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Clip Art & Illustrations

Clip Art Directory: Clip art websites by topic. Provided by Google Directory.
Web Clip Art: Directory of clip art and clip art providers. Provided by About.com.

Databases & Collections - Historical Archives

American Memory Exhibit: Browse or search documents and photographs from American history. Provided by the Library of Congress.
American Museum of Photography: Historical features, works of famous photographers, exhibits, and more.
Hudson River Valley Heritage: "Providing online access to historical materials from New York State's Hudson River Valley"
Local History Images: Provided by Middletown Thrall Library.
LIFE Photo Archive: Search millions of photographs from the 1750s to the present.
Portrait Gallery: "A selection of portraits of historical figures from the Perry-Castaneda Library, University of Texas at Austin."

Databases and Collections - Multiple Topics

Morgue File: Search or browse downloadable stock photos.
National Geographic Photographs: Nature, environmental, scientific, multicultural, and other photographs.
Photography Collections: Directory of major photography exhibits. Provided by LII.org.
Picture Collection Online: "For those who seek knowledge and inspiration from visual materials, the Picture Collection Online presents more than 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923." Provided by the New York Public Library.
USA.gov: U.S. Government Photos and Graphics

Image Creation & Editing Software

Blender: 3D computer graphics. Image and animation creation software.
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program): Draw, paint, convert, or edit images, photographs, and computer graphics.
Inkscape: Create vector style diagrams and illustrations.
Other Image Software: Listings provided by Google Directory. See also their Image Manipulation directory.

Image Search Engines

All the Web: Image Search
AltaVista Image Search
Ditto.com
Fagan Finder: Search multiple image archives.
Google Image Search
Picsearch
Yahoo! Image Search

News Photos and Videos

Photos in the News
Videos in the News

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For information on photography (i.e. "taking pictures"), please see our Photography section.

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