Look here for online collections of photographs or films that feature Princeton. Some are specifically focused on Princeton, but others will require the researcher to search by keyword, name, location etc. to find location-specific images. Additional resources may also be listed on other pages of this site if they are affiliated with certain areas or buildings.
Cased Images in the Princeton University Archives - An online exhibition of some of the daguerreotypes and ambrotypes in the Princeton University Archives that benefitted from a preservation project begun in 2000. Includes information on the photographic processes, conservation techniques and a bibliography.
Historical Photograph Collection, 1850s-1966 - A searchable database of over 10,000 photographs in the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. There are also individual finding aids to photographs of Campus Life and Grounds and Buildings.
Also an Audio/Visual Collection
Historical Postcard Collection (1890-1960)
Princeton University Digital Library, Historical Photograph Collection: Grounds and Buildings Series. Photos date from 1850s to the present but the bulk of them are from 1870s to 1940s.
Princeton Alumni Weekly Photograph Collection, circa 1968-2001
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Princetoniana Museum, random photos of campus scenes including Eating Clubs, people and memorabilia
Reflections on Photographing Princeton - Online component of a 1999 exhibit on the history of photography at Princeton University, presented by the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. View the exhibit.
Historical Society of Princeton's Digital Database - Access to nearly 4,000 photographs from the Historical Society's Photo Archives collection.
Practical Photographers: The Rose Family Studio - An exhibition at The Historical Society of Princeton, March 24 to December 31, 1998. More images can be found in “Views of Princeton University.” Photos taken in 1998 and 1999 by Brian Rose.
Princeton Theological Seminary Original Digital Library Contains digitized versions of their Photograph and Portrait collections, as well as manuscripts and other collections.
Civil War Cartes de Visite (includes the following Princeton soldiers)
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Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America - 78 photographs of Princeton architectural subjects by Samuel Gottscho & William Schleisner.
Princeton and Yale Football Game, 1903 - Filmed by Thomas Alva Edison, November 14, 1903, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991 - 14 photographs of Princeton University sites from American Memory at the Library of Congress.
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America - Twenty-one photographs of town and gown from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920. Part of the American Memory collection at the Library of Congress.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey, from the Library of Congress. Specific link for Princeton information includes 27 Princeton buildings or locations: Princeton Theological Seminary, Borough Hall, Princeton University Library, Guernsey Hall (PU), Thomas F. Potter House (PU), Princeton Bank & Trust, Alexander Hall (PU), Dean's House (PU), First Presbyterian Church, Drumthwacket, Colonel Jacob Hyer House, Professor John Breckenridge House, Gulick Hudge Scott House, 20 Alexander Street, 29 Alexander Street, Thomas Olden House, Morven, John Witherspoon House, Barn and Springhouse, Bainbridge House, General Mercer House, John Golden House, Nassau Inn, Nassau Hall (PU), Stony Bridge, Stony Brook Quaker Meetinghouse. Searching Mercer County gives almost same results. Note: After result 307, Princeton results may not be Princeton, New Jersey.
Princeton University buildings from the Dr. G. Howard White Collection, 1890-1920, from the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives.
Stereoscopic Views of Princeton, New Jersey - Part of New York Public Library's digital collection, Small-Town America. Photos include the University and Theological Seminary, Aaron Burr's grave, a football game, an interior view and a group portrait of Grover Cleveland and his family.
Has a small collection of photos and engravings as part of their digital library
Photos of librarians visiting Princeton University in 1916, when the annual conference was held in Asbury Park, and of Princeton University Librarians Ernest Cushing Richardson and James Thayer Gerould. Also available from Hathi Trust.