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Image Resources

Tips for Using JSTOR Images
Document created by librarian Karen Bouchard with tips for finding and working with images in JSTOR Images.

Providence Public Library Digital Collections
Includes 5000 images of Rhode Island history, including architecture and postcards, which may be freely downloaded.
Providence Preservation Society Slide Collection
Set of digitized slides on Google Drive documenting Providence architecture from the 1950s to 1990s. Arranged alphabetically by street name.
Google Advanced Image Search
The Google Advanced Image Search form allows you to carry out a much more focused search.

Note: Luna and Artstor, listed above, may have plans, depending on the building.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Covers architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation, 1930s-present

1930-present; (with selected coverage back to late 19th century) the Avery Index treats architecture and related subjects, such as city planning, historic preservation, and interior design.

Google Advanced Image Search
The Google Advanced Image Search form allows you to carry out a much more focused search.
Brown University Facilities Management
"Our mission is to support the University by enhancing the quality of physical facilities. We do this through planning, designing, engineering, constructing, and maintaining in a responsive, service-oriented, effective, and environmentally-conscious manner."
Brown University Archives
University Archives contains materials that document all aspects of the history of Brown University.

Swan Point Shore Drive, Providence, RI. Postcard, ca.1900-1920. Public domain. Luna Collection.