Library of Congress: The Nation's Library

Sort and browse the gallery for topics contained in letters, photos, film, video, on events and chronicles of American history.

Galleries of materials with viewing permissions granted by libraries, universities, agencies, and organizations.

Current and historical galleries from the Civil War to Covid-19.

America's historic newspapers from 1777-1963 and the U.S. Newspaper Directory for works published 1690-present.

Current and historical collections with audio recordings of interviews, music, or radio broadcasts, along with other multimedia.

Documentaries, short films, and recorded webinars of moving pictures past and present.

Dashboard of collections with manuscripts and mixed material.

Worldwide collections of history, exploration, physical geography, panoramas, military, and environmental maps.

Newspapers published in the last two centuries, with special units at major points in U.S. history.

Moving image collection of otherwise unavailable movies, copyrighted or public domain, accessible to the viewers worldwide.

Illustrations, photos, prints, or documents in the collection containing visual material.

Online exhibitions with downloadable images on a wide variety of topics in American history.

Guidance on major questions about rights to images in Prints & Photographs Division (P&P) collections.