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Drawings (Documentary)
9 years ago
Primarily eyewitness sketches of Civil War scenes and events, including military personnel, battles, civilian activities, and la...
African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition
9 years ago
Photos gathered for use in the American Negro Exhibit at the Paris Exposition, consisting of portraits and scenes of education, ...
Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
9 years ago
Portraits, views of daily life, agricultural scenes, and sports and leisure activities.
National Child Labor Committee Collection
9 years ago
Photographs, primarily by Lewis Hine, focusing on children, showing workers, working and living conditions, and educational sett...
Posters: World War I Posters
9 years ago
American, Australian, Austrian, British, Canadian, French, German, Italian and other posters supporting the war effort. (Note: S...
Civil War Photographs
9 years ago
Photographs and glass plate negatives from the Civil War Photographs Collection.
Wright Brothers Negatives
9 years ago
Photos, mostly taken by the Wright brothers to document their new flying machines, including views of their laboratory, engines,...
Abdul Hamid II Collection
Photographic survey of the Ottoman Empire, showing educational, military, and other government facilities as well as historic si...
College Women's Association of Japan Print Show Collection
Fine art prints made by more than 180 artists living and working in Japan, encompassing a diversity of styles, printmaking techn...
Curtis (Edward S.) Collection
Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest, New Southwest, Great Basin, Great Plains, Plateau Region, California, and Alaska. Fea...
Daguerreotypes
Primarily portraits; also architectural views and works of art.
Detroit Publishing Company
Chiefly scenes in U.S. and Latin America, including landscapes, cityscapes, historic sites, architecture, vessels, industry, etc.
Posters: WPA Posters
Posters produced by various branches of the WPA (Work Projects Administration) to publicize exhibits, community activities, thea...
Posters: Yanker Poster Collection
Political, propaganda and social issue posters, handbills, and a few bumper stickers, produced in the U.S. and about 50 other co...
Prokudin-Gorskii Collection
Photographic survey of the Russian Empire, showing people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, pub...
Stereograph Cards
Stereo card photographs, featuring sites around the world and popular topics such as expositions, industry, disasters, and portr...
Thesaurus For Graphic Materials
Subject and genre terms used in many Prints & Photographs Division records, along with cross-references.
Tissandier Collection
Pictures documenting the early history of aeronautics, with an emphasis on balloon flight.
Van Vechten Collection
Includes portraits of celebrities, especially artists, entertainers, and authors, including African Americans active in these fi...
World's Transportation Commission
Asia, Australia, and Oceania, showing scenes and sites, with an emphasis on transportation systems.
National Photo Company Collection
Photos assembled by Herbert French, who supplied photographs of news events in Washington, D.C., to subscribers. Features portra...
Panoramic Photographs
U.S. and foreign sites, showing cities and towns, as well as events, industries, and group portraits
PH Filing Series Photographs
Selected individual photographic prints of great aesthetic, technical, or historic importance and similarly significant sets of ...
Photochrom Prints
People, architecture and sites in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Popular Graphic Arts
Prints and illustrated broadsides of historical, graphic and/or documentary importance produced in the U.S. and abroad.
Posters: Artist Posters
Posters notable for their design by artists (some unidentified) from all countries. Includes all subjects (e.g., documentary pos...
Posters: Performing Arts Posters
Posters from three collections: Theatrical Poster Collection (ca. 1,775 posters); Minstrel Poster Collection (ca. 175 posters); ...
Posters: Spanish Civil War Posters
Posters sponsored by Republican and anti-Republican groups, trade unions, Catalonian nationalists, and international factions, o...
Architecture, Design & Engineering Drawings
Drawings, primarily for sites and structures in the U.S. (especially Washington, D.C.), as well as Europe and Mexico, mostly by ...
Bain Collection
Photos produced and gathered by George Grantham Bain for his news photo service, including portraits and worldwide news events, ...
Baseball Cards
Baseball cards representing more than one thousand major and minor league ballplayers (primarily major league), from teams in th...
Brady-Handy Collection
Original glass plate negatives by Mathew Brady and Levin C. Handy studios; chiefly portraits of presidents, members of Congress,...
Brumfield Collection
Documents architectural heritage of pre-Soviet Russia, highlighting wooden buildings, and religious, commercial and industrial f...
Cabinet of American Illustration
Book and magazine illustrations and some graphic designs. (NOTE: Original drawings served only by appointment.)
Carpenter Collection
Photos produced and gathered by Frank and Frances Carpenter to illustrate popular writings on world geography. Consists of photo...
Cartoon Drawings
Editorial, and humorous cartoons and caricatures by about 500 artists.
Cartoon Drawings: Herblock Collection
A representative sample of original drawings by Herbert L. Block ("Herblock"), an editorial cartoonist who worked primarily at ...
Cartoon Drawings: Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon
Cartoons, caricatures, and illustrations by various artists. (Note: Some original items are undergoing conservation and are unav...
Cartoon Prints, American
Political satires, caricatures, and allegories printed in the U.S.
Cartoon Prints, British
British political and satirical prints highlighting aspects of British political life, including tensions with its colonies and ...
Case Books
Books, serials and published, bound portfolios assigned to the Prints and Photographs Division because they contain original pho...
Drawings (Master)
Finished works and sketches or preparatory drawings for printmaking by artists of many nationalities. Includes several dozen dra...
Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives
Photos documenting rural and urban conditions and lifestyles in the U.S. and its territories; a few in Canada. Includes negative...
Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs
U.S., Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands scenes showing work and home life, culture, and war industry.
Fenton Crimean War Photographs
Views of participants, landscapes and equipment.
Fine Prints
Relief, intaglio, and planographic prints, and other print media by artists and printmakers from the U.S., Europe, Africa, Canad...
Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915
Primarily woodcuts depicting actors, women, landscapes, scenes from Japanese literature and daily life, English and European vis...
Genthe Collection
Includes studio portraits, dancers, San Francisco Chinatown scenes, and travel photos in the U.S. and abroad.
Gottscho-Schleisner Collection
Northeastern U.S. and Florida, emphasizing architecture.
Grabill Collection
Photographs by John C. H. Grabill of frontier life in South Dakota and Wyoming, including scenes of railroad construction, cowbo...
Groups of Images (LOTs)
Primarily records for LOTs: groups of images, most of which are requested using call slips. Examples: groups of images relating ...
Guide Records
Collection overviews.
Harris & Ewing Collection
Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and else...
Highsmith (Carol M.) Archive
Architecture and architectural renovation projects in Washington, D.C., and throughout the United States, as well as political f...
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
Measured drawings, photographs, and written historical and architectural information for structures and sites dating from the 17...
Horydczak Collection
U.S., especially Washington, D.C., showing architecture and daily life.
Johnston (Frances Benjamin) Collection
Photos produced and gathered by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the course of her career as a photojournalist, portrait and archite...
Korab Collection
Balthazar Korab's photographs of 19 buildings designed by architect Eero Saarinen.
Lamb Studios Archive
Preparatory and study sketches for stained glass windows, murals, mosaics, furnishings, metalwork, and interior architecture des...
Lawrence & Houseworth Collection
Stereographic halves from the series published as Gems of California Scenery showing major settlements, boom towns, placer and h...
Lomax Collection
Snapshots documenting sound recording expeditions carried out by John Avery Lomax, Alan Lomax, and Ruby Terrill Lomax for the Ar...
Look Collection
U.S. and international lifestyles, celebrities, and events, made for use in LOOK magazine.
Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection
Images made by the American Colony Photo Department and its successor, the Matson Photo Service, illustrating Middle East cultur...
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand
Most are items for which copy photography has been requested.
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