Research Guides: Dance 101: Introduction to Dance : Find Images

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Associated Press Images Collection (EBSCO)
(1826 to present) The Associated Press Images Collection™ is a primary source database from the Associated Press (AP), one of the oldest and largest news organizations in the world. Over 12 million photographs from the Associated Press, the largest news organization in the world. Also includes diagrams, charts, maps, and timelines as well as audio clips (1920s to present) and news briefs (1997 to present). Updated daily.
Photographs and graphics from AP Images cannot be sold, syndicated, loaned or used for advertising or for trade without the written consent of AP. In addition, users cannot republish any of the photographs on a Web page.
Artstor/JSTOR Digital Library
The Artstor Digital Library is a database of high quality images for use in the humanities.
Images are also accessible through the JSTOR platform. Spring 2024 this database will relocate to the "J" page and accessible through JSTOR.

NYPL Digital Library
A collection of over 800,000 images; includes: 500 Years of Italian Dance: Treasures from the Cia Fornaroli Collection and Dance in Photographs and Prints.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia (PAE)
A collection of information about -- and many digitized versions of -- the Library of Congress's vast holdings of materials related to dance and the performing arts. From the Library of Congress.

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