Pexels, Pixabay (note these are not true public domain but more similar to unsplash where it’s just free license) and I also like New York Public Library (NYPL) public domain search engine for images and stuff. Check out r/publicdomain as well. Answer from OffModelCartoon on reddit.com
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reddit.com › r/publicdomain › this public domain website has collected more public domain images than any other, including archive.org
r/publicdomain on Reddit: This public domain website has collected more public domain images than any other, including archive.org
September 2, 2019 - ... Any Idea What's Going On w. archive.today, or how to search for a working link? ... Public Domain Review is an interesting online journal focusing on artworks, recording and literature that is solidly in the public domain.
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reddit.com › r/publicdomain › is there any good website for sourcing public domain images and only public domain images?
r/publicdomain on Reddit: Is there any good website for sourcing public domain images and only public domain images?
September 25, 2024 -

I have been using Wikicommons, which has alot of good old and new public domain photos which are of course free to use. However as everything on there is user uploaded and things put on there are usually on uploaded to be Wikipedia articles themselves, it has a very limited library I find.

And looking up Public domain image websites, you get a bunch of different ones charging you $30 for stock images lol.

So does anyone know if there is such a place that hosts all/nearly all public domain images that are accessible for free, or is such a place in the same realms of Narnia in terms of its reality

Find elsewhere
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reddit.com › r/design › fellow designers, whats your resources for public domain imagery? (ill show you mine...)
r/Design on Reddit: Fellow Designers, Whats your resources for public domain imagery? (Ill show you mine...)
February 13, 2010 -

I'm working on my BFA project right now and Im trying to find the strangest, high-res public domain imagery.

Wikipedia has a good starting point here

The best thing on there is the link to Yale's library The old west stuff is sort of what Im looking for.

I also found this site. Burning Well

However, Im looking really for strange and beautiful imagery.

I really like the book this guy made

Also, Im looking for stuff like this

So not traditionally beautiful images, but still stuff that has some power and beauty to it in a weird way.

I appreciate any and all help.

Edit: I found this list of government sites that have image galleries

Edit2: that list is really great for landscapes and satelite images. I need people, animals and objects.

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reddit.com › r/technology › getty just made 4,600 incredible images public domain
r/technology on Reddit: Getty Just Made 4,600 Incredible Images Public Domain
April 18, 2012 - There's a world of difference between the actual equipment and the image on it. The image may have been under copyright, but that eventually runs out. A person may own an old book, but the words can be copied if it's in the public domain.
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reddit.com › r/collage › [discussion] sources for cc0/public domain images and photos
r/collage on Reddit: [Discussion] Sources for CC0/Public Domain images and photos
May 15, 2025 -

Hey there. I thought this could be a place for sharing CC0/Public Domain sources for collages. I know there are sites like unsplash or pixels, but I red about cases where people upload images there, that are copyrighted by another people (and about groups that do this on purpose to make money). For this reason, I often look for CC0/public domain images/photos that are offered by museums or single artists/photographers which share them on their websites. So here is what I found - I hope you find it useful and add more:

1.) Websites with CC0 illustrations by Pablo Stanley: https://www.transhumans.xyz/about https://www.openpeeps.com/ https://www.humaaans.com/

2.) Webite with CC0 illustrations by Katerina Limpitsouni: https://undraw.co/

3.) Website with CC0 illustrations by Vijay Verma: https://illlustrations.co

4.) Websites from museums and similar stuff (you have to set filters to find PD stuff):

https://www.mkg-hamburg.de/sammlung/online?

https://www.europeana.eu/en

https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/

https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/

https://www.flickr.com/commons

5.) Raxpixel.com (has collections with public domain stuff - for example paintings by the artist Paul Klee)

6.) Website with CC0 photos by Markus Spiske (Note that the photos doesn't have a model or property release): https://ffcu.io/

7.) Website with free photos by Ryan McGuire (Note that there is many AI stuff too and I'm not sure if the photos have a model release AND read the license page): https://gratisography.com/license/

8.) Website with free photos by Karolina Grabowska (There is a model release, but read the license page for allowed uses): https://kaboompics.com/page/terms-of-use

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The Public Domain Review
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The Public Domain Review
The Public Domain Review is dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas – focusing on works now fallen into the public domain, the vast commons of out-of-copyright material that ...