Art Studio & Communication Design: Image Databases and Websites

Collection of historical advertising trade cards in Miami's Special Collections and Archives.

Collection of historical postcards cards in Miami's Special Collections and Archives.

Archived selections from AIGA's design competitions

Images of artworks in the Getty's collections, including decorative works, costume, and prints.

Access to nearly 1.2 million images in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

Over 685,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more

Images that are free to download from the public domain. Click "Visualize the Public Domain" for a beautiful image browsing interface

Search over 2 million records with 210,500 images, video and sound files, electronic journals and other resources from all across the Smithsonian.

Images and resources for arts and design, from the UK

Over 56,000 works and over 86,000 images from the V&A's collections, including ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, metalwork, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles.

Results from this page have already been limited to those in the public domain.

Results from this page have already been limited to those in the public domain.

Results from this page have already been limited to those in the public domain.

Make sure to click "open access" on the bottom right.

If image is downloadable, it is in the public domain. You can either create an account and the museum will email you the image or save the image to your computer.

Only applies to images marked as public domain

Only applies to images marked as public domain

All images are in the public domain.

Consult the rights data in each record to see if and how an image can be reused.

All images are in the public domain as long as you use the search bar on this page.

A collection of artworks from Paris museums. For open access images, use the bottom searchbox on the lefthand side of the page (under "refine results.")

Over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955

Classic print ads from the 1940s to present

Archive of book cover designs and designers

Over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States

Categories include World War, WPA, Graphic Arts, and Performing Arts. You might find it easier to browse by category than running a keyword search. These images are in the public domain.

Images (mostly prints and drawings) from old magazines, books, and other print media.

The People’s Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced virtual archive of inclusive graphic design history. The Archive includes everything from finished projects to process, photos, correspondence, oral histories, anecdotes, articles, essays, and other supporting material. You’ll find all sorts of information and links to other relevant archives, too.

Free stock photos, textures, images, and clipart.

Free images, wallpaper, and backgrounds.

Free stock photos.