Memory Lane
A trip down memory lane is never complete without looking through the old photo albums in grandma's closet. Here you will find a grand collection of links to vintage photographs, portraits of a time gone by. Nothing gives you a better window to the past than looking at a photo, a frozen chunk of time on a thin layer of paper. Many of these links have indexes and are searchable so you can find photos by checking out places and times. Open Grandma's photo albums and enjoy!
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19th Century Photos
Photos of African-American [free] and Indian families taken during the 19th century.
Addison N Scurlock's Historical Images ~ D.C.
Portraits of a City - Scurlock collection of images taken in Washington, DC.
Ancestor Genealogy Photo Archive
A database containing vintage photographs.
AncientFaces
A website for the exchange of ancestral photographs.
Benedicte Wrensted Photographs ~ Idaho
A collection of Native Americans photographed at the studio in Pocatello by Benedicte Wrensted [the studio was later leased to Mrs. W. E. [Mary H. Cole] Garvey when Benedicte Wrested moved from the area].
CONTENTdm Collection
Browse through digital collections of photos representing Historical Black Colleges and Universities [HBCU], digital collections of universities [e.g., Hampton, Tuskegee, and Tennessee State], and a potpourri of other images, including 'Grandma's Summer Home', and a sample beat that can be used in a hip hop song.
Cemetery Pics by Kate ~ Texas
Photos of cemeteries in Houston and other areas of Texas. There are also some photos of cemeteries in Estes Park, Colorado, and Rawlings, Wyoming. The album contains some close-up photos of grave headstones and markers.
Common-place
The Revolution in Print. Graphics in Nineteenth Century America.
Coty's Treasures
Purchase copies of old snapshots, photos, portrait and group photographs, as well as old letters, postcards, documents, photo albums, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and similar items.
DeadFred
Genealogy photo archive.
Family Old Photos
This website contains over 18,000 photographs, representing over 33,800 surnames... and thousands of families...
Footnote
Find millions of images of original source documents, free to browse.
Forgotten New York ~ NYC
Photo archives of the 'forgotten' infrastructure of New York City.
Frank S Matsura Image Collection ~ State of Washington
Searchable database of images from the Frank S Matsura collection. The images depict events in Okanogan, Washington, from the construction of the Conconully Dam that provided for the irrigation of thousands of acres of farmland, to the installation of a city street sprinkler in Okanogan to keep the dust settled on downtown dirt streets.
GenDisasters
Events that touched our ancestors' lives.
Ghost Towns
A ghost town is any place where people once lived, or are still living, that is a shadow of its past glory. Ghosttowns.com contains information about all types of ghost towns in the United States and Canada.
Jackson Davis Collection ~ University of Virginia
Archive of photos, taken by Jackson Davis, documenting African American schools, teachers and students throughout the Southeastern United States.
Just A Joy
"We are the link between reputable antique dealers and individuals who own these "orphaned" items and the families to whom they should belong."
Legends of America
Filled with both vintage and current photographs, Legends of America focuses on small out of the way places and hidden attractions that appeal to the nostalgic and historic minded.
New York Public Library ~ Digital Gallery
Images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
New York Public Library ~ Schomburg Digital Collection
Images of 19th Century African Americans.
PastFaces
A website for the exchange of ancestral photographs.
Penny Postcards ~ USGenWeb
A USGenWeb Archives Web Site.
Photos From the Past ~ Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
A means for the members of the SUVCW and other Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic [GAR], and the general public to honor and preserve the memory of the men who preserved the Union 1861 - 1865. Submissions welcomed.
Portrait of Black Chicago
Photos taken by John H. White from June through October 1973, and briefly during the spring of 1974. White, then a 28-year-old photographer with the Chicago Daily News, worked for the federal government photographing Chicago, especially the city's African American community, as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's [EPA's] DOCUMERICA project.
Portraits In Black
A collection of rare and unusual photographic images of African American men in the service of the United States Army.
Prints and Photographs Reading Room ~ Library of Congress
View photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections concentrate on the history of the United States of America {USA}.
SIRIS ~ Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System's image gallery.
Shorpy
The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog"
Slavery Images
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record. Jerome S. Handler and Michael L. Tuite Jr.
Slavery Photographs & Images ~ About.com
"This collection of slavery images provides a glimpse at slave life. The compilation includes photos, illustrations, and images of newspaper clippings."
Teenie Harris Collection
Archive of Charles 'Teenie' Harris' photographs. The site requests help in identifying images.
University Libraries of South Carolina ~ Digital Collections
Browseable collection of correspondence files, maps, papers, manuscripts, and other memorabilia.
Vanishing Georgia
Photos of Georgia's past, including family homes, businesses, people, etc.
Wyoming ~ Independence Rock Video
A video presentation of the site called 'Independence Rock' where thousands of emigrants travelling the Oregon Trail inscribed their names in the granite rock while encamped there.
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