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814LoC GlobalLetters Give an Intimate Look at Classic Hollywood Era
A letter to silent film star Clara Bow from fellow star and one-time beau Gilbert Roland appears in “Letters from Hollywood.” Photo:...
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951LoC GlobalResearching the U.S. Supreme Court at the Library of Congress
The Supreme Court hearing a case in 1986. Artist: Marilyn Church. Prints and Photographs Division. More than 5,000 fans came to hear...
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756LoC Global‘Lost Girls’ Artwork from the Holocaust
Marie Paneth and some of her students, all survivors of Nazi concentration camps. Photo: Columbia Studios. Prints and Photographs Division. They are...
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796LoC GlobalFree to Use and Reuse: Maps of Discovery and Exploration
Exploration into the unknown — when much of the world’s surface was not accurately mapped — is the theme of this month’s...
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918LoC GlobalInventing the Modern World
Thomas Alva Edison, slouching like a boss, with some of his inventions, in 1892. Photo: W.K. Dickson. Prints and Photographs Division. This...
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941LoC GlobalThe Man Who Recorded The World
Alan Lomax documented traditional cultures in America, the Caribbean and Europe. Lomax Collection/Prints and Photographs Division. This story was first printed in...
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907LoC GlobalLes Paul: Inventing Modern Sound
Les Paul, New York, 1947. Photo: William P Gottlieb. Prints and Photographs Division. This is the soundtrack of a revolution. The speakers...
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930LoC GlobalFree to Use and Reuse: Glasses
We are all about glasses in this month’s edition of the Library’s Free to Use and Reuse sets of copyright-free pictures, prints,...
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1.1KLoC GlobalThe Nazi War Atlas of Operation Barbarossa
The cover of the German atlas of Operation Barbarossa. Geography and Map Division. This is a guest blog by Ryan Moore, a...
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875LoC GlobalDear (Whoever You Are), Here’s the First Christmas Card
The very first mass-produced Christmas card, 1843. Let’s hope the wee child is sipping cider from that wine glass. Rare Book and...
