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Archive: February 2014 (4 Posts)

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

Du Bois’s American Negro Exhibit for the 1900 Paris Exposition

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

In this exhibit there are, of course, the usual paraphenalia for catching the eye — photographs, models, industrial work, and pictures. But it does not stop here; beneath all this is a carefully thought-out plan, according to which the exhibitors have tried to show: (a) The history of the American Negro. (b) His present condition. …

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

Curling: Right on the Button

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Shot rock. Skip. Tee line. The hammer. If these terms are familiar and you’ve just figured out what it means to throw a guard, peel, and draw to the button, welcome to my quadrennial obsession: Olympic curling. Despite the fact that I’ve never stepped foot on a sheet, thrown a stone and certainly never swept …

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

Feast Your Eyes: Sweets in Store

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

The following is a guest post by Donna Collins, Photo Preservation Specialist, Prints and Photographs Division. On Valentine’s Day, candy and other sweet treats are popular gifts. With this holiday approaching, I browsed the Prints and Photographs collections featuring shops and stands that displayed such confections. The range of tempting locales was as varied as …

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

Caught Our Eyes: A Well Framed Porch

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

Reference specialist Jan Grenci pointed out this photo, which Farm Security Administration photographer Carl Mydans took in February 1936. Although February is not a month when people in the mid-Atlantic region generally get to enjoy their porches (as we can testify), Jan noted Carl Mydans’ keen eye for a photographic opportunity: I like the way …