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Archive: October 2012 (2 Posts)

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New for You: Presidential Campaign Posters Book

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. The creative staff members in the Library of Congress Publishing Office produce fascinating new books each year by digging deeply into our remarkable collections, aided by Prints & Photographs Division staff. The recently issued volume, Presidential Campaign Posters from the Library …

Posted in: Acquisitions, News & Events, Posters

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

From Player Portraits to Baseball Cards

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

With the World Series just around the bend, baseball has been on my mind. In 1910, photographer Paul Thompson copyrighted a series of photographic portraits he had taken of baseball players. The portraits are simple straight-on head-and-shoulders shots with the players gazing directly back at the camera. These same portraits would serve as the basis …

Posted in: Photographs, Portraits, Prints