Here are some good web sites to try for graphic images. These are alternate sources to the graphic images linked to big search engines, which are often blocked by our Internet filter Bess. Because many of the clipart and photo sites contain images that are in the public domain, meaning copyright-free, you will also have fewer worries about copyright issues. Please use these graphics for educational and school purposes only. In addition, please remember not to alter the images or sell them, and use them only a moderate number of times. Any specific copyright restrictions will be noted.
Clipart
Microsoft* ClipGallery Live http://dgl.microsoft.com/ A search feature on this site allows flexibility of choice. Good clipart and lots of it.
Pics4Learning http://www.pics4learning.com The Pics4Learning collection is intended to provide copyright friendly images for use by students and teachers in an education setting.” This site intermingles clipart with photos to provide a wide selection of choice on many topics.
ArtToday http://www.clipart.com/en/index 1.2 million images including clipart, photos, fonts, and sounds
ClipArt Connection www.clipartconnection.com 3 million photos, fonts, clipart and animations
Flamingtext www.flamingtext.com Clipart, photos, flash, animations, WebArt
bellsnwhistles.com www.bellsnwhistles.com Animated graphics, software, java applets, javascript, and more
Photography
FreeFoto http://www.freefoto.com/ Features 40 main sections with over 147 sections and 111,000 images. Weekly updated. A good, general, photo site with a search feature for more precise results. Be sure to credit images used to the FreeFoto.com web site using its logo found on the website.
Historical/Cultural/Art Photo Sites
The Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Reading Room http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/pphome.html Photographs span American history and culture.
Images of American Political History http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/index.htm An excellent collection of over 500 public domain images of American Political History.
Digital Librarian www.digitallibrarian.com A librarian's choice of the best of the Web, including photographs
Lantern Slides of Classical Antiquity http://www.brynmawr.edu/Admins/DMVRC/lanterns/lantindx.html Features photos of architecture of antiquity
American Memory: Selected Civil War Photographs http://www.brynmawr.edu/Admins/DMVRC/lanterns/lantindx.html This is an excellent site for civil war photography. Produced by the Library of Congress.
American Memory: America from the Great Depression to WWII (1935-1945)http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html When using a photo, use of this credit line is suggested: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USF35-1326]
American Memory: Map Collections 1544-1999 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html A collection of maps of America that spans almost four centuries.
FDR Library & Digital Archives http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/photos.html Copyright-free pictures of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the depression and New Deal, and World War II.
The Sciences
NIX (NASA Image eXchange) http://nix.nasa.gov/ Photos of NASA related material. Search feature included.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ Contains over 16,000 images covering 18 different subject categories. Credit must be given to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce when using photo.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pictures/Images http://pictures.fws.gov/ http://images.fws.gov/ Excellent photos of biological/ecological subject matter.