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However, we primarily want freely-licensed images (GFDL, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY, public domain, or another free content license, not just any picture on the web) which are compatible with our policies and our goal of creating a free resource for everyone.
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Note: Accurate photographs of two-dimensional visual artworks lack expressive content and are automatically in the public domain once the artwork's copyright has expired (which it has in the US if it was published before 1923). All other copyright notices can safely be ignored.
Automotive
1. The Crittenden Automotive Library. Not all are PD! The image detail page will state the status, PD images will be marked "Public domain" or by year of publication if before 1922.
Computer-Generated Maps
1. Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS– Automatic public domain map generating program. 2. PAT public domain maps: world, regional, country state (US, CA, AU)
Medicine
1. History of Medicineat the National Library of Medicine. Most but not all of the exhibitions are PD. Clicking on "Metadata" near the bottom of the page will generate a popup window with information that includes rights usage for each page. 2. National Cancer Institute Visuals Online-Great resource for electron microscopy and histological images. Includes general biomedical and science-related images, cancer-specific scientific and patient care-related images, and portraits of directors and...
Clip art, in the graphic arts, refers to pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Clip art is generally composed exclusively of illustrations (created by hand or by computer software), and does not include stock photography. 1. http://www.wpclipart.com– exists to maintain and grow an online collection of artwork for schoolkids and others that...
Australia
1. Trove, the National Library of Australia's search engine, includes over 400 thousand freely licensed images, about 300 thousand of which are in the public domain or available under a CC0 license.
Ireland
1. ireland-information.comThousands of Public domain photographs of Ireland, Irish history, scenery, castles, landscapes, etc. as well as photos of items that can be applied to any project: animals, houses, buildings, etc. 2. The National Library of Ireland on FlickrUploads hundreds of public domain historic images of Ireland. Much greater ease of use for Wikipedia needs than the actual National Library of Ireland website. 3. The House of the Oireachtas on Flickruploads hundreds of images fro...
Mexico
1. PlayaDelCarmenMexico.orgPublic domain photos of Playa del Carmen.
Images from The Newgate Calendar. Crimes and criminals from the 18th century Newgate Calendar.http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ Collection images scanned from various old books that are now in the public domain. Searchable. Used to be under http://www.holoweb.net/~liam/Child Labor in America 1908 – 1912 by Lewis W. HinePhotos of the Great War many images of World War I, scanned in from public domain resources. Slight usage notice, which is probably compatible with GFDL (requires attribution and link, as does GFDL...http://books.google.com – Scanned-in books & historical documents. Keyword searchable. Great source for diagrams/illustrations. (not all public domain, many still in copyright) Books google believe...5 days ago · View of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, from the south ridge of Mount Pumori, Nepal, Himalayas. The first documented ascent of Mount Everest was made on 29 May 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. RSS feed. Subscribe. Previous Pictures of the day.
Apr 30, 2016 · Media on Wikimedia Commons are either in the public domain or published under a Creative Commons copyright license that allows them to be reused free of charge. The main requirement for reusing Creative Commons-licensed content is that you provide proper attribution.
For a work downloaded from the internet, please understand that the vast majority of images from the internet are not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. Exceptions include images from flickr that have an acceptable license, images that are in the public domain because of their age or because they were created by the United States federal ...
May 23, 2024 · Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language.
Mar 16, 2024 · Featured Photographs in the Public Domain. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Public domain feature pictures: photographs only.
