Biodiversity Heritage Library | An open access digital library for plant and animal images boasting a collection of 300,00 scans.

The Internet Archive | A digital library with a mission to provide universal access to all knowledge. You can find nearly anything here.

Internet Archive Book Images | A Flickr library of over 4.7 million images from the Internet Archive’s book collection.

Library of Congress | Themed Item sets from the Library’s digital collections that are free to use and reuse. The full digital collection comprises millions of items—but may not be okay to use.

The Public Domain Review | Project dedicated to curious and compelling works that have fallen into the public domain and are free to enjoy, share, and build upon without restriction.

Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA) | A living database of out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse—updated weekly!

Vintage Stock Photos | A collection of authentic faded, blurry, scratched, grainy, and misfit images depicting life in the middle of the 20th century.

The British Library’s Commons Collection | Millions of public domain images from one of the world’s largest libraries, which they specifically “encourage you to explore and re-use”.

SwellMap’s Flickr Collection | Over 11,000 scanned postcards and QSL cards featuring scenes of classic American life stained with authentic print artifacts.

Flickr Commons | A unique collection of historical photography from over 100 cultural institutions, all with no known copyright restrictions

Old Book Illustrations | A modest collection of scanned book illustrations available within the limits of the public domain.

Library and Archives Canada | Archive of historical Canadian material, such as: letters, diaries, government documents, photographs, maps, and artwork.

Canada Modern | A physical and digital archive of Canadian graphic design, especially focused on modernism.

Pastforward Winnipeg | Images, audio, and more, related to Winnipeg’s past, such as postcards, historical directories, and oral histories.

Morguefile | Over 400,000 royalty-free stock photos openly available for commercial use.

NASA Image and Video Library | NASA’s very own media library with an abundance of space-related goodies.

CIRA Indigenous stock images | A free-to-use Indigenous stock photo library created with the purpose of honouring addressing the representation gap in stock photography.

Philly Boxing History | A collection of posters, programs, and tickets from the last 100 years of Philadelphia boxing memorabilia.

archives.design | A curated collection of graphic design related items available on the Internet Archives.

The People’s Graphic Design Archive | A crowd-sourced virtual archive of inclusive graphic design history.

Arabic Design Archive (ADA) | A non-profit initiative intended to open an accessible platform of Arabic design and its history through collecting, digitizing, and exhibiting.

Japanese Graphic Design (1800–2010) | A collection of visual research surveying the history of graphic design in Japan.

International Advertising & Design Database | A project that aims to give direct access to everything the world of advertisement and design has to offer. [It’s currently being restructured so URLs may change.]