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Posted by: Jan Grenci
My latest Flickr album is titled Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow. Featured in it is a poster advertising the December 1895 issue of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine. Designed by Joseph J. Gould, it shows a holly-festooned woman carrying the latest issue of the magazine as the snow swirls around her: In the …
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
As you celebrate the holiday season with your loved ones, we share a message as timeless as it was when posted outside the White House nearly sixty years ago, in December of 1963: Peace on Earth to Men of Goodwill. Learn More: Enjoy some other snowy scenes in Washington, D.C. from previous Picture This posts: …
Posted in: Photographs
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
I recently came across this photograph when perusing some images from the Carol M. Highsmith Collection, and, hailing from the American West, I was cheered by its familiar landscape – not to mention the symmetry of the rainbow. As the title of the image indicates, the hint of a second rainbow is visible above the …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
The following guest post is by Maggie McCready, Archivist in the Prints & Photographs Division. A collection of nearly 1,200 prints and posters by 265 different artists is now online at the Library of Congress. This artwork represents 40 years’ worth of culture, printmaking, and protest based in the San Francisco Bay area. Let me …
Posted in: Prints, Ready for Research