While each image on flickr links back to a pdf of the source book, the. Creative commons came about as a way to simplify the minefield that is free content view our listing of free stock photo sites and allow photographers to provide license their work for free under easy to understand and standardised terms which benefit both the photographer and the user. Old book illustrations was born of the desire to share illustrations from a modest collection of books, which we set out to scan and publish. Recent photos trending events the commons flickr galleries world map camera finder. Searchable galleries include animals, plants, techniques, artists names, books titles, and much more.
Old book theme image 1 stock illustration by clairev 6 1,851 old book cover clipart by suti 11 2,350 old book drawings by suricoma 4 228 open old blank book drawing by sqback 16 1,200 old book clip art by suricoma 3 196 old open book stock illustrations by orensila 1,096 distressed worn book pages hanging stock illustration by. The cc0 license was released by the nonprofit organization creative commons. How to access a million stunning, free antique illustrations. Obi explores the art of book illustrations within boundaries defined by time and age, not by subject, treatment, or intent. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Actually, if you read the entire legal code of the license, this may not be true. There are many ways to cc license your content in flickr. Vintage illustrations from before 1970 a place to put them all especially for those.
Compfight accesses creative commons flickr photos and supplies the html embed code for. When using the illustrations or creating a derivative work, credit the artist as listed below the image. Now if you copied an old pd image and you drew a funny mustache on it. This category is for images of childrens book illustrations, whether single images of particular books, or multiple pages from a single book such multiple image sets should always be given their own category, the name of the book. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. Search flickr creative commons images based on color percentages. Unfortunately it also makes it ridiculously easy for users to change the license on all their photos at any time with the click of a button. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. The danger of using creative commons flickr photos in.
Curated from postcards, books, ads, and more antique media from the 19th to early 20thcentury. Most of the illustrations also come with lots of details about their original creation and printing. The british library offers over a million free vintage images for. British library digitised image from page 41 of notebook of an amateur geologist with plates. The creative commons proposed in 2010 the public domain mark pdm as symbol to indicate that a work is free of known restrictions and therefore in the public domain. Data provided by onpage html code, the website api, or downloadable json files is published under a creative commons attribution license. How to find cool, quirky, copyright free photos on flickr. Some of these free public domain image websites will take time to look through and research properly, but theres a lot of amazing images in them that are worth finding. Find creativecommons stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. Cc0 is a public domain dedication from creative commons.
The public domain mark is analogous to the symbol, which acts as notice. Google books adds creative commons license options. The creation michelangelo italy vatican creative commons. Public domain illustrations from old books boing boing. Explore these featured creative commons licensed resources below from literary works, to videos, photos, audio, open education, scientific research and more. The british librarys collection of images on flickr are taken from books it has its. You can get specific information on publishing to flickr or to buzznet. Old book illustrations allows you to download high resolution images of its hundreds of featured scans, though it appears, writes boing boing, the scans are sometimes worseforwear.
We are sourcing and digitally enhancing thousands of antique books and chromolithographic plates to unlock the inspirational design treasures of the past. A book, especially if it contains multiple images, fits better the definition of collection under the terms of the license than it does of derivative work and wo. There are 6 creative commons license and they apply worldwide. Many flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a creative commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license. The british library puts 1,000,000 images into the public domain.
Like many librarians i often turn to creative commons licensed photos on flickr for use in my presentations and blog posts. Public domain free creative commons images vintage. This wiki is licensed to the public under a creative commons attribution 4. However, it still seems the most balanced, easiest to use approach generally accepted in the market, and it does leave the artist in control of deciding which rights to hold and which rights to.
Best free stock photo and video websites 2019 azib yaqoob. Dont get me wrong, the author is great, but it gets old fast when in your illustrations you frequently reference events that happened in someones life other than your own. Browse 509 images creative commons stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Creative commons images are a special subset of free images. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. As part of our commitment to give everyone access to the best public domain creative resources we are making these high. Explore internet archive book imagess 5249952 photos on flickr.
The europeana databases use it, and for instance on the wikimedia commons in february 2016 2. You can get more information about creative commons and their license on the official license page. Read the details of the license for more information. Both public domain works and the lax license provided by cc0 are compatible with the gnu gpl. Explore british librarys 1,023,705 photos on flickr. British librarymechanical curator collection wikimedia. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a creative commons attribution 4. Old book illustrations offers a wide range of public domain, royaltyfree images scanned from old books. Some very exciting news for authors, publishers, and readers. This is often a sticking point because many do not provide credit as required. Through a tagathon with the wikimedia uk community, the library.
List of creative commons image directories and sites. Most of the images come from flickr, but hundreds of thousands come from museum collections including the metropolitan museum of art and the rijksmuseum. Other organisations have free hosting that already integrate creative commons licences. Creative commons is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting an open and accessible internet that is enriched with free knowledge and creative resources for people around the world to use, share and cultivate. The images are mostly scanned from old books, ranging in date from the 1500s up to the 1920s and early 1930s. The illustrations on this page are licensed under a creative commons attribution 4. It is a free stock photo website but you cannot use it for commercial purposes. There are maps, geological diagrams, beautiful illustrations, comical satire. The organization has released several licenses, known as creative commons licenses, free of charge to the public. A creative commons licensor the person granting you the license may not revoke your license so long as you are following the terms of the license. Old book illustrations is a search engine and browseable library ofyouve guessed it.
Age 69 years, all fkb books, children, creative commons, dinosaurs, grade 1 to grade 3, grade 4 to grade 6, intermediate english, nonfiction, science, storyweaverpratham creatures of old is a nonfiction story about dinosaurs with interesting facts for mid to upper elementary. If that is not possible for any reason, cc0 also provides a lax, permissive license as a fallback. Just what it sounds likeillustrations from old books. It contains illustrations and other imagery from outof books and other sources drawn from the areas of travel, geography, ethnography, geology and. Images creative commons stock pictures, royaltyfree. The three main ways are 1 setting a default license for your account to apply the license to all new uploads, 2 batchlicensing all your previous uploads, or 3 selectively licensing some of your photos. Unless otherwise stated, our essays are published under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. A grand reopening of the public domain sticker sheet. A work released under cc0 is dedicated to the public domain to the fullest extent permitted by law. Creative commons isnt perfect, and some people have made reasonable arguments against its system. Flickr makes it incredibly easy to search for photos with a creative commons license. Both photos and illustrations are included, though unfortunately many of their.
Creative commons has joined forces with other legal experts and leading scientists to offer a simple way for universities, companies, and other holders of intellectual property rights to support the development of medicines, test kits, vaccines, and other scientific discoveries related to. Sure, most of us know about flickrs vast library of creative commons licensed images but theres another rich vein of fascinating imagery worth exploring. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. The creation michelangelo italy vatican creative commons by gnuckx picture. As the name is suggesting, this is a website to find illustrations published long ago. Home images libguides at university of toledo libraries.
There are also a great number of illustrations involving anecdotes from swindolls own life. You can use the creative commons search to search across more than 300 million images usable under creative commons licenses. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve and which rights they waive for the. Many users on flickr the image and video hosting site have chosen to offer their work under a creative commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
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