Pixabay is one of the most expansive sites for free domain images, with more than 1 million royalty-free photos, illustrations, graphics and video and music content. Pros: There is a large ...

Everyone wants to download and use images from the web for free. Thankfully, public domain images make it possible without getting into a legal mess. We've rounded up the best places to download ...

However, please do your due diligence before using images from the sites below, particularly if plan to use them for commercial purposes. Creative Commons 0 (CC0) and Public Domain image sites. 1.

Just last year, the veteran computer columnist John C. Dvorak wrote that he was “ stunned by the number of free public domain images” being sold by Corbis, a photo agency then owned by Bill Gates.

Maps, posters, manuscripts, sheet music, drawings, photographs, letters, ancient texts: Thousands of items in the public domain are now offered as high-resolution downloads. No library card necessary.