PA Photos & Documents

Explore millions of digitized photographs, documents, and newspapers from Pennsylvania’s rich and varied history. The collections are provided by libraries and other organizations across the Commonwealth, and include collections covering subjects such as:

• Art & Architecture
• Church & Missionary History
• Genealogy
• Newspapers
• PA Civil War History
• Postcards
• School and College History
• Women’s History
• Yearbooks

You’ll be amazed by what you find!

This online resource is a part of the POWER Library collection.

POWER Library is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Library Access funds administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries. The views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services or the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Power Library portal is available at https://powerlibrary.org/