photo archives
Stored picture collections
Photo archives are organized collections of photographs preserved for historical, artistic, or reference purposes.
Museums, newspapers, and libraries maintain photo archives documenting events, people, and places: The newspaper's photo archives contain images dating back to the 1920s.
Digital photo archives have largely replaced physical filing systems, though many institutions still maintain both.
- picturesVisual depictions of scenes
- imagesVisual depictions
- black and whiteWithout middle ground
- library collectionsMaterials a lending institution owns
- morgueCorpse holding facility
vintage prints · contact sheets · ephemera · provenance records · preservation techniques · negative · historical societies · slide · family albums · cultural heritage · print · government records · historical records · snapshots · stock photos · Library of Congress · boxes · academic research
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- photo catalogsimage databases
- collectiblesbaseball cards, commemorative stamps, rare coins, mementos, rare stamps
- media collectionsmedia library, video library, music collection, film library, sound library
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- archivesarchivist, collections, repositories, records, files