Vinyl Memories
Posted by: Jan Grenci
This post talks about the record albums seen in a 1979 photo of a record store.
Posted in: Flickr, Photographs
Category: Photographs
Shadowing a Midwife in Greene County, Georgia
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
Exploring Civil War Images and Building New Skills
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
Divided on the ERA: A Proposed Amendment’s Uncertain Future
Posted by: Kate Fogle
Late July. A time of year that engenders thoughts of summer near its peak, with lots of sun and warm days. But this past month also marks the 100th anniversary of the National Woman’s Party Conference in Seneca Falls, New York, where a century ago, suffragists were buzzing off the energy of their hard-won victory …
Posted in: Photographs, Women's History
Ready for Research: A Wide Range of New Pictures
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Read about collections that are newly available and ready for research from the Prints & Photographs Division, including color slides by American architect Paul M. Rudolph, color images of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Utah by photographer Carol M. Highsmith and letterpress posters by printmaker Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Posted in: Architecture, Photographs, Posters, Prints, Ready for Research
If the Sign Fits
Posted by: Jan Grenci
I look at a lot of images in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) when I am making selections for a Flickr album. This was certainly the case when working on my latest set – If The Shoe Fits. There are always many images that don’t make it to the final group. In preparing …
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs
Profiling Portraits: Through the Doors of Jack Delano
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
As part of a series of posts about portraits in the collections of the Prints & Photographs Division, this post focuses on the work of FSA photographer Jack Delano.
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs, Series: Profiling Portraits
Building Access to the Paul Marvin Rudolph Archive
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
Paul Rudolph was one of the most significant American architects of the 20th century, best known for his modern, brutalist designs. This interview describes the experiences of two Library of Congress Junior Fellows, Rob Johnson and Carter Jackson, both currently working in the Prints & Photographs Division to contribute to the future processing of the Paul Marvin Rudolph archive.
Posted in: Drawings, Photographs, Series: Behind the Scenes
Seeing Double
Posted by: Jan Grenci
My latest Flickr album puts forth a small group of multiple exposure photographs from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) Collection. To create a double or multiple exposure, a photographer using an analog camera shoots an initial exposure and then, either on purpose or by accident, continues shooting further exposures on the same frame or sheet …
Posted in: Flickr, Photographs