diff --git a/tools/images_report.py b/tools/images_report.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+""" Geenrate a report on images in the database. """
+
+import sys
+import os
+import hashlib
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+import sqlalchemy
+from sqlalchemy import text
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def main():
+    """Report on images in the database."""
+
+    # parse the command line arguments
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print( "Usage: {} <dbconn> <url-base>".format( os.path.split(__file__)[0] ) )
+        print( "  dbconn:  database connection string e.g. \"sqlite:///~/asl-articles.db\"" )
+        sys.exit( 0 )
+    dbconn = sys.argv[1]
+
+    # connect to the database
+    engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine( dbconn )
+    conn = engine.connect()
+
+    # initialize
+    image_hashes = defaultdict( list )
+
+    def find_images( conn, table_name, col_names, get_name ):
+
+        # find rows in the specified table that have images
+        sql = "SELECT {cols}, image_data" \
+            " FROM {table}_image LEFT JOIN {table}" \
+            " ON {table}_image.{id_col} = {table}.{id_col}".format(
+            cols = ",".join( "{}.{}".format( table_name, c ) for c in col_names ),
+            table=table_name, id_col=col_names[0]
+        )
+        rows = [ dict(row) for row in conn.execute( text( sql ) ) ]
+
+        # save the image hashes
+        for row in rows:
+            image_hash = hashlib.md5( row["image_data"] ).hexdigest()
+            name = get_name( row )
+            image_hashes[ image_hash ].append( name )
+
+        # output the results
+        rows = [
+            [ len(row["image_data"]), row[col_names[0]], get_name(row) ]
+            for row in rows
+        ]
+        rows.sort( key = lambda r: r[0], reverse=True )
+        print( "=== {}s ({}) ===".format( table_name, len(rows) ) )
+        print()
+        print( "{:>6}   {:>5}".format( "size", "ID" ) )
+        for row in rows:
+            print( "{:-6.1f} | {:5} | {}".format( row[0]/1024, row[1], row[2] ) )
+        print()
+
+    def get_pub_name( row ):
+        name = row["pub_name"]
+        if row["pub_edition"]:
+            name += " ({})".format( row["pub_edition"] )
+        return name
+
+    # look for images in each table
+    find_images( conn, "publisher",
+        [ "publ_id", "publ_name" ],
+        lambda r: r["publ_name"]
+    )
+    find_images( conn, "publication",
+        [ "pub_id", "pub_name", "pub_edition" ],
+        get_pub_name
+    )
+    find_images( conn, "article",
+        [ "article_id", "article_title" ],
+        lambda r: r["article_title"]
+    )
+
+    # report on any duplicate images
+    for image_hash,images in image_hashes.items():
+        if len(images) == 1:
+            continue
+        print( "Found duplicate images ({}):".format( image_hash ) )
+        for image in images:
+            print( "- {}".format( image ) )
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()