Photographs are cataloged by subject and geographic area, along with captions. Material in the Photographic Library dates from the 1860s to the present. There are about 30,000 color transparencies, and the remainder of the collection is mostly black and white. There is no published catalog. There are manual card catalogs in the library.
Reproductions are available at cost.
The US Geological Survey's Photographic Library . U.S. Geological Survey. For information concerning the Natural Hazards listed here, please contact the individual organizations directly.