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Archive: December 2015 (5 Posts)

Effect of the marathon craze. Drawing by Charles Dana Gibson, 1909? http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cai.2a12854

In It for the Long Run

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Lara Szypszak, Reference Technician in the Prints & Photographs Division. One of my favorite feelings is the wave of excitement and anxiety that washes over me as I join the crowds at the starting line of a race. There is something so special about joining a group of willing …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Holiday Greetings

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Call me old-fashioned, but I still mail out Christmas cards every year. The tradition certainly seems to have waned – and evolved – over time, with online services making it a faster, less hands-on operation for those wanting to share holiday wishes. And of course, there’s no need to send a card to keep in …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Bare Trees, Stubble Fields, First Frost

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

Today, I celebrate the seasonal transition as we approach, in the Northern Hemisphere, the celestial demarcation from fall to winter, occurring in an imperceptible moment on the winter solstice. Fall’s colorful glory has passed and most hardwood trees stand bare and leafless now. Crops have been harvested and fields lie fallow or marked only with …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Taking to the Streets: New York World-Telegram & Sun Staff Photos

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

Photographers working on staff for the New York World-Telegram & Sun newspaper captured many aspects of life in the decades between the 1920s and the 1960s, focusing on faces, flavors, and phenomena in New York City. The Library of Congress’ New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection includes photographs of worldwide events that the …