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Life Photo Archive

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most of the photographs were never published and are now available through the joint work of LIFE and Google. Life was established as a magazine in 1883 and eventually ceased publication in 2007.

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s):
Art & Architecture
Digital Archives & Collections
Images and Photographs
Publicly Available Resources

Related DatabasesOn-Site Access Only
ARTstor (Note: network restrictions at LC limit access to some images)
EBSCO Image Quick View
General OneFile

Related Links
British Library Images Online
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Picsearch
Picture Collection Online
Picturing America
TASI Digital Image Archives
VADS

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