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2,285 works on Arkivism, as of 5 October 2026.

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Close-up of car engine and carburetor — Jam Handy Organization — 1935Close-up of car engine and carburetorJam Handy Organization · 1935
Doctor consults patient dissolving to office meeting — Encyclopedia Britannica — 1958Doctor consults patient dissolving to office meetingEncyclopedia Britannica · 1958
Person lifts rotary telephone receiver — American Telephone & Telegraph Co. — 1949Person lifts rotary telephone receiverAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 1949
Man in Sunglasses Amid Dense Crowd — John Korty — 1961Man in Sunglasses Amid Dense CrowdJohn Korty · 1961
Photographer with Vintage Press Camera Intertitle — Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration — 1937Photographer with Vintage Press Camera IntertitleFederal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration · 1937
Man showing colorful macaw to young boy — Grover - Jennings Productions — 1961Man showing colorful macaw to young boyGrover - Jennings Productions · 1961
Children Looking Up In Awe Outdoors — James And Schwep / U S Army — 1951Children Looking Up In Awe OutdoorsJames And Schwep / U S Army · 1951
Sternwheel Steamboat Pushing Freight Barges — March of Time — 1948Sternwheel Steamboat Pushing Freight BargesMarch of Time · 1948
Animated sketch of cartoon face appearing — Thiebaud, Wayne — 1956Animated sketch of cartoon face appearingThiebaud, Wayne · 1956
Military Officer Holds Mental Health Sign — U S Army — 1967Military Officer Holds Mental Health SignU S Army · 1967
Georgia State College Entrance Sign — Office for Emergency Management. War Manpower Commission. Bureau of Training. National Youth Administration — 1940Georgia State College Entrance SignOffice for Emergency Management. War Manpower Commission. Bureau of Training. National Youth Administration · 1940
Children Eating Meal at School Cafeteria — Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration — 1937Children Eating Meal at School CafeteriaFederal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration · 1937
Man repairing and spraying rustic cabin — U.S. Public Health Service — 1964Man repairing and spraying rustic cabinU.S. Public Health Service · 1964
Schoolchildren Sharing Lunch from Tin Pail — Educational Film Institute, New York University — 1940Schoolchildren Sharing Lunch from Tin PailEducational Film Institute, New York University · 1940
Silent Film Intertitle with Illustrated Border — Benjamin Brodsky Moving Picture Co. — 1919Silent Film Intertitle with Illustrated BorderBenjamin Brodsky Moving Picture Co. · 1919
Vintage fire truck arriving at scene — Encyclopedia Britannica — 1954Vintage fire truck arriving at sceneEncyclopedia Britannica · 1954
Animated Foundry Ladle Pouring Molten Steel — John Sutherland Productions — 1959Animated Foundry Ladle Pouring Molten SteelJohn Sutherland Productions · 1959
Young Men Training in Chemistry Laboratory — Office for Emergency Management. War Manpower Commission. Bureau of Training. National Youth Administration — 1940Young Men Training in Chemistry LaboratoryOffice for Emergency Management. War Manpower Commission. Bureau of Training. National Youth Administration · 1940
Submarine E2 Surfaces In Open Water — Lyman H. Howe Company — 1915Submarine E2 Surfaces In Open WaterLyman H. Howe Company · 1915
Vintage car drives down tree-lined country road — Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration — 1937Vintage car drives down tree-lined country roadFederal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration · 1937
Assembly of passenger jet airliner fuselage — Arthur Lodge Productions — 1960Assembly of passenger jet airliner fuselageArthur Lodge Productions · 1960
Title card superimposed over crowd — Office for Emergency Management. War Manpower Commission. Bureau of Training. National Youth Administration — 1941Title card superimposed over crowdOffice for Emergency Management. War Manpower Commission. Bureau of Training. National Youth Administration · 1941
Tiny Mischievous Character Whispering In Ear — Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. — 1956Tiny Mischievous Character Whispering In EarWarner Brothers Pictures, Inc. · 1956
Entrance Sign to Family Camp — Department of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures — 1936Entrance Sign to Family CampDepartment of the Interior. Division of Motion Pictures · 1936
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Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamYale Peabody MuseumNationaal ArchiefLibrary of CongressThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtNASA Image and Video LibraryU.S. National ArchivesNMNH Paleobiology, SmithsonianNational Diet Library, JapanNational Gallery of ArtArt Institute of ChicagoCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumCleveland Museum of ArtKunstmuseum BaselSmithsonian American Art MuseumNational Museum of American HistoryNational Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)U.S. Government Films via Internet ArchivePrelinger Archives via Internet ArchiveCanonical Masterworks via Wikimedia CommonsUniversal Newsreels via Internet ArchiveNational Air and Space MuseumHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenNational Museum of the American IndianNational Museum of African ArtStaatliche Museen zu Berlin