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Archive: September 2011 (5 Posts)

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Behind the Scenes: Collections on the Move

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

This peek “Behind the Scenes” is the first post in an occasional series where we invite you to see how the Prints & Photographs Division manages a collection in excess of 14 million images. The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. The Prints & Photographs Division has started …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

A Closer Look: Dating a Photo

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

What’s the date of this photo? Take your best guess, and then I’ll mention some clues I pursued. The photo shows the busy catalog card distribution office at the Library of Congress. There’s no date on the photographic print. Recently, we needed to determine when the photo was taken, so out came my magnifying glass. …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Recent Acquisition: Marilyn Church’s Courtroom Drawings

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

The tools of her trade are simple: colored pencils, crayons, pens, and paper. Yet, armed with just these tools artist Marilyn Church  has brought to life some of the most dramatic moments in high-profile courtroom trials during the past 36 years.  Her work has covered such well-known people as Martha Stewart, J.K. Rowling, Bernard L. Madoff, Jacqueline Onassis, the men …