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It's hard to tag something like this well - sorry about that. Will be a diverse collection of images of US life from the mid-19th century.

Since the invention of photography in 1839, libraries, museums, research institutes, and academic departments at Harvard and Radcliffe have created and collected photographs for use in research and instruction. Among these millions of images are more than 3,500 daguerreotypes, the first publicly-announced photographic process

Fun Victorian life simulation

FOX 4's Richard Ray introduces a project to share historic video that aired on Channel 4 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The video includes exclusive television coverage -- most from the KRLD -TV/KDFW Collection at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

This is the anthropological artfefacts databast at the Smithsonian Museum. Seems to especially cover the Americas and Egypt, although probably has stuff from all over the place and you'd expect it to be well-organised. Over 2 million artefacts.

A collection of Asian artefacts and documents (I think) provided by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. I guess that's Berlin Museum or something.

This site has a treasure trove of sources and resources on European history from all periods. Beautiful images and some podcasts, etc too.

From 1893 to 1933, the Anti-Saloon League was a major force in American politics. Influencing the United States through the printed word and lobbying, it turned a moral crusade into a Constitutional amendment. The League left a legacy of printed material at a site bequeathed to the Westerville Public Library which houses the Anti-Saloon League Museum

A sterling example of the good old-fashioned moral crusade. Of course, we don't have them anymore, do we...?

A highly interactive site from the Smithsonian American Art Museum on the 1930s where students can view primary sources from the period, including video and audio materials, as well as make their own documentary movies.

Has a multitude of images of artworks and architecture from ancient Greece, mainly focussing on Classical Athens but also some other stuff as well.

I'm not sure how much is offered online through the Presidential libraries, but this is a link to each of them. Should be useful for any study of the modern US or politics or whatever I guess.

Build your own face from the selections of eyes, noses, chins, hats etc... Each illustration is taken from portraits which are part of the collections of Museums Sheffield. (UK)

A database with descriptions of women's history collections from museums, libraries and archives in the United Kingdom

National Museum of the American Indian

Search portal for collections of digital images from participating archives, libraries, museums and universities from across Canada. See the Copyright tab for permissions. Search interface available in English and French.

Digital Past is a digitization initiative undertaken by libraries, historical societies, museums, and other cultural venues throughout Illinois in partnership with the North Suburban Library System (NSLS) in Wheeling, Illinois. It began in 1998 with a grant from the Illinois State Library and has become a popular resource for researchers of all ages and interests including schoolchildren, genealogists, historians, authors, producers, and special interest groups. Digital Past contains collections from over 40 institutions of varying topics and formats including over 136,000+ records.