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Picture Collection Online

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: PCO is a searchable collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. Includes the following subjects:

  • African-Americans
  • American History
  • Animals
  • Army
  • Clothing & Dress
  • Costume
  • Design
  • Exploration
  • Fashion Drawings
  • Insects
  • Native Americans
  • Pioneer Life
  • Slavery
  • Textiles
From The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library, Picture Collection.

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s):
Digital Archives & Collections
Publicly Available Resources

Related DatabasesOn-Site Access Only
Catalog of Art Museum Images Online

Related Links
American Memory
British Library Images Online
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Making of America : Cornell
Making of America : Michigan
TASI Digital Image Archives
VADS

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