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​​Public Domain Image Sources*

​​*Some may request attribution, so always make sure to check! 

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​​Public Domain / Commons Sites:

• ​​Wikimedia Commons

• ​​Flickr Commons

• ​​Old Book Illustrations

• ​​Public Domain Review

• ​​Public Domain Archive

• ​​Internet Book Archive Flickr

• ​​RAW Pixel on Flickr (where I got all those vintage plant/animal illustrations)

​​Open Access Library & Museum Collections:

• ​​British Library

• ​​Art Institute of Chicago

• ​​Biodiversity Library Flickr

• ​​JP Getty

• ​​LACMA (click “show public domain images only” when you search)

• ​​The Met

• ​​Smithsonian Open Access

• ​​National Gallery of Art

• ​​NYPL (and they have a Flickr too)

• ​​Rijksmuseum

• ​​UBC Library

• ​​Library Company of Philadelphia

• ​​National Library of Norway

• ​​Museum of Photographic Arts

• ​​National Library of Ireland

• ​​SMU Libraries Digital Collection

• ​​National Archives UK

• ​​A list of more!

​​Government sites:

• ​​Library of Congress (they have a Flickr too which is more user friendly but doesn’t have the whole collection)

• ​​National Archives (and they have a Flickr too)

• ​​NASA on Flickr

​​Stock photo sites:

• ​​Unsplash

• ​​Pexels

• ​​Pixabay

• ​​Picryl (can download all lower-res for free, but have to pay small amounts for hi-res)

• ​​ISO Republic

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​​Misc. Papers / Textures:

• ​​Hi-res construction paper + cardboard (for backgrounds, etc.)

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