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Archive: August 2020 (4 Posts)

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Reflecting on Roland Freeman’s African American Expressive Culture in Philadelphia Project

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Victoria Bankole, an Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Intern in the Prints & Photographs Division in spring 2020. “Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.” — Octavia E. Butler Just as author Octavia Butler created herself through writing, photographers such as Roland Freeman use their …

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

Celebrating a Voting Victory

Posted by: Melissa Lindberg

On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the 19th Amendment, reaching the threshold of state approval required to extend the vote to women across the United States. Below, National Woman’s Party co-founder Alice Paul is shown at the organization’s headquarters unfurling a completed ratification banner, which sported a star to represent each …

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

Tennis Pictures, Anyone?

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

I was delighted to see this picture as the lead image in a “Free to Use” set of images focusing on tennis that was recently added to the Library’s Web site. I remember printing out the image years ago for my own personal folder of favorite “mid-air views.” Not only do I admire the energy and …

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One Hundred Fifty Years of Copyright at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

The year 1870 is significant for copyright and the Library of Congress. Prior to that year, copyright registration was administered by the U.S. District Courts. Starting in 1870, the copyright registration and deposit system was centralized in the Library of Congress. One of the requirements for protecting your creation with copyright was to send in …