http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory is provided by the Library of Congress. This amazing collection contains historic maps, photos, documents, audio and video. The help page is an excellent tool for learning to navigate this incredible site. Click more browse options or list all collections on the bottom left of the home page for more options. Click Teachers for lesson plans, activities and other resources for using this site in the classroom.

http://www.photography-museum.com/index.html The American Museum of Photography is an online museum with over five thousand individual images. The quick tour may help you find what you are looking for. Photography students may be interested in the museum's links to other photography related sites. E-mail the museum for permissions.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ImageFinder/ The Berkeley Digital Library provides an annotated list of links to digital image collections. They are supported by the Library U.C. Berkeley and Sun Microsystems.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/ The Agricultural Research Gallery contains photos of and pertaining to animals, crops, education, fruits & vegetables, field research, insects, lab research and plants. These images are taken by government employees and are in the public domain.

http://www.photos.blm.gov/ The Bureau of Land Management contains photos of and pertaining to its focus. Since these images are created by federal government employees, they are part of public domain.

http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp Freefoto.com contains free photographs for private non-commercial use on the internet. These are beautiful, professionally taken photos on many topics. Freefoto.com clearly specifies their Educational Policy for photo use.

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ Creative Commons Flickr resources. "Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry."

http://www.eastmanhouse.org/ The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film is an amazing online image collection sampler. The site contains a section specifically for educators that includes some interesting virtual field trips for Middle and High School students. Copyright laws are clearly outlined.

http://lib.colostate.edu/wildlife/ The Garst Collection contains images taken while filming for Mutual of Omaha and was developed for the general public. Educational fair use and copyright guidelines are clearly stated.

http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/ The Images of American Political History collection consists of over 500 images that are easily navigated by era or topic.

http://www.imageafter.com/ The Image After collection is a high quality free image collection. It is easy to search and the copyright procedures are readily available.

http://www.life.com/Life/lifephotos.html Classic Life from Life Magazine has a digital archive of their well-known photographs, including a searchable database of magazine covers from 1936 to1972.

http://www.morguefile.com/ The Morgue File is a collection of high quality free images that can be easily searched. Why is it called the name so creepy? Why are these images free? Check out the site. It's great.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/ NASA's Photo Gallery provides access to a large number of photos from many different sources and are all in the public domain. The Space Science Education Outreach section includes many ways to use NASA's resources in the classroom. The Image of the Day Gallery includes links to more collections.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/ National Geographic's Photography collection contains just what you'd expect: beautiful photo galleries on history, culture, landscapes, science, space, animals, bodies of water and more. Their education section contains a searchable lesson plan database as well as links to maps and professional development.

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/index.html The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Photo Archives contain public domain images from a variety of government sources. The Image Collections page is a webliography linking to each collection. Information on navigating the collections can be very useful.

http://www.usgs.gov/ The US Geological Survey is not a collection, per say. However, the photos it uses to illustrate biology, geography, geology, geospatial information and water can all be very useful in the classroom. Their Florida photo gallery is also a worthwhile site to check out. The map database is especially useful for teachin and learning.

http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/opclibra.htm The US Department of Agriculture's Online Photography Center has categorized links on all things agricultural. Take a look at their historical photos as well. These images are in the public domain and are therefor available to all at no cost.

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