Photographs

Report a rights issue

If this photograph is yours, tell us. We review every claim that comes with evidence, and we would rather lose a picture than keep one that someone else holds the rights to.

28. Photocopy of construction drawing, U.S. Reclamation Service, June 1909 (original print located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Columbia Area Office, Yakima, Washington). "YAKIMA BASIN WASHINGTON, SHOWING RECLAMATION PROJECTS" - Kachess Dam, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WASnoqualmie Pass, Kittitas, WACredit: Library of Congress (HABS/HAER)Rights: public domain · photograph #22170

Evidence is required. A claim without a link to evidence that you hold the rights is not reviewed. That is what stops anyone from removing a photograph with a bare assertion.

Your name

Email or phone

So we can answer you. Only the archive's editors see it.

Link to your evidence

Required. A web page that shows you hold the rights.

What the link showsPortfolio A page of your published work that includes this photograph.Copyright registration A registration record, for example from the US Copyright Office.The original A link to the original file, negative scan or contact sheet, showing it is yours.First publication Where the photograph first appeared, credited to you.Other evidence Anything else that shows you hold the rights. Explain it in your claim.

What you would like us to doCorrect the credit The photograph is yours and the credit should say so.Remove the photograph You do not want it in the archive.

Your claim

How the photograph is yours: who took it, when, and where it first appeared.

What happens next

A person reads your claim and opens your evidence. The photograph is not touched until then.
If the claim is verified, we do what you asked. A removal takes the photograph down from the site and the map — it is kept in our records with your claim, not deleted. A credit correction changes the credit, and the photograph stays up.
We answer you at the contact above, either way, and say why.
The decision goes on the public log: its date, the kind of evidence and the outcome. Never your name or contact details.