Format | Pricing | Payment | Lightbox | Search tips | Other services | Image Use

Format ♦ All images are jpegs, and can be delivered as .zip files or downloaded directly as jpegs after payment. Image size in megapixels, pixel and inch dimensions, file size, and quality (dpi) can be found under the large preview.

Pricing ♦ Click on the Buy Digital Image icon under thumbnail, or the link above the large preview to see the price; all images are between $5-$45. Factors in setting price include: image size or quality, uniqueness, editorial relevance of content, or agreements with our contributors. Unlike other royalty-free providers, we do not offer multiple sizes unless noted for a particular image. If you purchase an image, and then find the size or quality does not meet your needs, we will happily refund your purchase. We aim to please!

Payment ♦ Click on Add to Cart in image details. All major credit cards and bank accounts are accepted using PayPal as our payment gateway. Paypal is a secure and reliable means of payment. Checks may be accepted from corporate clients at our discretion.

Lightboxes ♦ You may create and email lightboxes without a user account. Creating an account allows you to maintain multiple lightboxes.

Search Tips ♦ Click on our Featured Archive/Topic Gallery link to browse by a few major subjects (America at War, or the American West, for example). Galleries are just a subset of our content. You may search within a gallery. On specific topics, your best bet to find what you need is to use the main Search box.

Our Search uses Boolean operators to help you refine your search. For instance:

• Apple Orange or Apple AND Orange will return all images that have both words in the data
• Apple OR Orange will return images that have either the “Apple” word or the “Orange” word in their data
• OR must be in capital letters
• Kid OR Child AND Male will return images of boys (the “AND” is optional)

Several searches have already been encoded on the left navigation bar. These are not galleries, but merely searches that have been pre-programmed. You may also try those terms combined with other keywords to get more specific results. For example:

• Illustrations AND Medicine

Other Services ♦ Eon does free research within our web and offline collection. We offer reasonable fees for conducting research outside our collection, and for negotiation of license rights for third-party copyright-protected images.

Eon can also assist you in ordering prints and digital images from government archives, libraries, and museums. If you already know what you want from a given source, we can help you get it as quickly as possible. Some images, such as those from collections of the Library of Congress, can be delivered digitally to you in less than 48 hours (significantly faster than ordering directly from that organization).

Image Use Questions ♦

What exactly do you mean by "royalty-free?" In a nutshell, we (or contributors we represent) own or have cleared all U.S. rights to our collection of images: you may use purchased images in a wide variety of ways, without incurring additional fees and without additional explicit permission from us. Individual images are in the public domain, but we do assert copyright over the collection of images, and our website, as laid out in the site's Terms and Conditions.

Can I publish your images? Eon does not restrict your use. Our collection leans heavily towards images suited for editorial use (for example, to illustrate features or text in newspapers, magazines, books or internet publications). All images are "safe" for editorial use in the United States. Read ahead for international use.

Most images can also be used for commercial or marketing purposes, but it is up to the user to determine whether additional clearances are needed. (For example, if a person is recognizable in an image, even if the image itself is in the public domain, you typically need to have their permission to use the image in a promotional manner. This right continues to be held by the estate of a deceased person for some time.) If your intended use is promotional, and our image indicates No Model Release or No Property Release, it is your responsibility to assess whether your use is allowable. Likewise, if the image includes an existing trademark (for example, an out-of-copyright image of a vintage Coca-Cola bottle), you will need to assess whether your use is compliance with laws regarding trademarks.

Given the public domain nature of our content, we can't compel you to credit us. We certainly appreciate it! New business helps us add more content!

If used editorially, please credit Eon Images (or, if used on the web, please use www.eonimages.com). For commercial or advertising use, we prefer that you do not credit us.

I live in England (or Russia, or Argentina....etc); are your images subject to copyright here? All Eon pictures have been assessed to be in the public domain, and thus able to be published, according to U.S. copyright law. While many will meet requirements for foreign publication, use outside the United States is governed by the laws of the country in which you plan to publish. If you aren't sure, feel free to contact us for more details prior to purchase. We will use our original source information and our experience to assist you in determining whether any additional restrictions may apply to your intended use.

What if I think one of your images is still under copyright? Tell us, please! We are firm believers in both the public domain and in the right to honor protected original work. If you have information to aid in accurate assessment and use of content, we want to know.