The Berg Fashion Library provides access to the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, e-books, e-journals, a museum directory, reference works, images, foundational works on fashion across the globe, since 1600. The database is updated 3 times a year. A specially-created taxonomy allows users to refine by place, period, themes, textiles and more.
These historical newspaper databases contain full image scans of advertisements, artwork, and illustrations from newspapers and magazines. These may be of interest for graphic design, costume design, folk art, or other artists.
Select by document type or document feature to find images.
The American Periodicals Series brings the early days of U.S. history alive through more than 7,000,000 digitized page images from over 1,000 periodicals spanning 200 years. The wide variety of content ranges from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, first published in 1741, to literary and professional journals, specialized titles, and such well-known magazines as Vanity Fair, Ladies' Home Journal, Scientific American, and The Dial.
This resource offers facsimile page images and searchable full text for nearly 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries. The library's account includes all four collections released by ProQuest as of 2019.
To best find items in HathiTrust use the advanced search feature to search for terms like: (clothing or dress) AND your location, then limit by a specific date range. Once you find a promising book, use the thumbnails view to quickly scan the book for images.