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Finding Pictures: Mid-Century Color Photography

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Published: March 12, 2025 18:03

Finding Pictures is a regular webinar series produced by staff of the Prints and Photographs Division. This post advertises the upcoming talk on Mid-Century Color Photography by Leigh Gleason, Head of Reference. It includes example photos from multiple…

Finding Pictures: World War I

https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/02/finding-pictures-world-war-i/

Published: February 14, 2025 13:52

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…

Making a Connection

https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/01/making-a-connection/

Published: January 30, 2025 18:11

For some of us, it’s hard to remember a time when we didn’t have portable communication devices that fit in our pockets — when a phone call required access to a wired line. I recently came across a photograph with a phone booth in it and I struggled to…

Lights On!

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Published: January 23, 2025 17:01

Last week, we celebrated the 17th birthday of The Commons on Flickr. The Commons started as a partnership between Flickr and the Library of Congress, and has grown to include tens of thousands of images from over 100 different institutions. In recent…

Timeliness and Timelessness, or Spot the Wall Calendar

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Published: January 16, 2025 18:09

The following is a guest post by Kate Phillips, Reference Librarian, Prints & Photographs Division.  As our name suggests, here in the Prints & Photographs (P&P) division, we collect both prints AND photographs. It’s always fun when items work across…

Want to Build a Snowman?

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Published: January 8, 2025 16:45

Longtime readers of Picture This will know that I love snow, and I love sharing images from the collections related to snowy weather. I’m especially inspired to do so when the white stuff is falling outside my window and creating a winter wonderland. We…

President Jimmy Carter in Photos

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Published: January 2, 2025 20:21

Former President Jimmy Carter passed away earlier this week at the age of 100. Today, I’ll highlight a few collections in the Prints & Photographs Division which include images related to the life of Carter, the longest-living President in American…

Wintry Weather Wishes

https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2024/12/wintry-weather-wishes/

Published: December 26, 2024 16:08

Although Washington, D.C. has seen little icy precipitation this year, the past weekend’s official turn to winter has turned my mind toward the possibility of snow this season. Enjoy these 19th-century woodcuts, with hopes that wherever you are these…

Shall We Learn to Dance?

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Published: December 18, 2024 16:44

In the course of locating images depicting a variety of dance styles in the collections for my most recent Flickr album, Shall We Dance?, my attention was drawn to photos of people in dance classes. Looking closely at each photo, I can see the telltale…

Diving Deep with Early Photography in the Richard Morris Hunt Collection

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Published: December 11, 2024 16:17

The following is a guest post by Mari Nakahara, Curator of Architecture, Design & Engineering and Micah Messenheimer and Michelle Smiley, Curators of Photography, Prints & Photographs Division, drawn from a conversation with Professor David R. Hanlon. We…