Here’s a really great resource for family history bloggers – “no permission required” images, courtesy of the New York Public Library.
According to this article, which explains these out-of-copyright images, “No permission required, no hoops to jump through: just go forth and reuse!”
Fantastic!!
Included among the collections are . . .
- Farm Security Administration photographs
- Sheet music for popular American songs at the turn of the 20th century
- WPA-era lithographs, etchings and pastels by African American artists
- More than 40,000 stereoscopic views documenting all regions of the United States
Or you can just click here to begin your search. Be sure to click on the SEARCH ONLY PUBLIC DOMAIN MATERIALS button under the search box.
For example, I searched for materials in the public domain using the search terms “Butte Montana”. There are a total of nine images, including this one for the Speculator Mine. The worst hard-rock mining disaster in U.S. history occurred at this site on June 8, 1917. Although it’s difficult to tell whether the handwriting at the bottom of the image includes a date, this image is of interest to me because my great grandfather Joseph Kieron was a miner in Butte at the time of this disaster.
I also used this image in my “sister” blog, An Upbuilding Life, to accompany a letter my great grandfather George Schenk wrote to my great grandmother Mary Gertrude Rumping in 1897 – wherein he referenced this lovely tune.
Click here to read that blog post.
And then I also came across this wonderful image. I don’t imagine I’ll ever have a chance to use this in a blog post – but isn’t it great?!
