Pic(s) of the Week: Ice Cream!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's "Free to Use and Reuse" sets features copyright-free prints and photographs for public use.
Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, Photos, Pic of the Week
Category: Photos
New Mystery Photo Contest
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cary O'Dell at the Library's National Recording Registry is the maestro of our ever-popular Mystery Photo Contest, and he's back with another entry.
Posted in: Film, Music, National Recording Registry, Photos
Remembering I. M. Pei
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
I.M. Pei died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 102. In recognition of his extraordinary achievements, we reprint this guest post by Mari Nakahara, curator of architecture, design and engineering in the Prints and Photographs Division, focusing on his items in the Library. It ran on his 100th birthday. Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming …
Posted in: Collections, Exhibitions, Photos
New Online: The AP Washington Bureau, 1915-1930
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Associated Press's Washington Bureau News Dispatches between the tumultuous years between 1915 and 1930 are now available online at the Library.
Posted in: New Online, Photos
Doris Day: At the Beginning
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Doris Day photographs at the LIbrary of Congress include 1940s portraits by the legendary photographer William P. Gottlieb.
Posted in: Music, Photos, Women's History
Pic of the Week: Cherry Blossom Edition
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The dome of the Jefferson Building, framed by cherry blossoms.
Posted in: Photos, Pic of the Week, Thomas Jefferson Building
Notre Dame Cathedral in the 1860s
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Some of the Library's rare photographs of a newly restored Notre-Dame Cathedral in the 1860s.
Posted in: Photos, Pic of the Week
Mystery Photos: Genius Edition of “Who am I?”
Posted by: Michelle Rago
This is guest post is by Cary O’Dell, assistant to the National Film Preservation Board and the National Recording Preservation Board. Hey kids, it’s time for another round of Mystery Photos! In years past, you’ve helped us identify people in more than 1,000 publicity stills from the music, film, television or other entertainment industries. These …
Pic of the Week: Harriet Tubman, Seen as Never Before
Posted by: Neely Tucker
In a March 25 ceremony, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch unveiled the photo album of abolionist Emily Howland, featuring a previously unknown portrait of Harriet Tubman. The portrait, taken around 1868, captures Tubman in her mid 40s, years younger than most surviving photographs that show her late in life
Posted in: Civil Rights, Civil War, Photos, Pic of the Week, Women's History