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Refined by: (Author) Kristi Finefield; (Year) 2020

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

No Need to Hold these Horses: Announcing New Free to Use and Reuse Set

May 15, 2020

In the Library’s latest Free to Use and Reuse set of images drawn from the collections, the focus is on the horse, and all the myriad ways these noble animals have been part of our lives, including sports, recreation, agriculture, transportation, and so on. I spotted one image that for me, and maybe for many …

Posted in: Photographs, Prints

Celebrating Education during Deaf History Month

March 18, 2020

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Just across town from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., stands Gallaudet University, an institute for higher learning for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the law that allowed the school to begin issuing college degrees, a milestone for deaf people seeking higher education. Edward M. Gallaudet (right) was the …

Posted in: Photographs, Prints

Refined by: (Author) Kristi Finefield; (Year) 2020