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Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Join Reference Librarian Jonathan Eaker on Wednesday, February 19 at 3:00pm EST as he highlights interesting selections from the Prints & Photographs Division’s wide and diverse World War I collections. Learn the stories behind the photos shared below and many more. This virtual presentation includes newly digitized images that are freely available to all. …
Posted in: News & Events, Photographs, World War I
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
On the 4th of July in 1918, World War I still raged, and so the New York City parade marking America’s independence focused on the war effort. This particular parade entry caught my attention because of the oversized model ship, and more specifically, the pattern painted on that ship! The idea of dazzle camouflage was …
Posted in: World War I
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
A fun feature on the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog is a link that allows you to view a selection of newly digitized images from the collections. Scanning visual materials from our collections, whether recently acquired or long-held but not yet digitized, is an ongoing task. We strive to bring as much of our collection to …
Posted in: African American History, Architecture, Photographs, Portraits, World War I
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
“Will you supply eyes for the Navy?” The arresting image of a blindfolded officer at sea, lost and confused, paired with that question, make this an effective poster – the image caught my attention and made me look and read further. This World War I poster is calling for help from the general population in …
Posted in: Photographs, Posters, Series: Caught Our Eyes, World War I
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
The following is a guest post by Jonathan Eaker, Reference Librarian, Prints & Photographs Division. On May 21, 1881, Clara Barton founded the American National Red Cross to provide relief services during times of war and disaster. In honor of its Founder’s Day, I would like to highlight some newly digitized images from our American …
Posted in: Photographs, World War I
Posted by: Kristi Finefield
Most of the United States will “spring forward” this weekend, as we enter Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. – which will immediately become 3:00 a.m. – Sunday morning. Many of us have never known a time when we didn’t go through the biannual ritual of springing forward an hour in the spring, and falling …
Posted in: News & Events, Posters, World War I