diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ImageUploadController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ImageUploadController.java
index cb24cf169..29340b517 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ImageUploadController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/ImageUploadController.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class ImageUploadController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
 	private static final String DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = ConfigurationProperties
 			.getProperty("Vitro.defaultNamespace");
 
-	public static final String DUMMY_THUMBNAIL_URL = "/images/dummyImages/person.thumbnail.jpg";
+	public static final String DUMMY_THUMBNAIL_URL = "/images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg";
 
 	/** Limit file size to 6 megabytes. */
 	public static final int MAXIMUM_FILE_SIZE = 6 * 1024 * 1024;
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/directives/UrlDirective.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/directives/UrlDirective.java
index d0c331d89..67d5ca875 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/directives/UrlDirective.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/directives/UrlDirective.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class UrlDirective extends BaseTemplateDirectiveModel {
         map.put("params", params);
         
         List<String> examples = new ArrayList<String>();
-        examples.add("<@" + name + " path=\"/images/dummyImages/person.thumbnail.jpg\" />");
+        examples.add("<@" + name + " path=\"/images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg\" />");
         map.put("examples", examples);
         
         return mergeToHelpTemplate(map, env);
diff --git a/webapp/web/images/dummyImages/person.thumbnail.jpg b/webapp/web/images/dummyImages/person.thumbnail.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 008b7449f..000000000
Binary files a/webapp/web/images/dummyImages/person.thumbnail.jpg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js b/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js
index 0f9e01eb1..136a77ac9 100644
--- a/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js
+++ b/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js
@@ -66,13 +66,12 @@ var browseByVClass = {
         
         $.getJSON(url, function(results) {
             $.each(results.individuals, function(i, item) {
-                // alert(results.individuals[i].label);
                 indivLabel = results.individuals[i].label;
                 indivUri = results.individuals[i].URI;
                 // test for individual image is not currently functional
                 // since the image is not yet included in the JSON results
                 if ( !results.individuals[i].image ) {
-                    indivImage = browseByVClass.baseUrl + '/images/dummyImages/person.thumbnail.jpg';
+                    indivImage = browseByVClass.baseUrl + '/images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg';
                 } else {
                     indivImage = results.individuals[i].image;
                 }
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ var browseByVClass = {
     }
 };
 
-$(document).ready(function() {   
+$(document).ready(function() {
     browseByVClass.onLoad();
     browseByVClass.defaultVClass();
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityBasic.jsp b/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityBasic.jsp
index 45bdee8db..8ac507d53 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityBasic.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityBasic.jsp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ if (showSelfEdits || showCuratorEdits) {
 	                    <div class="datatypeProperties">
 	                        <div class="datatypePropertyValue">
 	                            <div class="statementWrap thumbnail">
-                                    <img src="<c:url value='/images/dummyImages/person.thumbnail.jpg'/>" 
+                                    <img src="<c:url value='/images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg'/>" 
                                                 title="no image" alt="" width="115"/>
                                     <c:if test="${showEdits}">
                                         <span class="editLinks">${imageLinks}</span>
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual.ftl
index 8f1d73fda..73a55f6ea 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual.ftl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <#if individual.thumbUrl??>
                 <a href="${individual.imageUrl}"><img class="individual-photo2" src="${individual.thumbUrl}" title="click to view larger image" alt="${individual.name}" width="115" /></a>
             <#elseif individual.person>
-                <img class="individual-photo2" src="${urls.images}/dummyImages/person.thumbnail.jpg" title = "no image" alt="placeholder image" width="115" />                                                        
+                <img class="individual-photo2" src="${urls.images}/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg" title = "no image" alt="placeholder image" width="115" />                                                        
             </#if>
         
         <nav role="navigation">