Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920

Collection of over 9,000 print advertisements from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University. See Ad*Access for advertisements in Duke's collection from 1911-1955.


Fashion Plate Collection

Fashion plates from 1806-1914, originally published in some of the leading French and English fashion journals of the day. Publications include: La Belle Assemblee, Le Bon Ton, Le Follet, Journal Des Dames et Des Modes, and Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine. Provided by the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections project.


Flickr Commons

Includes public image collections from cultural institutions around the world. Images with no known copyright restrictions are available for download in high resolution. Some of the contributing institutions include the: UK National Archives, U.S. National Archives, New York Public Library, George Eastman House, Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, and the Dutch Nationaal Archief.


Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimony

Videos of testimonies from over 4,400 interviews with Holocaust survivors, bystanders, resistors, and liberators. (Note: in order to play videos you must register a free individual account using your Lafayette email address.)


Getty Images

Getty Images is one of the largest providers of contemporary and archival stock imagery and footage. Users can embed images without the watermark by clicking the "Embed this image" icon.


Google Arts and Culture

Partnership between Google and museums and cultural institutions around the world that uses advanced technologies to allow users to view art and cultural objects virtually.


Google Image Search

Broadly searches captions, adjacent text, and other descriptive elements for relevant images. Users can limit the results by time period and subject, as well as image size, reuse permissions, and composition.


Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

Collection of measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories of historic structures and sites in the United States dating from the 17th through the 20th century.


Historical Maps of the Lehigh Valley

Collection of digital map images documenting the history of the Lehigh Valley, as well as a centralized registry of the physical maps available for in-person research at area institutions.


Historical Nautical Charts (USA)

Historical charts from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. This collection also includes other images from the archives of the USCGS which date back to the 18th century.