Databases
Use the image search to limit your search results to images of costumes. Want to learn how? View a quick video 
Web Resouces
- New York Public Library Digital LibraryProvides access to over 275000 images digitized from the library collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, etc. Browse subjects A-Z. Then type something in to explore subjects such as uniforms or clothing or hairstyles.
- British Library Images OnlineImages Online is the Picture library of the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom.
Reference Books
Looking for more books with visual images? Try a subject browse search in the Library Catalog for stage props (or browse the shelves at PN 2091), a subject search for castles, or browse our art collection in the "N" section on the library's 2nd floor (don't forget many art books are in the oversize collection).
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion by Call Number: Reference GT507 .E53 2005ISBN: 0684313944Publication Date: 2004v.1-v.3
The Dictionary of Costume by Call Number: GT507 .W5 (2nd floor stacks)
A Pictorial History of Costume; a Survey of Costume of All Periods and Peoples from Antiquity to Modern Times Including National Costume in Europe and Non-European Countries by Call Number: GT513 .B763 (2nd floor stacks)
Children's Costume: the Complete Historical Sourcebook by Call Number: Reference GT1730 .P43 2009Costume: an Illustrated Survey from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century by
Call Number: GT513 .L5 1968 (2nd floor stacks)
The Victorians
More Reference Books
Index to Art Reproductions in Books by
Call Number: Reference N7525 .H48 1974ISBN: 0810807114Publication Date: 1974
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion by Call Number: Reference GT720 .C37 1994
