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Download & Install Insight® Java Client

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

Click to Download & Install:

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.

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Imaging Services
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John Carter Brown Library
Box 1894,
Providence, RI 02912

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

THE LUNA Imaging Collections from the John Carter Brown Library include the Archive of Early American Images, the Map Collection, and the Political Cartoon Collection. These image collections assist scholars in their quest for contemporary images to illustrate their research and to facilitate the study of historical images in their own right. They are also a unique resource for picture researchers, documentary filmmakers, and others looking for material for commercial use. Many of these American images have never been reproduced before.

The Archive of Early American Images database—images of colonial North and South America from books, manuscripts, and broadsides in the library’s collection—has nearly 7,000 images and is still growing. Images in this database are accompanied by extensive bibliographical and descriptive information and are fully searchable by keyword.

The Political Cartoon Collection showcases the complete collection of 462 political cartoons held by the Library. The subject matter focuses primarily on British responses to political events in the late-eighteenth century Atlantic world.

The Map Collection is another growing database. We have transferred maps formerly in the Archive of Early American Images to this location. We are now in the process of adding the records for all of our separately published maps to this core material.  When this is completed, we will turn to maps in the Library’s atlases and books.  Currently, this growing collection numbers 1,203 items.

Please see Frequently Asked Questions, for details on searching, obtaining, using, and the content of these collections.

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.