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Posted by: Kristi Finefield
While searching our collections for a photo, I came across the following image and my natural curiosity required me to zoom in and read the text: Because I didn’t grow up in a region known for potato farming, it was surprising to learn of potato barrel rolling as an event! I absolutely had to find …
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
During the lifetime of the Picture This blog, we have published several dozen posts relating to some aspect of African American history. We have collected all of these posts under a single category for easy access here. In honor of Black History Month, we will highlight a few of those posts so you can revisit …
Posted in: African American History, Photographs, Portraits
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, and Aliza Leventhal, Head, Technical Services, both of the Prints & Photographs Division. Every week our department organizes, houses, describes, and selectively digitizes a wide variety of pictures. Here are the highlights from the more than 125,000 items completed in the past six months. You …
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Photographs, Postcards, Prints, Ready for Research
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
In about 1920, a groundhog at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. was photographed poking his head out of his manmade burrow: There is no specific month and day given for this photo, but I see some icicles at the top of the image and perhaps snow in the foreground. So, I like to think …
Posted in: Photographs