@blogs.loc.gov.picturethis@rss-parrot.net
I'm an automated parrot! I relay a website's RSS feed to the Fediverse. Every time a new post appears in the feed, I toot about it. Follow me to get all new posts in your Mastodon timeline! Brought to you by the RSS Parrot.
---
Library of Congress Prints & Photos
Site URL: blogs.loc.gov/picturethis
Feed URL: blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/feed
Posts: 11
Followers: 1
Our Best Resource for Historic American Architecture, Engineering, and Landscapes
Published: April 30, 2025 13:23
The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. Do you need ideas for fixing up an old house? Close-up views of the Statue of Liberty? The dimensions of a Spanish mission? All that information and more is ready for…
Happy 225th Birthday, Library of Congress!
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/04/happy-225th-birthday-library-of-congress/
Published: April 24, 2025 15:12
On April 24, 1800, President John Adams authorized the spending of $5000 for "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress." This act was the beginning of the Library of Congress. Look back over 225 years of the Library's history through…
The Greatest Show on Mud: Edwin Martin’s Photographs of Traveling Circuses
Published: April 16, 2025 13:46
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…
Finding Pictures: Postcards – Wish You Were Here!
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/04/finding-pictures-postcards-wish-you-were-here/
Published: April 9, 2025 12:20
Sample some images from the Library of Congress postcard collections in this post as we prepare to host a webinar on April 16 featuring a broad selection of postcards from the late 19th century forward. We hope this quick introduction will encourage you to…
Whimsy and Commerce: Magical Beings in the U.S. Patent Office Trademark Collection
Published: April 2, 2025 15:43
In a recent post, we introduced a slew of newly processed or digitized collections. This week we are highlighting a newly available and graphically fun collection, the U.S. Patent Office Trademarks—brands, logos, and images registered between 1869 and…
Profiling Portraits: Pencil In Hand
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/03/profiling-portraits-pencil-in-hand/
Published: March 27, 2025 17:54
We celebrate National Pencil Day on March 30. This post in our occasional series, Profiling Portraits, focuses on portraits where the subject has a pencil in hand, and it is connected to their identity as writer, journalist, and artist.
Ready for Research: Announcing New Collections and Additional Digital Images
Published: March 19, 2025 18:36
The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. Our talented teams in the Prints & Photographs Division (P&P) organized and described 250,000 pictures during the past year. The processing teams completed several new…
Finding Pictures: Mid-Century Color Photography
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/03/finding-pictures-mid-century-color-photography/
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!
https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/01/lights-on/
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…