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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: Kristi Finefield
Millions of Americans will hit the road this week to spend Thanksgiving with friends and family in other parts of the country. Some will be lucky enough to travel down byways and scenic routes to reach their destination. Others will have to be patient as they slog through heavy highway traffic with thousands of other …
Posted in: Photographs
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. Hundreds of photographs from the Liljenquist Collection are now mapped to events of the U.S. Civil War. Soldiers’ portraits are linked to the many battlefields where they fought and died. The faces of nurses are connected to the sites where they …
Posted in: Photographs
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
On November 1, 1897, the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress opened to the world. Today we mark its 125th birthday. This magnificent building was the Library of Congress’ first home away from the U.S. Capitol, where it had first been established in 1800. This was a pivotal moment in the history of …
Posted in: Drawings, Photographs
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
One of the things I do as a reference librarian of visual materials is keep a folder full of interesting images I come across in my work. Our collections are full of opportunities for serendipitous discovery, and I keep my eyes open for compelling images like this 1923 photo from the National Photo Company Collection. …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
“Will you supply eyes for the Navy?” The arresting image of a blindfolded officer at sea, lost and confused, paired with that question, make this an effective poster – the image caught my attention and made me look and read further. This World War I poster is calling for help from the general population in …
Posted in: Photographs, Posters, Series: Caught Our Eyes, World War I
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Join curators Adam Silvia and Sara Duke as they highlight photographically illustrated books as well as graphic illustrations for books in the Prints & Photographs Division collections in two upcoming virtual presentations. Read on for a preview of some of the images and volumes they will share. Photographically illustrated books, some dating all the way …
Posted in: Drawings, Photographs
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Many entries in the Double Take series, where we look a little closer at images, come out of the steps I take to answer reference questions in my daily work. Recently, in response to a question seeking a photo of a particular building, I was browsing about 300 photographs of Dubuque, Iowa, from the Farm …
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs, Series: Double Take
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
The following is a guest post by Hanna Soltys, Reference Librarian, Prints & Photographs Division. The Work Projects Administration (WPA) Poster Collection is one of the Library’s treasures. We’ve hosted many orientations in person and online about these posters, and this time we’re offering an introduction to the collection during the evening hours! On Thursday, …
Posted in: Posters