American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later.
An annual contest by the National Press Photographers Association that showcases exemplary photo, video, and web site work. You can browse past winners by category (Best Photojournalism of the Year, Best Published Picture Story, etc.) but you cannot search by picture content or even by photographer name.
A database of pictures of the colonial Americas, from Hudson Bay to Tierra Del Fuego based entirely on primary sources printed or created between 1492 and ca. 1825
The photographic slideshows with audio accompaniment are the strength of the New York Times multimedia section. Also find up-to-the minute coverage of news and sports stories.
Search 1.56 million historic newspaper photos (1900-1963).
A website that hosts online exhibits of documentary photography concerned with the human condition.
Extensive digital library of primary source texts and artifacts, covering Ancient Greece and Rome, the English Renaissance, and early North American history.
Art Photo Index (API) is a visual index of important art and documentary photographers, their images and their websites from throughout the world. The photographers included in Art Photo Index have been selected as a result of their accomplishments in the art or documentary photography field.
A photo blog created by a select group of picture editors of The Boston Globe. Highlights high-quality, amazing imagery, with a focus on current events. The large-format photos are a pleasure to review.
Online database of historical images.
The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests, and achievements of the American people.
Magnum Photos represents some of the world’s most renowned photographers
News21 is a program of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that is helping to change the way journalism is taught in the U.S. and train a new generation of journalists capable of reshaping the news industry. It is headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. The site includes the results of national investigations conducted by students.
Photos and videos from the Washington Post
Find photo essays, slideshows, and featured galleries of images. Includes journalism photography and user-generated content.
Photo essays, video, audio, and more from Human Rights Watch, an independent organization dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.
Search photographs that appeared in LIFE magazine.
National Geographic is the source for pictures, photo tips, free desktop wallpapers of places, animals, nature, underwater, travel, and more
Contains 30,000 high-resolution digital images taken from the New York Public Library's extensive collection of books, magazines, newspapers, photographs, and prints. Most images are pre-1923, and the collection is especially strong in the areas of fashion and natural history.
Search millions of artifacts in the Smithsonian Collection Research Center.
A very special thanks to George Washington University and California State University, Long Beach. I pulled the resources from their websites.