Saving an Image

Save images from the Library of Congress Web site to a computer or other storage device for use with other software applications. Enable changes to the size of the image without sacrificing the quality of the image by inserting a saved image into another application. For this reason, SAVE images and insert into new documents or projects rather than COPY images and paste the images.

Using Windows (Mac OS X Users ↓)

1. Click on the image of interest until it is as large on the screen as it will get.
2. Right-click on the image so that a menu appears similar to the one shown below, and select Save Picture As:

   

3. Select Desktop from the Save Picture Dialog Box, and click on the location of where to save the image.

   

4. In the Save As: text field, give the image a memorable name. Do not delete the extension (JPEG, GIFF, etc.)
5. Click SAVE.

Using Mac OS X (Windows Users ↑)

1. Click on the image of interest until it is as large on the screen as it will get.
2. While holding down the Option and Control keys, click on the image so that a menu appears similar to the one shown below, and select Save Image As:

   

3. Select Desktop from the Save Dialog Box, and click on the location of where to save the image.

   

4. In the Save As: text field, give the image a memorable name. Do not delete the extension (JPEG, GIFF, etc.)
5. Click SAVE.