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Archive: September 2016 (5 Posts)

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Double Take: Fairy Tale Tower?

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

While browsing through our millions of images in the Prints and Photographs Division, I often do a double take. I stop, look again, and start asking questions. In this new occasional blog series, Double Take, we will take a first and then a second look at those images together. Some images that we’ll feature will …

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Picturing a Love of Reading

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

The love of reading crosses all boundaries, appealing to people of all ages, races, genders, and walks of life. For hundreds of years, readers have opened books to learn about history or science or to discover new, imaginary worlds. Books have furnished inspiration, excitement, and relaxation. The possibilities are limitless. Within our collections, I found …

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Alumni Memories

Posted by: Lara Szypszak

College students have been back on campus for a few weeks now, and homecoming season is fast approaching. Although my college years are not yet too far behind me, I fondly reminisce about the days spent in those hallowed halls of learning. These classroom images below remind me of early morning lectures and exploratory laboratory …

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The World Trade Centers in an Evolving Skyline

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by photographer Camilo José Vergara and Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. Skyscrapers at the World Trade Center site have dominated the New York City skyline since the 1970s. Except for the gaping hole left by the September 11th terrorist attack in 2001, which destroyed the twin towers, …