The following is a list of notable image databases and archives.
Click the 'Review' link to access a viz. review of the database.
General Image Databases
American Memory, hosted by the Library of Congress
British Library Images Online
Calisphere, hosted by the University of California
New York Public Library Digital Archives
Tineye, a reverse search engine through which users can learn more about images they already have
UNESCO Photobank, hosted by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
US Government Photos and Images
Databases by topic in alphabetical order:
(*) denotes requires subscription or login and (W) denotes has institutional Watermark on images.
Advertising
AdAccess, hosted by Duke
Emergence of Advertising in America, hosted by Duke [viz. review]
African-American History
(W) Calvin Littlejohn Archive, hosted by Center for American History, UT-Austin [viz. review]
John H. White Portrait of Black Chicago, hosted by the National Archives [viz. review]
Art and Photography
(*) ARTstor Digital Library, hosted by ARTstor, Inc. Link for UT login.
(*) CAMIO (Catalogue of Art Museum Images Online), hosted by OCLC. Link for UT login.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
National Veterans Art Museum
Body and Medicine
Historical Anatomies on the Web, hosted by The National Library of Medicine [viz. review]
Dream Anatomies, hosted by The National Library of Medicine [viz. review]
(W) Wellcome Images, hosted by The Wellcome Library, London [viz. Review]
World Health Organization Photo Library [warning: contains images that may be disturbing to non-medical audiences]
Commons & Public Domain Image Databases
Flickr, Creative Commons
Creative Commons Search
Library of Congress Flickr Stream
Search Flickr US Government Works License
Historic Prints
Lewis Walpole Library Digital Collection, hosted by Yale [viz. review]
Catalogue of 18th-Century British Mezzotint Satires in North America, hosted by Lewis and Clark [viz. review]
Labor
Red Scare Archive, hosted by CUNY [viz. review]
Labor Rights Archive, hosted by LaborArts.org [viz. review]
Tamiment Labor Archives Highlights on Flickr
Literature
(*) DASe (Digital Archive Services), hosted by Utexas Liberal Arts ITS
Maps
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
David Rumsey Map Collection [viz. review]
Municipal Archives
(W) London Metropolitan Archives COLLAGE Image Database
New York City Municipal Archives Images Gallery [viz. review]
Seattle Municipal Archives
Music
(W) Texas Poster Art, hosted by the Briscoe Center at UT-Austin
National Archives
Images Canada
National Archives (UK) Image Library
National Archives (US) Galleries
Nature
NASA images
European Space Agency Images
NOAA Photo Library [viz. review]
Photography
Life Photo Archive, hosted by Google
William Gedney, hosted by Duke
(W) (*) Magnum Photos, hosted by Magnum [Viz. Review]
(W) (*) Associated Press, hosted by AP [Review]
Symbols & Iconography
The Noun Project
Technology/Electronic Media
Radical Software, hosted by Radical Software [Viz. Review]
Texas
Portal to Texas History, hosted by the University of North Texas
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