Images & Photos in the Public Domain

Guernsey cow photo from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Looking for an image to spice up a class presentation? Say, perhaps a map of the 1924 Presidential election? A photo of the USS ARIZONA burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941? Images of plants native to the Great Lakes region? An AIDS virus image? A photo of the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site in Pennsylvania?

Cowboy photo, taken 1888 in Dakota Territory

Believe it or not, your Federal Government may be of assistance! Go to U.S. Government Photos, Graphics, and Multimedia and select “U.S. Government Photos and Graphics.”

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About Barbara

I am a Reference & Instruction librarian, head of that department in Andersen Library, an associate professor, and a member of the General Education Review Committee and Faculty Senate. I've been working at UW-W since July 1, 1990.
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