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Archive: November 2018 (4 Posts)

Blanche Scott. Photo by Bain News Service, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.12209

Looking Beyond the Photo Finish: Women Racers

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Hanna Soltys, who arrived at the Library of Congress in June 2018 as a Librarian in Residence, making wonderful contributions and observations while working as a reference librarian in the Prints & Photographs Division. When getting acclimated to a new place, you’re encouraged to “get lost.” I pleasantly …

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

Reflecting on the Lives and Deaths of Young Civil War Soldiers

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Ben Zuercher, Liljenquist Family Fellow through the Stanford in Government program, Prints & Photographs Division, Summer 2018.  Ben helped to describe recently received items in the Liljenquist Family Collection. Working with the Liljenquist collection carries the constant feeling of wonder and intrigue, as every picture tells a story …