Google Advanced Image Search - Use the “Usage Rights” field to limit by license type.
Ex. Historical costume musical
Creative Commons Search - Allows you to search for CC-licensed material by media type
Ex. LED Lighting
Ex. A Costume Design
Flickr Advanced Search - Choose “Only search within Creative Commons-Licensed Content.”
Ex. “costume design”
Library of Congress: - A free “digital record of American history and creativity.” Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Online Catalog - Photographs, prints, drawings, posters, and architectural drawings, and more.
Ex: Drafting: Theatre Scenery
https://www.loc.gov/ -> Search Dropdown menu: Photo, Print, Drawing
"Drafting Theatre Scenery digital file from original neg."
NYPL Digital Gallery - Illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs, and more, from the New York Public Library.
Ex: Theatre props
Wikimedia Commons - Browse or search for freely reusable images.
Ex: led lightingWikipedia Public Domain Images - List of public domain image sources on the web.
AU Libraries Library Guide: Visual Resources Scholes Library: Public Image Collections