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Bain News Service,, publisher.
Mark Twain birthplace, Florida, Mo.
[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
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.36277
Call Number: LC-B2- 6046-1
Van Vechten, Carl,, 1880-1964,, photographer.
[Portrait of Marian Anderson]
1940 Jan. 14.
1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
Notes:
Photograph shows Marian Anderson singing.
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print.
Van Vechten number: XII Q.
Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966.
Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Anderson, Marian,--1897-1993--Performances.
African Americans--Music--1940.
Women--Music--1940.
Singers--1940.
Singing--1940.
Format: Portrait photographs.
Rights Info: For publication information see "Carl Van Vechten Photographs (Lots 12735 and 12736)" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/079_vanv.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964. Portrait photographs of celebrities (DLC) 89715440
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c03734
Call Number: LOT 12735, no. 46
The Commons launched exactly 9 years ago on January 16, 2008 with the Library of Congress account. We’re celebrating with a 10 candle cake for kittens– 9 lives and 1 to grow on.
Just a glimpse of the unusual pictures you’ll find in the Commons where institutions from all over the world are sharing photos.
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The birthday cake. Photograph by Harry Whittier Frees, 1914.
More descripton: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013648266/
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.04028
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
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
Bubley, Esther,, photographer.
Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. A girl taking a picture of the ceremony of laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
1943 May.
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Notes:
Annotation on original negative jacket.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Subjects:
United States--Virginia--Arlington County.
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, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.31770
Call Number: LC-USW3- 029809-E
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
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]
[Abbey stepping stones, II, Bolton Abbey, England]
[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J--foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. With addition of "Abbey" in the estate name from T. Stutz, 2010.
Print no. "10833".
Forms part of: Views of Great Britain and Ireland, primarily England, in the Photochrom print collection.
Subjects:
England--Bolton Abbey.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Views of Great Britain and Ireland, primarily England (DLC) 2002696059
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.08028
Call Number: LOT 13415, no. 050 [item]
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.
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
Delano, Jack,, 1914-1997,, photographer.
This giant "potato" was supposed to open and reveal an elaborate girls band. The mechanism kept getting stuck. Presque Isle, Maine
1940 Oct.
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.
Subjects:
United States--Maine--Aroostook County--Presque Isle.
Format: Safety film 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
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2002708960
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c03328
Call Number: LC-USF34- 041741-D
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)
A seasonal flash of color from a historic documentation effort: the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) records historic landscapes in the United States and its territories through measured drawings and interpretive drawings, written histories, and large-format black and white photographs and, as in this case, color photographs. HALS is one of the heritage documentation programs overseen by the National Park Service; the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division preserves the documentation for posterity and makes it available to the general public.
Rosenthal, James W., creator.
Detail view of purple iris (Louisiana native) - Briarwood: The Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, 216 Caroline Dormon Road, Saline, Bienville Parish, LA
2004.
1 color transparency ; 5 x 7 in.
Notes:
• More information about the Historic American Landscapes Survey is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hh. This photo is part of this landscape survey: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/la0496/
Subjects:
Louisiana -- Bienville Parish -- Saline
Latitude/Longitude:
32.1312, -92.981215
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/hhh.la0496/color.218464c
Call Number: HALS LA-1-6 (CT)
Vachon, John,, 1914-1975,, photographer.
Buying stamps in post office. Siren, Wisconsin
1941 July.
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.
Subjects:
United States--Wisconsin--Burnett County--Siren.
Format: Safety film 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
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2002708960
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c19841
Call Number: LC-USF34- 063394-D
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
Parks, Gordon,, 1912-2006,, photographer.
Washington, D.C. "Whiskers" and Johnny Carrol, two familiar faces on the waterfront
1942 Nov.
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 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.
Subjects:
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
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
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2002708960
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d23362
Call Number: LC-USW3- 010714-E
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
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
Frees, Harry Whittier,, 1879-1953,, photographer.
A hungry bunch
c1914 June 24.
1 photographic print.
Notes:
Photograph shows five kittens wearing clothes sitting at a table drinking tea.
Title from item.
Subjects:
Animals in human situations--1910-1920.
Tea parties--1910-1920.
Cats--1910-1920.
Baby animals--1910-1920.
Format: Humorous pictures--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/ds.04035
Call Number: LOT 11513 [item]
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
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Mr. & Mrs. Broones (Charlote Greenwood)
[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.38408
Call Number: LC-B2- 6405-3
We’ll be back with another set of photographs next week, but in the meantime, perhaps you’ll take inspiration from photos in our recent Picture This blog post, “Child Artists at Work.”
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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer.
New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, age two to five, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days per week. Children painting and coloring.
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
1943 June.
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 group of photographs from which this one comes is available at: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/coll/item/2004677846/
• More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Subjects:
United States--Connecticut--Hartford County--New Britain.
Format:
Nitrate negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. 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.8d30782
Call Number: LC-USW3-031886-E [P&P]
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif.
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Douglas Aircraft Company
Bombers
Airplane industry
Women--Employment
World War, 1939-1945
Assembly-line methods
United States--California--Long Beach
Format: Transparencies--Color
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: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-39 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35352
Call Number: LC-USW36-124
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Here's our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber from a bombardment squadron base at the field, Langley Field, Va.
1942 May
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States--Army
World War, 1939-1945
Sunrises & sunsets
Air bases
Bombers
Langley Air Force Base (Va.)
United States--Virginia--Hampton
Format: Transparencies--Color
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: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-31 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35094
Call Number: LC-USW36-207
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Police Commander Bingham, seated, with pipe, New York
1/21/08 (date created or published later by Bain)
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).
Subjects:
New York
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.00585
Call Number: LC-B2- 101-13
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Martinelli
[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Photo shows opera singer Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969).
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.36508
Call Number: LC-B2- 6092-11
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]
Jackson, William Henry,, 1843-1942,, photographer.
Houseboat
[1895]
1 slide : lantern, hand colored ; 3.25 x 4 in.
Notes:
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971.
Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Houseboats.
Japan.
Format: Lantern slides--Hand colored.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Part Of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 93845502
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f06389
Call Number: LC-W7- 1035
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Leon's Drive-In, S. 27th & Oklahoma, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1977.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Short order; Eating & drinking establishments: (roadside and Main Street).
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125).
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Drive-in restaurants--1970-1980.
United States--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Format: Slides--1970-1980.--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.00130
Call Number: LC-MA05- 130
[Cooks with food (turkey, pies, and apples) on platters], 12/27/22
[19]22 December 27.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.
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. For more information, see National Photo Company Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/275_npco.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2005684470
General information about the National Photo Company collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.npco
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.23695
Call Number: LC-F81- 21834