Wikipedia:Public domain image resources

There are a number of sources of public domain images on the Web.

The presence of a resource on this list does not guarantee that all or any of the images in it are in the public domain: you are still responsible for checking the copyright status of images before you submit them to Wikipedia.

See also:

• Public domain resources

Objects

• Aeroplanes
  • http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/flight/index.html
  • http://www.nellis.af.mil/pa/Images/PHOTOPAGE.htm
  • http://nix.nasa.gov/browser.html
• Animals

• • http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html
  • http://www.jonsullivan.com/pictures/index.php3
  • http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/opclibra.htm
  • http://images.fws.gov/
  • http://www.nps.gov/yell/press/images/
  • http://www.fourmilab.ch/images/eclipse_2001/africaimages.html
• Cities
  • http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/
• Crops
  • http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html
• Fish
  • http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nurp/index.html
  • http://images.fws.gov/
• Food
  • http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/opclibra.htm
• Fruits/Vegtables
  • http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html
• Herbs
  • http://www.rootgrafix.com/herbalnexus/photos.htm
• Historical images
  • Library of Congress American Memory site
  • http://www.archive.org/movies/
  • http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
• Insects
  • http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html
• Landscape features (moutains, deserts, craters, etc)
  • http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/land.html
• Maps
  • http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
  • http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
• Medicine
  • Johns Hopkins Autopsy Resource (JHAR) Image Archive
• Military
  • http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/cfprojects/photodb/Photo_search.cfm
• Music
  • http://www.ibiblio.org/mutopia/
• Plants
  • http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html
  • http://www.nps.gov/yell/press/images/
• Portraits
  • http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/portraits/index.html
  • http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
• Satellites
  • http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/space/index.html
• Ships
  • http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ships/index.html
  • US navy archive of public domain ship photos
• Space (planets, stars, galaxies, etc) and spaceflight
  • http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/SubjectT.html
  • NIX: NASA Image eXchange
  • NASA planetary image catalog
  • NASA photo gallery
  • Johnson Space Center digital image collection
• Underwater
  • http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nurp/index.html
• US National Parks
  • http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/cfprojects/photodb/Photo_search.cfm
• Weather
  • http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/atmo.html
  • http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/
  • http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/index.html
  • NOAA pictures of tornadoes
• World Leaders
  • http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/cfprojects/photodb/Photo_search.cfm

Locations

• Botswana
  • http://www.fourmilab.ch/images/eclipse_2001/africaimages.html
• Cuba
  • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
• France
  • http://www.fauvet.net/sf/pagephoto/index.php3?dossier=principal
• Iran
  • http://www.fourmilab.ch/images/eclipse99/iranimages.html
• Ireland
  • http://www.jonsullivan.com/pictures/index.php3
• Japan
  • Tokyo
    • http://www.gnuart.net/data/photo/ACBM/Tokyo/index.html
• Mexico
  • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/detrSubjects29.html
• Panama
  • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
• Puerto Rico
  • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
• South Africa
  • http://www.fourmilab.ch/images/eclipse_2001/africaimages.html
• USA
  • Los Angeles
    • http://www.jonsullivan.com/pictures/index.php3
  • New York
    • http://www.empirestateroads.com/maps/
  • Orange County
    • http://www.jonsullivan.com/pictures/index.php3
  • San Diego
    • http://www.jonsullivan.com/pictures/index.php3
  • Vermont
    • http://www.vtweb.com/foliage/thumbs00.shtml
• West Indies
  • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
• Zambia
  • http://www.fourmilab.ch/images/eclipse_2001/africaimages.html
• Zimbabwe
  • http://www.fourmilab.ch/images/eclipse_2001/africaimages.html

Miscellaneous

• GIMP Archive Royalty-free photos
• Scanned and colorised etchings claimed to be PD images
• Public Domain Pagan Clipart

Uncategorized links

U.S. Government sites

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pictures
• More U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service imagery
• NOAA Photo Library

Other sites:

• http://www.sru.edu/depts/cisba/compsci/dailey/public/public_domain.htm
• Physics for Free (Public domain physics textbook in pdf format with illustrations)

Computer-generated public domain images:

• Automatic public domain map generating program

Public domain image meta-resources:

• http://www.wfu.edu/~tedforrl/imagcoll.html
• http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Science_Internet/TI_2001E/index.html
• http://www.archivalart.com/
• http://GIMP-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/

Dover Publications has many, many books of copyright-free illustrations. Search on "copyright-free", "clip art" or "Pictorial Archive". These are hard copy and would have to be scanned, but they cover everything. You have to buy the books, but the art is free. Here are just a few examples:

• Plants: 2,400 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Flowers, Trees, Fruits and Vegetables
• Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc.
• Ready-to-Use Illustrations of World-Famous Places: 109 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Illustrations of Pets: 96 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Illustrations of Appliances and Electronics: 98 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Portraits of Famous People: 121 Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Mammals Illustrations: 98 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Illustrations of Marine Animals: 96 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Authentic Civil War Illustrations: 245 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Bird Illustrations: 98 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Flower Illustrations: 96 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Endangered Animals Illustrations: 96 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Ready-to-Use Medieval Herb, Plant and Flower Illustrations: 294 Different Copyright-Free Designs
• Airplanes of the Second World War Coloring Book 46 accurate illustrations copyright-free.
• Weapons and Armor, 1400 copyright-free illustrations of battle-axes, bows & arrows, cannons, more
• Transportation, 525 copyright-free illustrations include trains, trolleys, cars, ships, airplanes, many exotic vehicles.

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I would like to help scan this images. I have two scanners, several computers and LOTS of spare time.(unemployed) Johnraphone