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Using and
Interpreting Images
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| U.S. Historical Images |
- Associate
Press (AP) Archive UW Restricted
Over two million photographs dating back to 1826, more than one million audio sound bytes dating from the 1920s, two million Associated Press news stories from 1997, and a professionally produced collection of more than 45,000 maps, graphs, charts, logos, flags, illustrations, etc. are included.
- Corbis:
Historical Collection: UW Restricted
Image database containing over 400,000 images from the Corbis archive
- UW Image Bank UW Restricted - Primarily
works of art and architecture
- Library
of Congress American Memory Historical Collections
- National
Archives
Includes a searchable database and online exhibits such as Picturing the Century: 100 years of photography from the National Archives. Browsable by topic
- History
Matters - explore over 1000 primary documents, images and audio
interviews
- Smithsonian
Photography Initiative
- Digital
History: American Historical Images
- New
York Public Library Digital Galleries: History and Geography, Culture
and Society, Industry
and Technology
- UW
Libraries Catalog - use the phrase "pictorial works" to
find books that include lots of photographs or pictures
- Browse
our Finding Images Guide
- Google
Image search and Google
Advanced Image Search
| Washington State and Local History |
- UW
Libraries Digital Collections
- King
County Snapshots
- Pacific
Northwest Labor History Project
Includes:Seattle General Strike, Labor Press Project, Communism in Washington State, and Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
- History
Link - an online encyclopedia of Washington State history
- UW
Libraries Catalog - use the phrase "pictorial works" to
find books that include lots of photographs or pictures
- Camp
Harmony Exhibit and Japanese
American Exhibit and Access Project and Densho,
the Japanese American Legacy Project
- Local
museums,archives and historical societies
- Washington State History Guide - more links to local history images and text; also Pacific Northwest History links from the UW Libraries
| Advertising |
- Ad*Access
"Over 7,000 advertisements printed in US and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II."
- Advertisementave.com
This site has a large collection of commercials organized by company, product, event, and celebrities
- American
Museum of the Moving Image The Living Room Candidate
"Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004. The site includes a searchable database and features commentary, historical background, election results, and navigation organized by both year and theme."
- New
York Public Library's Printing and Graphics Digital Gallery
Images of advertising, book binding, dust jackets, friendship books, menus, post cards, posters, trade and greeting cards
| Historical Films and Television |
- Internet
Archive Movie Archive
Includes educational films and advertisements as part of the Prelinger Archives Collection, as well as classic feature films, newsreels from 1929-67, drive-in movie ads from the 1950's and 60's, and cartoons from the 1930s and 40s. You can browse the recent additions, a topic list, or a title list, or you can use the advanced search.
- National
Archives (NARA) films online
Includes newsreels from 1942-45, Dept. of the Interior films 1916-1970, and NASA videos from 1962-81
- America
at work, America at leisure: motion pictures from 1894-1915
150 motion pictures from 1894-1915. "The subject matter ranges from amusement parks to cattle breeding. Teddy Roosevelt's life and times is included, as well as a Spanish-American War film."
- Inventing
Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies.
This site, offered by the Library of Congress American Memory Collection, features 341 motion pictures, 81 disc sound recordings, and many other materials surviving from Thomas Edison's entertainment inventions and industries
- Film
Studies Subject Guide
Links to film studies databasesUse the UW Libraries Catalog to find films
- From the Catalog's main menu select Advanced Keyword
- Click on the drop-down menu for Publication Type and select Videos, Slides, Media
- Search by keywords, for films directed by or starring specific individuals
- Search by type of film, such as: (if your search results are too broad try these as LC subject or genre searches)
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documentary films |
adventure
films |
martial
arts films |
science
fiction films
short films sports films spy films suspense films thrillers thriller -- feature war films western films western -- feature |
See also the Summit Catalog - A combined library catalog for academic libraries in Washington and Oregon. Search and request items unavailable at UW
| Film and Image Search Engines |
- Google Image search and Google Advanced Image Search
- Yahoo! Image search and gallery
- Browse the UW Libraries Image Collections
- Yahoo! Moving Image search
- Creative Commons multimedia search
- Google Video search
| Getting Help from a Librarian |
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. If I'm not available, we have many ways you can get help.
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Sarah
Leadley |