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Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
This summer, Junior Fellow Ellie Harrison has been working hard to make the Prints & Photographs Division’s posters more discoverable. In this post, learn about the impressive work Ellie has completed, including researching and creating item-level catalog records for psychedelic posters, updating a research guide related travel posters, and more!
Posted in: Posters, Prints, Series: Behind the Scenes
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
Join us for a quick preview of next week's Finding Pictures webinar offering a tour of select World’s Fairs images from the Prints & Photographs Division collections. The presentation will highlight four fairs spanning 1893 to 1965 in the United States, two in Chicago and one each in San Francisco and New York. Our experts will also discuss how you can learn more about P&P’s wide variety of photographs, posters, and design drawings showcasing the architecture, construction, and attendance at World’s Fairs both within the United States and abroad.
Posted in: Photographs, Posters, Prints, Webinars
Posted by: Kate Phillips
Today’s post celebrates vibrant, ripe, and nutritious summer produce, both homegrown and store-bought, through items in the popular graphic arts and poster collections in the Prints & Photographs Division.
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
In this post, enjoy staff selections of images that bring us a sense of calm or serenity, prompt us to smile or laugh, or otherwise delight us.
Posted in: Photographs, Posters, Prints
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
For many of us who live in or near cities, public transit is an integral part of our daily lives, helping us to travel to and from our job sites, schools, and countless other destinations. Join us as we explore subway-related images from the collections.
Posted in: Photographs, Posters, Prints
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
Fans of art nouveau design may be surprised to learn that the Prints & Photographs Division has more than a dozen striking images by the man widely credited as the originator of the style -- Czech artist Alphonse Mucha -- in the collections. See some examples in this blog post.
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Last year photographer Edwin Martin generously placed 138 of his photographs of traveling circuses in the care of the Library of Congress. An extraordinary record of a challenging way of life, the collection is a testament to the hard work and dedication of circus members who, for over 200 years, have brought joy to the American people. In honor of World Circus Day (April 19th), we are sharing excerpts from a recent interview with Martin about his experiences.
Posted in: Acquisitions, Photographs, Posters
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
I love making connections within our collections here in the Prints & Photographs (P&P) Division. Recently, I made an unexpected connection between our poster holdings and an artifact located across the Atlantic in London. During a visit to the London Transport Museum’s Global Poster Gallery, retired Reference Specialist for Posters, Jan Grenci, and I spotted …
Posted in: Posters, World War I
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
American poster artist Lester Beall was hired to design posters to garner support for the work of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) in the 1930s. The REA was launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order in May 1935, and then supported by Congress’ passage of the Rural Electrification Act in May 1936. At the …
Posted in: FSA/OWI, Photographs, Posters