The collection also features drawings and illustrations. The slant is British, but you'll find images taken around the world. Most of the pictures are in black and white, and most date from before 1960. Controlled vocabulary exists for keywords in fields, but not for captions. There is no thesaurus.
Descriptions are sentences that include objects and subjects.
Sometimes actions, attitudes, and contexts are described. Results display as thumbnails, with title, date, and description, or you can see hits in briefer form. Full record is accessible by clicking on thumbnail. Delivery may be taken as prints, digital files on CD-ROM, floppy, Zip drive, or by email. Because there is so much description assigned to each picture, searching is efficient, and you can be fairly specific about what you want.