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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: Melissa Lindberg
I recently came across this photograph when perusing some images from the Carol M. Highsmith Collection, and, hailing from the American West, I was cheered by its familiar landscape – not to mention the symmetry of the rainbow. As the title of the image indicates, the hint of a second rainbow is visible above the …
Posted in: Photographs, Series: Caught Our Eyes
Posted by: Jan Grenci
Take a look at this colorful poster, designed by Robert E. Lee, a California-born painter and commercial artist who lived in New York City, and published in 1929. The company advertised on this poster, the Railway Express Agency (REA), was an American package delivery service. Operating between 1918 and 1975, they used railroads as one …
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs, Posters, Prints
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: Melissa Lindberg
The following is an interview with Naja Morris, the Prints & Photographs Division’s current Archives, History and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) intern. Melissa: Can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you came to intern in the Prints & Photographs Division? Naja: I went to Mississippi State University as an undergraduate where …
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: Jan Grenci
When searching in the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC), one fascinating image can often lead to another. That is what happened when I was looking for apple images for the latest Flickr album How Do You Like These Apples? I included this Currier & Ives lithograph from the Popular Graphic Arts Collection in the …
Posted in: Flickr, Photographs, Prints
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
The Prints & Photographs Division’s U.S. Civil War collections are impressive, spanning a number of collections. Our core bodies of material related to the Civil War are conveniently featured in one place in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. Probably the best known collection of Civil War material in the division consists of original glass …
Posted in: Drawings, Photographs, Series: Revisiting Rights-Free