LOC Online Prints & Photographs  
Access thousands of digital images from the Library of Congress. You can search the catalog by keyword or browse the resources alphabetically.
Source: Library of Congress Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes
Ad Access
This site contains images and information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II.
Source: Duke University Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes
The Floating World of Ukiyo-e
Step into the world of 17th-19th century Japanese Ukiyo-e prints.
Source: Library of Congress Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Devices of Wonder
Learn about some of the mechanical inventions, toys, and parlor games that were the predecessors of today's movie, robotic, optical, and computer technologies. From the Magic Painter Game to Magic Lantern Slides, this site takes you back in time to explore the sometimes surprising paths that led to today's technologies.
Source: Getty Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
Cary Collection
View examples from some of the 20,000 volumes housed in the Rhode Island School of Design's Cary Collection. You can view examples of print works from the 13th-20th century.
Source: Rhode Island School of Design Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Graphic Arts Collection
You'll find images from the papermaking, printing, calligraphy, printmaking, fine binding, typography, and book design collection of Princeton University. Included in the site are online exhibits of women printers and the work of caricaturist George Cruikshank.
Source: Princeton University Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes
Media History Project
Trace the history of print and electronic media at this site. You'll find a media history quiz, a media history timeline, links to media resources, and articles.
Source: School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
What is a Print?
Learn about the techniques and processes used for creating woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, and screen prints. Interactive demonstrations take you step-by-step through each technique. Visit the gallery to see prints by artist like Edward Hopper, Paul Klee, Otto Dix, and Lucian Freud.
Source: Museum of Modern Art Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No Posters: American Style
Posters have provided some of the country's most powerful cultural messages. This site provides images of some of the great graphic images made in the United States over the past century and looks at the process of using visual imagery for communicating patriotic, commercial and propaganda messages. A special section of the site explores the historical events that inspired selected posters.
Source: Smithsonian Museum of American Art Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes
The American Museum of Papermaking
Learn about the history of papermaking.
Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes
The Glory of Chinese Printing
Explore the history of Chinese printing from the woodblock prints of the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the prints of the Qing Dynasty.
Source: Printing Museum of China Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No |
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