Preserving Documents of Independence - 2

Preserving America's Documents

Images

There are many fine images in the public domain which provide visual complement to this paper, and thus may be of interest. The following is a small selection.

• Fragment of a Draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, June 1776. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress American Memory Project, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Series 1 General Correspondence, 1651-1827. Image available at: http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/001/0800/0883.jpg
• Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, by Thomas Jefferson, June 1776. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress American Memory Project, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Series 1 General Correspondence, 1651-1827. Image available at: http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/001/0500/0545.jpg
• Photograph of the Engrossed Copy, Photograph by George L. Stout, Honorary Consultant in the Care of Manuscripts and Parchments, May 16, 1942. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress American Memory Project. Image available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mff.001077
• Students Examining the Declaration of Independence. Photograph by Margery Collins, February, 1942. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress American Memory Project. Image available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d23118
• Dunlap Broadside, Original printing by John Dunlap, July 1776, Image courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Image available at: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/brbldl/oneITEM.asp?pid=2003775&iid=1017037&srchtype=

See also: Preserving Documents of Independence