The Met Collection
Twenty-nine Views of Various People at Island Inn, Hobe Sound, Florida, Artist Unknown, ca. 1950
Two-Minute Silence, Armistice Day, London, Artist Unknown, 1919
Walker Evans and Shipmate, Aboard the Cressida, South Seas Trip, Artist Unknown, 1932
24 Portraits of Eliza Parkinson Reading Newspaper on Beach, Possibly Fisher's Island, New York, Walker Evans, 1950s
119 Snapshots of Beach and Parade Scenes, Tournament Spectators, and Clambake, Blackpoint Country Club, Old Lyme, Connecticut, Walker Evans, July-August 1967
Beach Scene, possibly Coney Island, New York City, Leon Levinstein, 1960s-70s
Rockefeller Center, Leon Levinstein, ca. 1957
Nahant Beach, Lynn, Massachusetts, Nicholas Nixon, 1979
New York, Harry Callahan, 1962
Chicago, Harry Callahan, ca 1950
Cape Cod, Harry Callahan, 1972
The Met recently released a collection from it's archives for non commercial use. They've released 400,000 images total and 18,000 photographs. It's a great resource for students and artists looking for inspiration or images they can use for research. These were some of my favorites from the photography collection. I highly recommend browsing through them to see for yourself.
Another photo archive I've really enjoyed is National Geographic's Found. It's a great archive that spans over 100 years and I love their color images! I'd post some if copyright laws allowed but for now you'll have to check it out yourself.
