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Black and white family snapshots shows Gil Evans, seated, with white hair and beard, looking slightly off camera to the left, while his two young sons stand on either side of him, looking off camera to the right.

Gil Evans: Making magic with Miles Davis (and many others)

Posted by: Neely Tucker

A woman leans over to closely look at a stretch of film between two larege reels about three feet apart.

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library

Posted by: Neely Tucker

A sepia-toned snapshot of a well dressed, elderly black couple.

Black History Month: Tracing your ancestors to before the Civil War

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Medium close-up of three young girls leaning over a display table and looking closely at papers spread out before them/

The Library and “The Sound of Music” hit the road

Posted by: Neely Tucker

A crew member stands at the front of a helicopter as the sun sets behind the scene.

Picturing War: Soldiers’ photography finds a home in the Veterans History Project

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Color photo of a man kneeling beside a large dog, while draping his left arm around the dog's shoulders. They are outside in the snow, and the man is wearing a flannel shirt and baseball cap.

The thing about that dog in “The Thing,” now in the National Film Registry

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Color headshot of Liza Mundy, wearing a burgundy colored sleeveless top and a necklace. She is smiling, with her head turned to her left, looking off camera.

Researching “Code Girls” at the Library

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Still photo from "Clueless" shows Alicia Silverstone stylishly dressed on a streetcorner, smiling and holding shopping bags.

How Amy Heckerling’s Babysitter Helped Create “Clueless,” Now in the National Film Registry

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Color half-length photo of a fancily dressed concierge and lobby boy in a luxurious hotel of the 1930s.

“The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Researched at the Library

Posted by: Neely Tucker