Rest in Peace, Queen Elizabeth II
Posted by: John Sayers
A remembrance of a visit by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom to the Library of Congress in 1991.
Posted in: History, News, Photos, Washington DC, Women's History
Category: Photos
Library Makes an Unsplash
Posted by: John Sayers
The Library of Congress has launched a continuing selection of rights-free images from its collections on the Unsplash stock photo website.
Posted in: New Online, Photos, Social Media
David Seymour (CHIM), Photographer of the Spanish Civil War
Posted by: John Sayers
The following is a guest post by Beverly Brannan, Curator of Photography, Prints and Photographs Division, and first appeared on the Library’s “Picture This” blog. Photographer David Seymour (CHIM), with three Leica cameras around his neck. Photographer unknown, ca. 1950. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppbd.00599 When I read For Whom the Bell Tolls in my junior year of high …
A Rare Photographic Opportunity
Posted by: John Sayers
The following is a guest post from Michelle Springer in the Office of Strategic Initiatives. On Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m, you’re invited to a special public event. Twice each year, the Library of Congress opens its magnificent Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., …
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