provides a search engine and filtering mechanism to a variety of sites.
Free Digital Photos
Search or browse by category.
Free Photos Bank
Search by tag.
Freepixels
Search or browse by category.
Open Photo
Search or browse the word cloud.
Pixabay
Search or browse by category. Also includes vector graphics and illustrations.
PhotoRack
Browse photos in various categories. No search function.
Public Domain Photos
Photos in the public domain.
RedStag
Comprehensive list of 85 stock photo websites.
Stockvault
Search or browse by category.