Directory of Archives Resources

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Institutions which contain original photographs and make them available for research.

Subcategories

• American
• Russian

Resources in This Category

• Alinari

  http://corporate.alinari.it/
  Preserves and exhibits over 800,000 vintage photographs and negatives. Contains exhibit details, a library, and a restoration laboratory. Located in Florence, Italy. [Italian and English]

• Greenpark Images

  http://greenparkimages.co.uk/
  A unique collection of film and video footage dating back to the 1940's and earlier, covering the UK and international subjects.

• Guillaume Bourdet Photo Gallery

  http://yomgui666.free.fr/
  Including riots in London (Mayday 2001), Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, Laos, Turkey, Brighton.

• Images from S.V. Hougomont's passages

  http://thorweb.anta.net/hougomont/
  Depicting the journeys of the four-masted steel barque "Hougomont" in the years 1927-1929.

• LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

  http://images.google.com/hosted/life
  Includes a searchable database of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.

• Lubavitch Archives

  http://www.chabadnews.us/
  Articles, pictures and historical facts in regard to Chabad Lubavitch history.

• Photo Mazza

  http://www.photomazza.com/
  Over 70.000 colour slides of botany and zoology. Includes animals in action, under water photographs and wildlife.

• Reflections Archive Photography

  http://www.20thcenturyimages.co.uk/
  A black and white photographic archive of Liverpool, Wirral, Merseyside and other areas of Britain up to the 1960s, hand printed from high quality original glass plate negatives.

• Reflective Images

  http://www.wales-pictures.com/
  Offer mail order prints of photographs of Welsh towns and villages dating from 1890. Includes a list of localities and scenes available.

• The Civil War Photography Center

  http://www.civilwarphotography.com/
  Devoted to the works of original Civil War photographers. Includes images, information on technical methods, and cameras. Located in Gettysburg, PA.

• Werner Forman Archive

  http://www.werner-forman-archive.com/
  Selected photographs from over 100 published books on the great civilisations and tribal societies of the past.

• When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/young/
  Collection of black and white photographs featuring children. From the American Library of Congress.

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