Free to Use and Reuse: Autumn and Halloween Photographs and Prints
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This month the Library offers a set of free to use and reuse pictures and prints of autumn and Halloween.
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, Photos
Category: Photos
Library Seeks Pictures of Pandemic Experiences
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library invites you to contribute photographic and graphic art images to the Flickr group called “COVID-19 American Experiences.” Library curators will review submissions and select images to add to the group and to preserve in our permanent collections.
Posted in: COVID-19, Influeza/Covid-19, New Online, Photos
Mystery Photos Solved, Bonus Edition!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cary O’Dell at the Library’s National Recording Registry runs our ever-popular Mystery Photo Contest. He most recently wrote about Florence McFadden. He’s back with a batch of solved mysteries. Readers! We have a bonanza of solved Mystery Photo Contest entries! You’ll remember that, with reader help, we recently identified actresses Wendy Phillips and Florence McFadden from our …
Posted in: Mystery Photo Contest, Photos
The March on Washington in Color
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Newly colorized photographs from the 1963 March on Washington show the historic day in a new light.
Posted in: African American History, New Online, Photos, Researcher Stories, Today in History, Washington DC
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Another “Mystery Photo” Solved
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Our Mystery Photo Contest has another mystery solved, this time with connections to classic Hollywood.
Posted in: Mystery Photo Contest, Photos
“The Most Mysterious Woman…” Identified!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
A reader identifies our Mystery Photo Contest's "most mysterious woman." Turns out she's been working in television and film for more than forty years, hiding in plain sight.
Posted in: Mystery Photo Contest, Photos
How Will We Remember COVID-19?
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
The Library is amassing a vast collection of materials that document the COVID-19 pandemic, including the award-winning photography of Camilo Vergara.
Posted in: Influeza/Covid-19, Photos, Preservation
Free to Use and Reuse: Cherry Blossoms
Posted by: Neely Tucker
It's peak cherry blossom season and the gorgeous trees are highlighted this month in the Library's Free to Use and Reuse sets of copyright-free photographs, prints and illustrations.
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, Photos, Pic of the Week, Washington DC
Mystery Photo Contest: The Lady in the Hat Revealed!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's Mystery Photo contest features a solved case -- a photo of what turned out to be actress Cynthia Lynn, best known as a recurring guest star on "Hogan's Heroes."
Posted in: Mystery Photo Contest, Photos, Researcher Stories