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Bain News Service,, publisher.

 

Denishawn dancers

 

[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517

 

General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.35099

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 5854-8

 

The Library of Congress

More Bain photos are headed this way next Monday. In the meantime: the cherry blossoms have come and gone in Washington, D.C., but they live on in two recent Picture This blog posts:

Photographers and the Cherry Blossoms of D.C.

and

Celebrating the National Park Service’s Centennial with a New Display

Enjoy!

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Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer.

Waterfall and cherry trees at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. [between 1980 and 2006]

1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller

Notes:

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.

Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).

Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Subjects:

United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)

America.

FDR Memorial.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.

Format: Transparencies--Color--1980-2010.

Rights info.: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part of: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive. More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.14070

Call Number: LC-HS503- 3264 (ONLINE) [P&P]

  

Abel & Company, photographer

New York City book campaign / Abel & Company, Inc., commercial photographers, 903 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

1919.

 

1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 21 x 16 cm.

 

Summary:

Photograph shows a woman standing on a pile of books speaking into a megaphone for an American Library Association War Service promotion to collect books for soldiers fighting in Europe.

 

Notes:

• Title from item.

• Stamped on verso: Please credit American Library Association.

• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Military section.

 

Subjects:

• American Library Association.--War Service.

• World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.

• Book drives--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920.

• Women--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920.

• Books--1910-1920.

 

Format:

Photographic prints--1910-1920.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40926

 

Call Number: LOT 13440-2, no. 21

 

Learn more about this photo and others featuring classroom interiors from various eras in our Picture This blog post: Absorbing Details in the Classroom: Photographs of Schoolroom Interiors

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Burke, F. P. (Frank P.), photographer.

Graham School [or Mosely School], Chicago. Interior - children seated at desks, [between 1900 and 1915].

1 photographic print.

 

Notes:

Title from item.

"Courtesy Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund."

Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.

 

Subjects:

School children--Clothing & dress--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1930.

Open-air schools--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1930.

 

Format:

Photographic prints--1900-1930.

 

Rights Info.: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18484

 

Call Number: LOT 5338-25A

What do you think: the original title mentions the "Three Graces," but is the tree in the foreground the Bachelor tree in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias?

 

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Detroit Photographic Co., photographer

Mariposa Grove of big trees. "Three graces"

[ca. 1900]

 

1 photograph : photochrom print ; sheet 23 x 18 cm.

 

Summary: Photograph shows giant sequoia tree at Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, with man standing next to it and a horse-drawn carriage driving nearby.

 

Notes:

- Title from Catalogue J. - part two, plain, platinum and hand colored photographs of American scenery and architecture. Detroit: Detroit Photographic Company. 1901, page 7, no. 06258.

- Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Information about the collection is available at Detroit Publishing Company - About this Collection - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress)

- Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Detroit Publishing Co. section.

 

Subjects:

Giant sequoias--California--Mariposa Grove--1890-1910.

 

Format:

Photochrom prints--1890-1910.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.53299

 

Call Number: LOT 9057

A photographer catches his own reflection, multiplying the appreciation all around!

 

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Irish, G. S. (George S.), photographer

Globe reflection, Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George / G. S. Irish, photographer, Glen's Falls, N.Y.

[187-]

 

1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen.

 

Summary:

Stereograph shows self-portrait of photographer with camera on tripod, hotel, and lake reflected in a shiny globe.

 

Notes:

• Title from item.

• Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:123).

• General information about the Stereograph Cards Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.stereo

 

Subjects:

• Irish, G. S.--(George S.)--New York (State)--Lake George.

• Fort William Henry Hotel (Lake George, N.Y.)--1870-1880.

• Hotels--New York (State)--Lake George--1870-1880.

• Photographers--New York (State)--Lake George--1870-1880.

• Reflections--1870-1880.

 

Format:

• Albumen prints--1870-1880.

• Self-portraits--1870-1880.

• Stereographs--1870-1880.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s02976

 

Call Number: STEREO SUBJ FILE - Photographers

I have lived in Washington DC almost twenty years and have visited most of the museums, buildings and attractions at one time or another. To me, the most impressive is the Thomas Jefferson Building, the oldest and most recognizable Library of Congress building.

 

I have visited the LOC a few times but never attempted to get photos until my last visit. The scale is simply overwhelming. My lack of experience for indoor, architectural photography did not do justice to the grandeur of the place, but hopefully this short series will be of some interest. To me it's a must-see for any visit to DC.

 

Another shot from the "Main Reading Room." View LARGE for much more detail

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916, photographer

Yosemite Valley, California

[ca. 1865]

 

1 photographic print : albumen ; photo 40.2 x 52.4 cm, on mount 54.2 x 65.9 cm.

 

Notes:

• Title devised by Library staff.

• Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 108.

• Exhibited: "The Illusion of the American Frontier" at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, Nov. 2015-Feb. 2016.

 

Subjects:

• Valleys--California--1860-1870.

• Mountains--California--1860-1870.

• Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1860-1870.

Format:

• Albumen prints--1860-1870.

• Landscape photographs--1860-1870.

• Mammoth plates--1860-1870.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.09983

 

Call Number: LOT 4590, no. 2

What do you think of their form? And what do you suppose affected it more—their outfits or the presence of the camera?

 

This photo was recently featured in a Picture This blog post: "Women Hoopsters"

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Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer

 

[Female students playing basketball in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]

 

[1899?]

 

1 photographic print : cyanotype ; 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (photo), 9 x 11 5/16 in. (mount)

 

Notes:

Title devised by Library staff.

Inscribed in ink on bottom center of photo: 35.

In album: "Western High School, nos. 1-40"

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g09676

 

Call Number: LOT 2749, no. 035

 

I have lived in Washington DC almost twenty years and have visited most of the museums, buildings and attractions at one time or another. To me, the most impressive is the Thomas Jefferson Building, the oldest and most recognizable Library of Congress building.

 

I have visited the LOC a few times but never attempted to get photos until my last visit. The scale is simply overwhelming. My lack of experience for indoor, architectural photography did not do justice to the grandeur of the place, but hopefully this short series will be of some interest. To me it's a must-see for any visit to DC.

 

This is a shot of the ceiling in one area; my 24mm lens was barely wide enough. View Large for the best look.

Nikon F6, PC-Nikkor 28mm f3.5, Ilford XP2 Super 400

While waiting for the set of images we’ll load next week, enjoy a little sun and sand with this photo, which was featured in our Picture This blog post, “Caught Our Eyes: Playing with Shadows.”

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Frissell, Toni, 1907-1988, photographer

"My Shadow" from A Child's Garden of Verses

[1944]

 

1 photograph : nitrate negative.

 

Summary:

Photograph shows a boy standing on a beach looking at his shadow.

 

Notes:

- Title from caption in Photographs, 1933-1967 / Toni Frissell, p. 68.

- Photograph used as illustration for A Child's Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson, photographs by Toni Frissell (1944).

- Date from publication date of A Child's Garden of Verses.

Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

- Image published in: Photographs, 1933-1967 / Toni Frissell. New York, New York : Doubleday, 1994, p. 68. (Call number: TR653.F75 1994).

 

Subjects:

- Boys--1940-1950.

- Shadows--1940-1950.

- Beaches--1940-1950.

 

Format:

- Nitrate negatives--1950-1960.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "Toni Frissell Collection,"(www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/070_fris.html)

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.07092

 

Call Number: LC-F9-01-4406-043 -06

Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer.

A bald eagle surveys its surroundings in Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S. state of Wyoming.

2016-02-07.

 

1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

 

Notes:

• Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

• Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

• Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:069).

• Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

 

Subjects:

• United States--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park.

• America

• Yellowstone National Park

• National parks

• Bald eagles

• eagles

 

Format:

Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.35528

 

Call Number: LC-DIG-highsm- 35528 (ONLINE)

 

We'll be delivering another batch of photos next week. In the meantime, two of our recent Picture This blog posts invite you to dive deep and range widely to research pictures:

 

Exploring Black-Owned Businesses from the Turn of the 20th Century

 

and

 

Finding Clues in Civil War Photographs

 

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[Horse-drawn ice wagon and several persons, two with blocks of ice, standing in street in front of residence]

[1899 or 1900]

 

1 photographic print : gelatin silver.

 

Related Names:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, collector

 

Notes:

• In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 360.

• B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Reading Room. A microfilm surrogate is also available.

• Forms part of: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress).

• Exhibited: American Treasures at the Library of Congress, 2005.

• Original albums filed in PR 12 under LOT 11930

• Information about the collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anedub

 

Subjects:

• African Americans--Georgia--1890-1900.

• Ice industry--Georgia--1890-1900.

• Carts & wagons--Georgia--1890-1900.

 

Format:

• Gelatin silver prints--1890-1900.

• Group portraits--1890-1900.

• Portrait photographs--1890-1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.08776

 

Call Number: LOT 11930, no. 360

Today we’re driving (on Highway 14!) to our 14th anniversary of sharing through the Flickr Commons. We show no signs of stopping and plan on bringing you newly available pictures and albums all throughout the year!

 

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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer

 

General view of Highway 14 on way to Yanceyville. Caswell County, North Carolina. 1939 Sept.

 

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

 

Notes:

• Title and other information from caption card.

• Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

• More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

• Temp. note: usf34batch6

• Film copy on SIS roll 5, frame 2159.

 

Subjects:

• United States--North Carolina--Caswell County.

 

Format:

• Safety film negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c10589

 

Call Number: LC-USF34- 052109-D

In addition to the electric car, what's the other technology shadowing the auto in this picture?

 

This is one of the featured photos in the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about the exhibition in our Picture This blog post, “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos.”

 

See more examples of electric cars in our Picture This blog post, Caught Our Eyes: It’s Electric!

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Cress-Dale Photo Co., photographer.

 

Detroit Electric auto on promotional tour through mountains from Seattle to Mt. Rainier .

 

[Seattle] : [Cress-Dale Photo Co., Crary Bldg], [1919]

 

1 photograph : gelatin silver print on cardboard mount ; sheet 24 x 19 cm, mount 36 x 28 cm.

 

Summary: Photograph shows electric car produced for Anderson Electric Car Co. traveling on a mountain road through a burned forest.

 

Notes:

• J236223 U.S. Copyright Office.

• Title devised by Library staff.

• No. 191430.

• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Photographers section.

 

Subjects:

• Anderson Electric Car Co.--Products--Washington (State)--1910-1920.

• Anderson Electric Car Co.--Public relations--Washington (State)--1910-1920.

• Electric automobiles--Washington (State)--1910-1920.

 

Format:

Photographic prints--1910-1920.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.41739

 

Call Number: LOT 5968 [item]

 

Open House at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. (2/20/2017).

I have lived in Washington DC almost twenty years and have visited most of the museums, buildings and attractions at one time or another. To me, the most impressive is the Thomas Jefferson Building, the oldest and most recognizable Library of Congress building.

 

I have visited the LOC a few times but never attempted to get photos until my last visit. The scale is simply overwhelming. My lack of experience for indoor, architectural photography did not do justice to the grandeur of the place, but hopefully this short series will be of some interest. To me it's a must-see for any visit to DC.

 

This is a shot of the ceiling in one area; my 24mm lens was barely wide enough. View Large for the best look.

This is one of many locations featured in the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about the photos included in the exhibit in our recent Picture This blog post “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos.”

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Detroit Photographic Co., photographer

 

Chinese pharmacy, Los Angeles, California

 

[Detroit] : Detroit Photographic Co., [1899]

 

1 photograph : color photolithograph print ; sheet 24 x 18 cm.

 

Summary: Photolithograph shows interior of Chinese American pharmacy.

 

Notes:

• Title from item.

• Forms part of the Detroit Publishing Company Collection. For more information, see: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.detr

• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Detroit Publishing Co. section and Business & Science section.

 

Subjects:

• Chinese Americans--Health & welfare--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.

• Medicine, Chinese.

• Medicines--1890-1900.

• Drugstores--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.

 

Format:

Photolithographs--Color--1890-1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.51094

 

Call Number: LOT 9056

 

Newly digitized negatives from the Library of Congress American National Red Cross Collection let us glimpse relief efforts during World War I and after. Explore this powerful visual record in the recent Picture This blog post: “American National Red Cross Collection: Newly Digitized Photos.“

 

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Women’s part in the great war. Women are shown preparing to deliver various government packages. They are members of the National League for Women's Service…, [between 1917 and 1920]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.

 

Notes:

•Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.

•Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: International Film Service.

•Group Title: U.S. Chapters, Motor Corps., Workers, Women.

•Date based on date of negatives in same range.

•Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.

•General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc

 

Subjects:

American Red Cross.

 

Formats:

Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info.: No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection,"(www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html)

 

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/anrc.06283

 

Over the next few weeks of the holiday season, you’ll be receiving single pictures from us, rather than large packages. Today's offering was featured in a Picture This blog post, "Caught Our Eyes: Santa Gets Credentials." It clearly caught a Flickr member's eyes, too—have a look at how he imagined it in color!

 

If you prefer large packages, then take a look at all the holiday related pictures we’ve loaded over the last ten years…

 

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Harris & Ewing, photographer

 

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Although there may not be sufficient snow for his reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus will still be able to deliver his load of presents on time this Christmas by using the air route. The old saint called at the Commerce Department in Washington today where he is shown receiving an aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken, while Clarence M. Young (right) Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, looks on. Airway maps and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways Christmas Eve were also given to Santa.

 

[1927 November or December]

 

1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

• Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.

• Date based on date of negatives in same range.

• Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.

• General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec

 

Subjects:

United States.

 

Format:

Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.34635

 

Call Number: LC-H2- B-2369

  

That’s just one of the mysteries we have been pondering about this picture, which we ran across while celebrating libraries and librarians this National Library Week. View more in our Picture This blog post, "Celebrating Libraries Everywhere – Including in the Open Air!"

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Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer.

 

Boy reading funny paper on steps of public library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1940 July.

 

1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.

 

Notes:

• Title and other information from caption card.

• Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

• More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

 

Subjects:

United States--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

 

Format:

Nitrate negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs (www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html)

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a06492

 

Call Number: LC-USF33-T01-001915-M5

The staff of the U. S. House of Representatives’ Office of Art & Archives have identified quite a few Members of Congress who sat for this picture (see their list of tentative identifications), but they'd like to identify some more.

 

To see the members' faces up close, you'll need to zoom in on the file or look at the video they included in one of their blog posts about the photo (scroll down).

 

Read more about the Office of Art & Archives’ detective work with the panorama in this blog post: "Who's Who in the 65th" and explore the significance of the lone woman in the group, Jeannette Rankin, in another blog post, "No Woman is an Island."

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[Group portrait of the sixty-fifth U.S. Congress in front of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

 

1918 March 20.

 

1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 6.25 x 104.5 in.

 

Notes:

• Title devised by Library staff.

• Date range based on presence of Jeannette Rankin in the photo; Rankin was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

• In pencil on back of photo: Hatton W. Sumners, 5th District, Texas, 63-79 Congress.

• Key to photo is missing.

• Transfer; LC Conservation Research and Testing Office; 2005; (DLC/PP-2005:108).

• Part of the Panoramic photographs collection (Library of Congress). General information on the collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pan

 

Subjects:

• Legislators.

 

Format:

• Gelatin silver prints.

• Group portraits.

• Panoramic photographs.

• Portrait photographs.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13272

 

Call Number: PAN SUBJECT - Groups no. 331 (SOS)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

 

Zamindor of Palayamfatti

 

[no date recorded on caption card]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517

 

General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.38396

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 6403-7

 

We’ll be delivering a new set of photographs early next week, but in the meantime, we invite you to take a research journey with one of our reference specialists to learn more about Topham’s Trunks in our Picture This blog post, “Double Take: A Trunk Full of Questions.”

 

And, although she found the answers to some of the mysteries about this picture, here’s a pictorial challenge: What might people have packed into such a trunk? And can you find an illustrative picture in one of our Flickr albums?

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Topham's Trunk auto

[between 1910 and 1935]

 

1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller

 

Notes:

• Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve.

• Date from negatives in same range.

• Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.

• General information about the National Photo Company collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.npco

• This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.

 

Format:

Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.31255

 

Call Number: LC-F82- 189

 

As we ring out 2017, please enjoy some New Year's Eves of the past in our Picture This blog post, “New Year’s Cheers."

 

We’re looking forward to sharing more pictures in 2018!

(And if you want to sleuth your way into the new year, we still have some lingering mysteries to tackle...)

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[Carrie Kayler, Belle Kayler, and Clo Barnes, December 31, 1900]

[1900 Dec. 31]

 

1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 4 x 5 in.

 

Related Names:

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 , photographer

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 , photographer

 

Notes:

• Title from reference print.

• Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright.

• Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright. General information about the collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.wri

 

Subjects:

• Wright, Wilbur,--1867-1912--Friends & associates.

• Wright, Orville,--1871-1948--Friends & associates.

• Women--1900-1910.

• Costumes--1900-1910.

• Hats--1900-1910.

• Celebrations--1900-1910.

• Holidays--1900-1910.

 

Format:

• Dry plate negatives--1900-1910.

• Group portraits--1900-1910.

• Portrait photographs--1900-1910.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppprs.00491

 

Call Number: LC-W85- 32

 

Hint: Though appropriate in sentiment, it’s not a valentine. It's featured, along with some similarly themed items, in our Picture This blog post Presidential Sweethearts.

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"Two hearts that beat as one." President Cleveland. President Cleveland's bride

 

1886 June 4.

 

1 photographic print on mount.

 

Summary: Photograph showing President Grover Cleveland and his wife each inside heart shaped cut-outs.

 

Notes:

• R13038 U.S. Copyright Office.

• Title from item.

• A.G. Bushnell, 114 Nassau Street, New York.

 

Subjects:

• Cleveland, Grover,--1837-1908.

• Cleveland, Frances Folsom,--1864-1947.

• Presidents--1880-1890.

• Presidents' spouses--1880-1890.

 

Format:

• Photographic prints--1880-1890.

• Portrait photographs--1880-1890.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g13964

 

Call Number: PRES FILE -Cleveland, Grover -- Family

 

Farm Security Administration photographers became known for their documentation of the Depression -- its impact on people and its connection to land use. Later, they turned to documenting the World War II home front. Along the way, visually appealing patterns captured their attention – in this case, while preparing informational products.

 

Ferrell, John, photographer.

Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip. Pattern

1942 Sept.

 

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

 

Notes:

• Title and other information from caption card.

• Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

• More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

 

Subjects:

• United States.

 

Format:

Safety film negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b14506

 

Call Number: LC-USF34- 011623-D

Check out our Picture This blog post, “Art Chosen by Artists: Library of Congress National Exhibition of Prints (1943-77) – a New Research Guide,” where this photo was featured!

 

Library of Congress. Photoduplication Service, photographer

[Sixteenth National Exhibition of Prints at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

1958

 

1 photograph : negative ; sheet 20 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)

 

Summary: Photograph shows visitors viewing exhibit at the National Exhibition of Prints at the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building.

 

Notes:

• Title devised by Library staff.

• Forms part of: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service collection (Library of Congress).

 

Subjects:

• National Exhibition of Prints (U.S.)--1950-1960.

• Exhibitions--Washington (D.C.)--1950-1960.

• Prints--1950-1960.

Format:

Photographic prints--1950-1960.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.65148

 

Call Number: LC-USP6-3405A

 

We’ve mentioned in our summary two of the “spirits” in the photo (George Washington and Queen Victoria). Do you recognize others?

 

We’ll be back next week with another set of photos. In the meantime, perhaps you’d like to do some exploring: This is one of more than 400 photos featured in the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Our Picture This blog post “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos” will lead you to more photos selected for the exhibit.

 

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Fallis, S. W., photographer

 

John K. Hallowell and fifteen (15) other faces

 

2/24/1901 [24 February 1901]

 

1 photograph : gelatin silver print on cabinet card mount ; sheet 16 x 11 cm, mount 17 x 11 cm.

 

Summary: Spirit photograph shows portrait of John K. Hallowell and super-imposed faces of fifteen deceased people including George Washington and Queen Victoria.

 

Notes:

• H2332 U.S. Copyright Office.

• Title from item.

• Copyright by John K. Hallowell.

• No. 4.

• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Photographers section.

• Information about the LOT (group) to which this photo belongs is available at: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005686323/

 

Subjects:

• Hallowell, John K.

• Men--Spiritual life--1900-1910.

• Spiritualism--1900-1910.

 

Format:

• Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.

• Photographic prints--1900-1910.

• Portrait photographs--1900-1910.

• Spirit photographs--1900-1910.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40858

 

Call Number: LOT 3738 [item]

Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer

[Students from 6th Division public schools, Washington, D.C., looking at an exhibit of fine prints in the Library of Congress]

1899?

 

1 photographic print : cyanotype.

 

Notes:

• Title devised by Library staff.

• In album: Washington, D.C. School Survey, #310-340, Public Schools - 6th Division.

• Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Information about the collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fbj

 

Subjects:

•Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building (Washington, D.C.)

• School field trips--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.

• Students--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.

• Exhibitions--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.

• Children--Clothing & dress--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.

Format:

• Cyanotypes--1890-1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18643

 

Call Number: LOT 2749, no. 334

 

Frissell, Toni,, 1907-1988,, photographer.

 

Botany Wool Children (Rejects)

 

[ca. 1947]

 

1 photograph : color transparency ; 4 x 5.

 

Notes:

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Title, date, and keywords based on information that came with or on collection items.

Container Notes: Sid + boy - [red mark], Botany Wool children (Rejects).

Additional information found on note card: Botany [clothes co.]-children [modeling] wool [clothes], rejects, except 1 [check mark] of Sidney + boy-[boy in chair; boy + Sidney Bacon, in field; boy w/basket + puppies].

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.070.fris

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Toni Frissell photograph collection (DLC) 2009632520

 

General information about the Toni Frissell photograph collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/coll.090

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/tofr.46082

 

Call Number: LC-F905-46082 [item]

 

Just as these Sennett girls emerged from a sea of confetti, wonderful photographs emerged in the process of selecting images for the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about the photos included in the exhibit in our recent Picture This blog post “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos.”

 

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Evans, Nelson Frazer, 1889-1922, photographer

 

Sennett girls in serpentine confetti

 

[1918]

 

1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 19 x 24 cm.

 

Summary: Photograph shows the Sennett Bathing Beauties draped with confetti.

 

Notes:

• J229468 U.S. Copyright Office.

• Title from item.

• No. 91-X.

• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Arts section.

 

Subjects:

• Sennett, Mack,--1880-1960--Friends & associates.

• Bathing beauties--1910-1920.

 

Format:

• Glamour photographs--1910-1920.

• Photographic prints--1910-1920.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40864

 

Call Number: LOT 10139-1 [item]

 

Margolies, John,, photographer.

 

Razorback Trading Post, Mountain Home, Arkansas

 

1980.

 

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

 

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

 

Subjects:

Trading posts--1980.

United States--Arkansas--Mountain Home.

 

Format: Slides--1980.--Color

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

 

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.03654

 

Call Number: LC-MA05- 3654

 

Bain News Service,, publisher.

 

Jean Patou and Therese Bonney

 

[no date recorded on caption card]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517

 

General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.37635

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 6274-11

 

Margolies, John,, photographer.

 

Flip's Saloon, St. Simons Island, Georgia

 

1985.

 

1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).

 

Notes:

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.

Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191).

Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.

Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

 

Subjects:

United States--Georgia--St. Simons Island.

 

Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110

 

General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.03536

 

Call Number: LC-MA05- 3536

 

Bain News Service,, publisher.

 

ZR-1

 

[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517

 

General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.36379

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 6063-2

 

[Little girl wearing white chemise, beaded necklace, and high-button shoes on porch with butter churn]

 

[ca. 1900]

 

1 photographic print : platinum ; 14 x 10 cm. mounted on card.

 

Notes:

Title devised by Library staff.

Photographer unidentified.

Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

 

Subjects:

Girls--1900.

Churns--1900.

 

Format: Portrait photographs--1900.

Platinum prints--1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f06076

 

Call Number: LOT 3222, no. 116

 

Whose shoes would you least like to be in here?

 

This photo was recently featured in a Picture This blog post: "Women Hoopsters"

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P.M. Gen. New with girls basketball team of Dept., 3/1/26.

1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller

 

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve.

National Photo Company Collection.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.15577

 

Call Number: LC-F8-39352

 

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