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Library of Congress Prints & Photos
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Books on the Move: Bookmobiles, Mobile Libraries and More
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/09/books-on-the-move-bookmobiles-mobile-libraries-and-more/
Published: September 26, 2025 13:22
Photos, posters and prints in the Library of Congress collections include photos of bookmobiles, mobile and temporary libraries. This week’s post highlights all the ways libraries have come to the reader.
Goodnight Prints, Goodnight Photographs: A Cozy Ramble through the Collections
Published: September 18, 2025 14:16
Today’s post uses Margaret Wise Brown’s classic bedtime story Goodnight Moon as a playful framework for exploring the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. It incorporates a variety of items from across the collection, including stereographs, lithographs,…
Twisting and Turning: Spiral Staircases in Photographs
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/09/twisting-and-turning-spiral-staircases-in-photographs/
Published: September 12, 2025 13:12
The Library of Congress collections include many photographs of the built environment that collectively represent many different types of architectural features. This week’s post highlights a distinctive structure that can be both charming and practical:…
Open a Box: Behind the Scenes with a Prints & Photographs Staff Challenge
Published: September 5, 2025 15:17
Every other month, staff in the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division come together for a “Learning Hour,” a time dedicated to knowledge sharing, training, and discussion. This month’s session took the form of a challenge: each participant…
Double Take: Double Smokestacks in D.C.
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/08/double-take-double-smokestacks-in-d-c/
Published: August 28, 2025 18:20
A dramatic photograph of two smokestacks tumbling down in D.C. catches our eye. This blog post explores the story behind these tall structures that formerly towered over the National Mall.
Dogs of New York
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/08/dogs-of-new-york/
Published: August 20, 2025 15:12
Among the many images of canines in the Library of Congress collections are some striking shots taken by photographer Anthony Angel (born Angelo Rizzuto) in mid-twentieth-century New York City. Read this post to see some examples.
Animals in Human Situations
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/08/animals-in-human-situations/
Published: August 15, 2025 13:27
Hundred of photos, prints and drawings in our collections are cataloged as showing “Animals in Human Situations.” This subject heading, a library tool to help you find other items on the same subject, is my personal favorite for both the phrasing and the…
Look Loves Lucy
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/08/look-loves-lucy/
Published: August 6, 2025 14:16
On the birthday of comedian Lucille Ball, we are highlighting a story by Look Magazine staff photographer Charlotte Brooks documenting Ball’s return to her hometown at the height of I Love Lucy’s popularity. The post will draw from the Look Magazine…
Hardanger Embroidery in Detail
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/07/hardanger-embroidery-in-detail/
Published: July 30, 2025 18:27
A piece of Hardanger embroidery in a recent Flickr album on needlework inspires a deeper dive into the collections for more images of this regional style of embroidery, specific to the Hardanger area of western Norway.
Looking at Mucha: Prints in the Library of Congress Collections
Published: July 24, 2025 13:48
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…