Fair Use is a legal doctrine in law that grants a person or organization in the United States limited use of copyright material without having to first acquire permission.
The Fair Use Doctrine ( 17 U.S. Code § 107,) provides guidelines to follow when copyrighted materials can be used.
Copyrighted works can be used if it falls under the following Fair Use Guidelines:
(https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fair-use-the-four-factors.html)
"Discover 36,687,547 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States" (dp.la).
When you are using this site, put in the keyword search and then refine your search by clicking on Images on the left-hand side. When you find the image you want to use in your presentation, make sure to select the download icon on the right-hand side.
There are many images available in the Public Domain. National Archives is a site that allows you to find them in one spot. It may look intimidating when you first open it up but all you have to do is put in your keyword where it asks for the search term and then select photographs and other graphic materials from the type of archival materials. Finally, scroll down and hit search.
The Library of Congress has an extensive collection of images available. While you can search directly on their website, it might be easier to do an Advanced Google Image search. Put in the keyword (subject) you are looking for followed by site:.loc.gov
By using site:.loc.gov, you are telling Google you want images only found on the Library of Congress website (loc.gov)
An example would be Prohibition site:.loc.gov
"Currently, there are over 100,000 images from the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute available through the Open Content Program." (getty.edu)
Life Magazine was a really popular weekly general topic weekly periodical that was known for its award-winning photographs until the 2000s. Purchased by TIME magazine, the company has decided to release millions of the photographs online for free personal use. In partnership with Google, .
The New York Public Library has started to digitize over 874,919 items in their extensive library. Most concern the New York area but there are still some good images available for historical presentations.