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