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Image Credits
Patina's citizenship and English study materials use public-domain images, chiefly from the U.S. Library of Congress, the U.S. National Archives, and Wikimedia Commons, plus a small amount of licensed and original artwork. Sources are listed below. If you believe any image is credited incorrectly, please let us know.
U.S. government & Library of Congress
Public domain. Library of Congress items are marked “no known restrictions on publication”; U.S. federal works are public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105.
- U.S. Capitol — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2011630770
- The White House — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2011633022
- U.S. Supreme Court — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2011630083
- U.S. Capitol dome — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2011630697
- Statue of Liberty — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2011632115
- Mississippi River — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2016630646
- Fireworks over the National Mall — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2010630678
- U.S. flag — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2021757041
- Naturalization ceremony — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS), via Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1964) — Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Collection, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2003688129
- D-Day landing (“Into the Jaws of Death,” 1944) — Chief Photographer’s Mate Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. National Archives (26-G-2343)
- American soldiers, World War I (France, 1918) — U.S. Army Signal Corps, Library of Congress
- President Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate (1987) — White House Photographic Office; U.S. National Archives (198585)
- F-105 over Vietnam (1966); F-16/F-15 over Kuwait (1991) — U.S. Air Force
- Korean War (U.S. soldiers advancing to the front) — Library of Congress
- War on Terror (U.S. soldiers, Afghanistan) — U.S. Army (10th Mountain Division), via Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. reference map — National Atlas of the United States (U.S. government, public domain)
- The Star-Spangled Banner flag — Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of American History)
English Study Materials (class photographs)
The class cards on the Patina English study pages. Each is either dedicated to the public domain (CC0), a U.S. government work, or from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive at the Library of Congress. All are cropped for the card layout. Cards not listed here are original artwork made by Patina, which needs no third-party credit.
- Class 1 — Handshake at a cafe table — rawpixel.com, CC0 public domain dedication, via Wikimedia Commons
- Class 2 — Rainforest coastline at Vatia, National Park of American Samoa — U.S. National Park Service (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- Class 3 — An application form — geralt, CC0 public domain dedication, via Wikimedia Commons
- Class 4 — A university classroom, UW Baraboo — JackFromWisconsin, CC0 public domain dedication, via Wikimedia Commons
- Class 5 — New Providence, New Jersey public library — Tomwsulcer, CC0 public domain dedication, via Wikimedia Commons
- Class 6 — The Grand Canyon from the South Rim, Arizona — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2011633835
- Class 7 — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport — Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress. loc.gov/item/2011631603
- Class 9 — Blood pressure check (cuff, gauge, stethoscope, chart) — CC0 public domain dedication, rawpixel.com, via Wikimedia Commons. File:Blood pressure monitoring.jpg
- Class 8 — Emergency entrance, MultiCare Auburn Medical Center, Auburn, Washington — CC0 public domain dedication, Informed SKC, via Wikimedia Commons. File:Multicare Auburn Medical Center.png
- Class 11 — Storefronts below a New York City apartment building, Harlem — Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith. Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. loc.gov/item/2018701081
Citizenship hub cards
Photographs on the Patina Citizenship hub's activity cards. Each is a U.S. government work or dedicated to the public domain (CC0), cropped for the card layout.
- American flag flying — U.S. Department of Defense photo (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- New citizens taking the Oath of Allegiance — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services / DHS (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- New citizens waving flags at a naturalization ceremony — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services / DHS (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- Writing with a pencil in a notebook — Thought Catalog, CC0 public domain dedication, via Wikimedia Commons
Historical works
In the public domain because the original works pre-date 1929.
- Founding documents — The Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress.
- Portraits — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Susan B. Anthony. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
- War artworks & posters — “Washington Crossing the Delaware” (Emanuel Leutze, 1851) and 19th-century prints of the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Spanish-American War; the 1917 “Flag Day” poster. Public domain.
Airport signs
- The seventeen airport pictograms — AIGA/DOT
Symbol Signs, designed for the U.S. Department of Transportation and released to the
public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons
(aiga.org/resources/symbol-signs).
No attribution is required; it is here because they are third-party files. The unisex
restroom sign is a separate public-domain file from the same category.
Road signs
- The fourteen U.S. road signs — Standard sign
designs published by the Federal Highway Administration in the Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices (MUTCD). Works of the U.S. federal government, in the public domain. Via
Wikimedia Commons
(mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov).
No attribution is required; they are listed here because they are third-party files.
Illustration
- “The American Story” cover collage — Original AI-generated artwork (created for Patina).
Other imagery
- Statue of Liberty, close view (home page) — Photograph by Patricia Burilli Fencz. Licensed stock, Shutterstock standard license (asset 2563896083).
- Hero & game photography — Licensed stock imagery.
- Logos, icons & app screenshots — Original to Patina Education.