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Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
This is a guest post by Donna Urschel of the Library’s Public Affairs Office. If you’ve ever wondered where you are, or where you might be going, know this: if you have access to a computer, the Library of Congress now has 30,000 maps online to guide you. In the basement level of the Library’s …
Posted in: Civil War, Collections, Congress, Curators, Education, History, Maps, Preservation, Technology, Uncategorized
Posted by: Jennifer Gavin
This guest post is by Photography Curator Carol Johnson of the Library of Congress. The sesquicentennial of the Civil War coincides with renewed interest in 3-D images for movies, cameras, and television. Although 3-D technology seems new, stereo photography first became popular around the time of the Civil War. In fact, many Civil War photographs …
Posted in: Civil War, Collections, Education, Exhibitions, History, LC Web site, Photos, Preservation
Posted by: Matt Raymond
A forlorn-looking girl in a mourning dress holds a picture of her late father. An impossibly young soldier, probably prepubescent, stands at attention with his bayoneted musket. An African-American in Union uniform sits stoically with his wife and two daughters. A pair of uniformed comrades pose comically, each holding a cigar in the other’s mouth. …
Posted in: Civil War, Collections, Events, Exhibitions, History, LC Web site, Photos