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Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
Every fall, as the weather begins to transition from hot and humid to cool and brisk, my mind turns to happy memories of comforting foods and trips to pumpkin patches from years past. View this post to explore some pumpkin imagery from the collections.
Posted in: Photographs, Prints
Posted by: Jan Grenci
There is no question that Toni Frissell loved dogs. She often photographed her own dogs and also took photos of canines she met on her many photographic assignments. One of her dogs, an Italian greyhound named Bambi, is featured in this color test photo that is included in my latest Flickr album – Toni Frissell …
Posted in: Flickr, Photographs
Posted by: Kate Fogle
This Saturday, October 14, marks National Chess Day, an annual celebration of a storied game that has found its way into our psyches via multiple avenues, such as from TV’s “The Queen’s Gambit,” through technological innovations, or in depictions of the game as one for all walks of life. In 1979, U.S. News & World …
Posted in: Photographs
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Dogs, cats, horses, and cows – as well as far more unusual animals – have called the White House and its grounds home over the last two centuries. Join me, Reference Specialist Kristi Finefield, for a visual tour of the menagerie of animals that have been Presidential pets on Wednesday, October 18th at 3pm EDT. …
Posted in: News & Events, Photographs
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
See chromolithographic illustrations of fashion designs for men, women and children through advertisements produced by dressmakers and tailoring companies from the 1880s and 1890s.
Posted in: Prints
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Join reference librarian Jon Eaker and associate curator of photography Michelle Smiley this Wednesday, September 20th at 3:00pm EDT for an illustrated tour through the many facets of Civil War medicine seen in the collections of the Library of Congress. Register here for the virtual presentation. This talk will be recorded, so if you cannot …
Posted in: Drawings, News & Events, Photographs, Prints
Posted by: Jan Grenci
This post talks about the record albums seen in a 1979 photo of a record store.
Posted in: Flickr, Photographs
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
In 1941, photographer Jack Delano photographed a midwife in rural Greene County, Georgia as part of his work for the Farm Security Administration. One image in particular caught our eye, and encouraged us to look further. Read on to explore with us.
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
Liljenquist Fellow Kimi Shirai shares information about her academic background and her work this summer with Civil War photographs from the Liljenquist Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division.
Posted in: Photographs