TAM: Finding & Using Images: Images
& Pictures

Sequence of posed joke photographs of five stages of putting on a crinoline, ca. 1860

ARTstor is a digital library with over 1.6 million digital images, many of them in fashion.  

Some highlighed fashion image collections that ARTstor has are: 

• Condé Nast 
• "25,000 images of cartoons from The New Yorker, highlights from the Condé Nast Archive of Photography, and selections from the Fairchild Photo Service."
• This collection is still under construction. For now search "Conde Nast" in ARTstor or check for collection updates.
• Gazette du Bon Ton (Minneapolis School of Art and Design)
• "Approximately 100 images of early 20th century French fashion plates from La Gazette du Bon Ton."
• Magnum Photos: Contemporary Photojournalism
• "Some of the most celebrated and recognizable photographs of the 20th century and contemporary life."
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Brooklyn Museum Costumes
• "Nearly 6,000 images of American and European costumes and accessories."
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• "50,000 objects from around the world and across the ages."
• The Schlesinger History of Women in America 
• "36,000 high quality digital images . . . with images of diverse women, including African Americans, Asians and other immigrants."

Use the ARTstor subject guide or the ARTstor fashion blog for more information on the many images available in ARTstor.