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Upgrade your Zoom backgrounds with images from WMU Libraries

Posted by Sara Volmering on
November 13, 2020
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Since everyone is spending more time in virtual meetings, why not have some fun? Upgrade your Zoom backgrounds with one-of-a-kind images from our digital collections.

To use these backgrounds: Right-click on the image. Select "Save Image As" and save it to your device.

Access our digital collections to view thousands of images and digitized manuscripts anytime, anywhere. We look forward to re-opening our facilities to share our complete WMU Archives, Regional History, and Special Collections with you when it is safe to do so. Have a question about a digital or special collection? Contact us for assistance.

Background 1

Color print of two page spread 2/3rds through France: son histoire book.

France: son Histoire, 1910.
Image from WMU Libraries’ Historical Children’s Collection

Background 2

People at lunch counter and two waitresses.

General Gas Light Company, diners and wait staff, 1949.
Image from WMU Libraries’ Ward Morgan Collection

Background 3

Koordish warrior riding a horse and carrying a spear.

Koordish Warrior, 1843.
Image from WMU Libraries’ Costume History Digital Collection

Background 4

Winter rural scene including farm house and barn.

Niles & Cecil Hagelshaw Farm, Climax, Michigan, 1940.
Image from WMU Libraries’ Ward Morgan Collection