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for the collection.

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Download & Install Insight® Java Client

This client software installs on a user's computer. It provides a full tool set. Users working with high-resolution images can perform searches, organize and group content, create presentations, and view related text data.

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After installation, at the log on screen, type the username and password:

Click on “John Carter Brown Library.”
Click on “select.”

The Archive of Early American Images Group Window will open showing all available images.

INSTRUCTIONS
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John Carter Brown Library
Box 1894,
Providence, RI 02912

Telephone: (401) 863-1557
Fax: (401) 863-3477
E-Mail: Susan_Danforth@Brown.edu

THE ARCHIVE OF EARLY AMERICAN IMAGES is drawn from the holdings of the John Carter Brown Library. The AEAI assists scholars in their quest for contemporary images to illustrate their research findings and to facilitate the study of historical images in their own right and in proper context. It is a unique resource for picture researchers, documentary filmmakers, and others looking for material for commercial use. Many of these American images come from books printed in the early modern period that have never been reproduced before.

The database, still in the process of compilation, will have ultimately about 7,500 images. Every image in this database is accompanied by extensive bibliographical and descriptive information and come from books in most European, and some indigenous, languages from before circa 1825.

Please see Frequently Asked Questions, for details on searching, obtaining, using, and the content of the Archive of Early American Images.

The Library wishes to express its gratitude to the Ahmanson Foundation for its initial generous support of the project, and to the Getty Foundation for subsequent funding.