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Ad*Access

over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Covering five categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II - Ad*Access provides a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies preserved at Duke University. Brief histories of the industries and timelines of world and national events help put the ads in the context of their times.

American Memory Project: Library of Congress

Gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers millions of digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

Australian War Memorial Collections Search Canberra

Collections include over 4,000 works of Art, 203,000 Photographs, 3,500 Films, 350 Sound recordings, and 8,200 Private Records.

Collect Britain

Showcases thousands of items from the British Library. Browse their collections, tours and exhibitions, or search the site in many different ways.

Defence image database

United Kingdom Ministry of Defence database holds thousands of images which have been contributed by the Army; Royal Navy; RAF and MoD photographers.

Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920

Over 9,000 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920, illustrating the rise of consumer culture, and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States. The project organizes the materials into eleven categories, including advertising cookbooks, early Lux ads, J. Walter Thompson Company "house ads" and tobacco promotions.

Imperial War Museum Collections On-line Database

Over 3,000 photographs, works of art, "soundbites", and other visual artifacts. Includes a number of thematic categories as a way of introducing some of their more prominent materials. Some of these categories include "War in the Air", "Truth & Propaganda", and "Burial & Remembrance".

International Dunhuang Project

More than 50,000 manuscripts and paintings from ancient caves and temples along the Silk Road.

John F. Kennedy Library & Museum

Browse or search Kennedy’s speeches and photos, video and audio from his historic presidency.

Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

From the the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National library of the Netherlands) and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum. You can choose to browse the subject hierarchy, be shown highlights or search through the database of around 10,000 items.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Collections New York

Thousands of items from the Museum's extraordinary collections including clothing, arms and armour, musical instruments and of course art works.

Picture Australia

Primarily aimed at revealing Australia's cultural heritage through images, this site is also well worth using if searching for pictures of New Zealand's past. A single access point for searching the distributed image collections of many significant Australian cultural institutions.

Portable Antiquties Scheme Database

Records of artefacts and coins found by the UK public, whilst pursuing a wide range of activities (the majority from metal detecting).

Science & Society Picture Library

From the collections of the Science Museum, National Railway Museum and Museum of Photography, Film & Television

University of Washington Digital Collections

The Libraries' central location for rare materials and a major center for the study of the Pacific Northwest, Photographs,Travel and Exploration, Architecture, Book Arts, 19th-century American Literature, 20th-century American and English Literature.

Victoria and Albert Museum Images Online London

"You may search here for over 16,000 works and over 20,000 images from the V&A collections. The database covers a wide range of objects, including ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, metalwork, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles."

York Archaeological Trust Online Picture Library

Photographs of archaeological items from Roman times to present day York.