Images of American Political History
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Using the Collection

The intent of this collection is to support the teaching of American political history by providing quick access to uncopyrighted images for inclusion in teaching materials.  

All images are strongly believed to be in the public domain. They were obtained from non-copyrighted U.S. government holdings and publications and from published works with clearly expired copyrights. Thus there are absolutely no restrictions on their use.

Images are provided in two sizes and in JPEG format for easy retrieval and use. The small size averages 400 pixels in the long dimension and 100k while the "full size" averages 1200 pixels in the long dimension and 320k. Note that the file sizes are rather large for JPEGs. Low compression was used so that these images could be edited and recompressed by the end user. As a result, download times will be slow with 56k modem access.

Images can be located through the browse/search page. Links to images contain brief captions and are listed in approximate chronological order.  Browse and search links connect to pages with a small image and additional descriptive information. Clicking on the small image loads the full sized version of the image. Either sized image may be saved to disk. Small image pages also include "VCR" buttons as an additional browsing option.

Images are very briefly described with captions, and in some cases with more detailed descriptions and keywords on the small image page. Some captions/descriptions are directly quoted from the original, especially where usage is obsolete or the caption is highly slanted. No attempt is made in this collection to provide the historical context or interpretation of the relevance of these images. Rather, they are supplied as raw material for user already familiar with their importance to U.S. political history.

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Images of American Political History. Posting online by Dr. William J. Ball. All images are believed to be in the public domain. Please do not contact me for permission to use them.