Frequently Asked Questions
About this site
How do I find the photograph I need?
What image formats are available?
How do I download JPEG images?
Releases
Photo Credits
Contacts
Mailing Address
Web Address
About this site
The National Park Service Digital Image Archive is an online resource designed to provide quality, downloadable digital images for print, web, and multimedia use.How do I find the photograph I need?
JPEG images are provided at 3072 x 2048 pixels at 550 pixels per inch, or 3000 x 2000 pixels at 300 pixels per inch (either should provide an image resizable to approximately 10 x 6 inches at 300 pixels per inch). Other images may vary in resolution.
Park sites are arranged in alphabetical order. From the index page, you may select links to each area. Areas that are not linked to a park have no images, but we are constantly updating this site as images become available. The image archive also provides links to the individual park home pages and their photo and multimedia resource pages.
Special subjects are also available (Government officials, National Park Service employees, Youth Conservation Corps workers, etc).
What image formats are available?
Most photos are available in high resolution JPEG format.
How do I download JPEG images?
In most cases, Right click on an image and save. Due to the naming convention of the software used to create the image library you may find that photographs from different sites share the same file number. It is suggested that, when downloading images, you give each image its own unique file name.
Releases
All photographs and images on this web site are "public domain" images. You are free to use these images without a release from the National Park Service. However, the photographs and images must not be used to imply National Park Service endorsement of a product, service, organization or individual.
Photo Credits
Credit photographs to the National Park Service.Contacts
Web Support/Technical: Rick Lewis, 202-208-4996 (Rick_Lewis@nps.gov).
Photo Archivist: Rosa Wilson, 202-513-7230 (Rosa_Wilson@nps.gov).
Mailing Address
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Office of Communications and Public Affairs (Photographic Archives)
1849 C Street, NW (Room 7012)
Washington, DC 20240Web address: http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/imagebase.html
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