EARTH SCIENCE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
[
libraryphoto.er.usgs.gov]
This system is designed to provide a photographic
archive collection from the U.S. Geological Survey
Photo Library. These photos are not copyrighted
and maybe viewed and downloaded free of charge.
All photos are available in 100, 700 and 1400 dots
per inch resolution. The collection consists of
over 25,100 photos ranging in age from 1868 through
1992 with emphasis on Geology, Earthquake Damage,
National Parks and Monuments, Pioneer Photographers
such as W.H. Jackson, J.K. Hillers, T.H. O'Sullivan,
A.T. Russell and others, Mount St. Helens Volcanic
Eruption of 1980, and Mines, Mills and Quarries.
However the system may be searched using a free-form
string search engine which allows the user freedom
to more exactly find the photo and caption of interest.
***NOTE: This on-line collection represents less than 10% the USGS Photo Library Collection