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1.0KLoC GlobalEisner Winner! Library’s “Drawn to Purpose”
“Drawn to Purpose,” the Library’s Eisner Award-winning book. Published by the University Press of Mississippi in association with the Library of Congress....
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994LoC GlobalNew: Omar Ibn Said Story Map
A portrait of Omar Ibn Said around the 1850s. Photo courtesy of Yale University Library. Opening image of the Omar Ibn Said...
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1.1KLoC GlobalNew: Omar Bin Said Story Map
A portrait of Omar Ibn Said around the 1850s. Photo courtesy of Yale University Library. Opening image of the Omar Ibn Said...
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1.1KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Flickr Edition
Cinderella waltzes down the Great Hall staircase during a celebration of the film’s addition to the National Film Registry, June 20, 2019....
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1.0KLoC GlobalNew! The National Book Festival Poster!
We’re delighted to repost this from our colleagues over at the National Book Festival. This year’s festival is on Aug. 31, and...
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1.0KLoC GlobalInquiring Minds: Rediscovering One of America’s Leading Songwriters
An excerpt in Gena Branscombe’s writing from her original “Pilgrims of Destiny” manuscript, held in the Library’s Music Division. Mezzo-soprano Kathleen Shimeta...
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1.0KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Girls Who Code Edition
Girls Who Code students and leaders with members of Congress in the Library’s Great Hall, July 10, 2019. First row, standing on...
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1.1KLoC GlobalInquiring Minds: Researching a Star of Silent Cinema
If you watched the Academy Awards in 2012, you probably remember “The Artist.” The mostly silent black-and-white French comedy-drama garnered 10 nominations...
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1.0KLoC GlobalNew! Baseball’s Jim Bouton and “Ball Four” at the Library
The original cover, “Ball Four” (1970). Jim Bouton Papers, Manuscript Division. Jim Bouton Enterprises, Inc., no commercial reuse. We are thrilled to...
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1.2KLoC GlobalPic(s) of the Week: Ice Cream!
Ice cream vendor, Havana, Cuba, c. 1890-1910. Detroit Publishing Company collection, Prints and Photographs Division. This image of a long-ago Caribbean ice-cream...
