Historical Picture Archive

Welcome to one of the world’s largest and most diverse collections of historical pictures and photos.

Look and Learn images are used commercially in TV documentaries, films, books and magazines, and for marketing and advertising, museum display, greetings cards, clothing design and merchandise.

They are also available for personal uses, such as research and teaching, and the creation of distinctive prints or posters.

1. Register – it takes just 30 seconds
2. Search for your perfect images
3. Pay (if there’s a fee) and download

Free historical pictures and photos

To save you time and money, and to complement the Look and Learn archive, we are adding hundreds of thousands of hi-res historical images from major public collections. Currently, there are 627,033 free images, suitable for either commercial or personal use.

• Free images
• Prices
• Video guide to downloading images