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New Doors Open for the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Thanks to a recent initiative by Library of Congress and National Park Service staff, the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog has grown by nearly 400,000 records. Through a bit of technical wizardry, there is now a record for each digital image in one of our cornerstone collections: the Historic American Buildings Survey/ Historic American Engineering …

Posted in: Architecture, Drawings, HABS/HAER/HALS, Photographs

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The Buildings That Linked the Nation: New Book on Railroad Stations

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

In Railroad Stations: The Buildings That Linked the Nation, David Naylor chronicles the history and stylistic character of one of our nation’s most iconic building types. Prolifically illustrated with images from the collections of the Prints & Photographs Division, the volume is organized by geographic region. In addition to showing the exteriors of many stations, …

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