The Siege and Commune of Paris Special Collection in the Deering Library at Northwestern University contains 1500 caricatures, 68 newspapers in hard-copy and film, hundreds of books and pamphlets, and approximately 1,000 posters from this period. In addition, the collection contains 1,200 photographs and images that have all been digitized and placed on this website. A Master and Subject Index are provided as is an internal search engine. Users can also browse images in four main areas: Portraits, Landscapes/Architecture, Political Caricatures, and Documentation (hand-written notes on obverse of photographs).