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Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Last week, we celebrated the 17th birthday of The Commons on Flickr. The Commons started as a partnership between Flickr and the Library of Congress, and has grown to include tens of thousands of images from over 100 different institutions. In recent years, we have been selecting images from our collections to share in our …
Posted in: Architecture, Flickr, Photographs
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
The following is a guest post by Kate Phillips, Reference Librarian, Prints & Photographs Division. As our name suggests, here in the Prints & Photographs (P&P) division, we collect both prints AND photographs. It’s always fun when items work across categories and photographs speak to print culture. This month, as we’ve turned the page …
Posted in: Photographs, Prints
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Longtime readers of Picture This will know that I love snow, and I love sharing images from the collections related to snowy weather. I’m especially inspired to do so when the white stuff is falling outside my window and creating a winter wonderland. We recently had a good amount of snow around the nation’s capital …
Posted in: Photographs
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Former President Jimmy Carter passed away earlier this week at the age of 100. Today, I’ll highlight a few collections in the Prints & Photographs Division which include images related to the life of Carter, the longest-living President in American history. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection: Carter’s active years fall squarely in …
Posted in: Architecture, News & Events, Photographs