This slide show is a presentation I have given to Yale librarians, students, and faculty on how to navigate the many online collections, search engines, and websites providing access to public domain images.

1. Free Culture! Public Domain Photography on the Web Top: Federal Art Project poster, Columbus, Ohio, 1937. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Works Progress Administration Poster Collection, [LC-USZC2-5421] Right: Iowa : WPA Federal Art Project. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, [LC-USZC2-870]

2. Where can you use public domain photos? Research paper Published paper Blog Anywhere!

4. Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie (1928) Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) The Pot Calls the Kettle Black

12. Examples of PD images (Left) Federal Art Project poster, May 14 1941 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, [LC-USZC2-5350] (Above) March on Washington. Aug. 28, 1963. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, USN&WR Collection, [LC-U9-10364-37] WPA poster, 1940-41. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, [LC-USZC2-1109]

16. Corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues 10:55 AM. Pittsburgh, Penn. Ca. 1940. Smoke Control Lantern Slides, Archives Service Center. “ If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.” http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/policies/guidelines.html “ The Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection contains sixty-three images documenting the city of Pittsburgh in the 1940’s and 1950’s, before and after smoke control ordinances were passed regulating the burning of coal. Although the creator and exact date of the collection is not known for certain, it was created to showcase the smoke control legislation's remarkable results.” http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?sid=a96d57ec3061dbc77a90f37fb8093b9a;page=index;c=smoke;g=imls Confusion Abounds!

19. Copyright deposits in the basement before classifying at the Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, ca. 1898. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [LC-USZ62-38245] Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, ca. 1920-50. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Theodor Horydczak Collection, [LC-H814-T01-L03-001]

22. Walker Evans, Bethlehem graveyard and steel mill. Pennsylvania, 1935. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, [LC-USF342-T01-001167-A]

25. Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (1936). Orig. title: Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California . Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, [LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516] Public domain image taken by Lange while working in for the Farm Security Administration

30. Where can you use public domain photos? Research paper Published paper Blog Anywhere!

34. Sometimes a scholarly resource will not provide a high quality image. Especially if it is part of a departmental website and not part of an official collection and/or database. Columbia University, American Studies Program: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/amstudies/images/Migrant%20mother1936.jpg

35. LC vs. Columbia Univ. Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother, 1936. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516] Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother, 1936. Located at Columbia University’s American Studies Program http://www.columbia.edu/cu/amstudies/images/Migrant%20mother1936.jpg

36. Library of Congress vs. Library of Congress

45. They are laughing at you for using lousy tags! Uploaded on June 18, 2007 by pro365ject .

53. Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother, 1936. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516] Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother, 1936. Located at Wikipedia’s entry “Migrant Mother:” http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant_mother LC vs. Wikipedia

57. Who Owns This Image? We do! "Power house mechanic working on steam pump" By Lewis Hine, 1920. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration (69-RH-4L-2) Same image from www.gettyimages.com