Archive: September 2016 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Barbara Orbach Natanson; (Year) 2016; (Month) September

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

A Welcome Symbol for the New Librarian of Congress

September 15, 2016

Along with my picture-loving colleagues, I’d like to nominate one of our favorite depictions of Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom, as an appropriate symbol with which to mark the arrival of the new Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. This mosaic of a studious Minerva greets visitors, researchers and staff in an area overlooking the …

Posted in: Architecture, Drawings, Photographs

The World Trade Centers in an Evolving Skyline

September 8, 2016

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by photographer Camilo José Vergara and Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. Skyscrapers at the World Trade Center site have dominated the New York City skyline since the 1970s. Except for the gaping hole left by the September 11th terrorist attack in 2001, which destroyed the twin towers, …

Posted in: Photographs

Refined by: (Author) Barbara Orbach Natanson; (Year) 2016; (Month) September