Research Guides: HIST 001N: Chinatowns: Then and Now (SC): Photos & Images

Finding Photos & Images

Openverse
Search 600 million+ images and audio files, all Creative Commons licensed or in the public domain
PhillyHistory.org
Provides online access to over 50,000 photographs from the collections of the Philadelphia Department of Records. Also provides digital access to the Philadelphia historical streets index and the Philadelphia historical photograph index.
Temple University Digital Collections
Includes a large collection of photographs taken for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin newspaper.

Example search for Chinatown
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Digital Records
Search for photos, scanned documents, and other items available online

Example search for Chinatown
Free Library of Philadelphia Digital Collections
Search historic photographs, scrapbooks, and other documents in the Free Library collection

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Visit the Guide to Finding & Reusing Images to learn more about finding images you can ethically reuse in your work.