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Taking the Long View (in Miniature)
The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. What tends to be 3.5 inches tall and 10 inches long? Postcards created in a panoramic view format. Car on...
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Caught Our Eyes: You See the Strangest Things…
Reference specialist Marilyn Ibach spotted this scene among the thousands of photographs Carol M. Highsmith has taken in her project to document America. You see the strangest things in the South...
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Taking the Long View (in Miniature), Part Two
Comments we’ve received on our post a couple of weeks ago indicate that others are enjoying the panoramic postcards as much as we are! The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints...
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A Window on Heritage and Home
This photograph of a shop window taken in 1942 speaks eloquently to what it means to have pride in both your heritage as well as in the country you’ve chosen as your home. New York, New York. Window of...
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First Holland Prizes Awarded for Architectural Drawing
The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division. Leicester B. Holland. Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1930?. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.35579 The...
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