This week I’ve decided to highlight some of the images selected by staff, mostly in the 1970s and as late as the 1990s, to be part of hard copy leaflets on popular subjects. For a number of years, these select audiovisual lists could be ordered as complete slide sets by researchers. In the 1990s, the … Continue reading Images of the Week: Select Lists
The images this week relate to the polar regions. Local Identifer: 401-XPS-17-11, Photographs of the Robert Peary Sledge Party Posing with Flags at the North Pole. Ooqueh, holding the Navy League flag; Ootah, holding the D.K.E. fraternity flag; Matthew Henson, holding the polar flag; Egingwah, holding the D.A.R. peace flag; and Seeglo, holding the Red … Continue reading Images of the Week: Polar Expeditions
The theme this week is Photographs of Photographers. Local Identifier: 111-B-1074, "Mathew B. Brady" Local Identifier: 174-G-22-4, "Lewis W. Hine" Local Identifier: 80-G-324556, "Capt. Edward J. Steichen, USNR, (retired), photographic expert, on island platform, studies his surroundings for one of his outstanding photographs of life aboard an aircraft carrier. Capt. Steichen held rank of Comdr. … Continue reading Images of the Week: Photographs of Photographers
The theme this week is Aviation. Local Identifier: 18-WP-48625, Photograph of the Wright Brothers' Camp in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1903 Local Identifier: 165-WW-7B-6, "Wright Brothers' 1904 Aeroplane ("Kitty Hawk") in first flight, December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville Wright at controls. Wilbur Wright standing at right. (first flight was 12 seconds)" Local … Continue reading Images of the Week: Aviation
This week I'm highlighting a new series of photographs received from NASA's National Space Science Data Center. The series, "Photographs Relating to Space Exploration, 1961-1998" (National Archives Identifier 7541247), features images taken by space probes, space observatories, earth observation satellites and manned space flight missions. The series description will soon be available through OPA. Local … Continue reading Images of the Week: Space Exploration
The theme this week is Thanksgiving and the U.S. Military. Local Identifier: 165-WW-472A-7, "Thanksgiving cheer distributed for men in service. New York City turned host to the boys in service today and cared for every man in uniform", Underwood and Underwood., ca. 1918 Local Identifier: 342-FH-3A-14796, "After receiving permission from the farm owner, these men, … Continue reading Images of the Week: Thanksgiving with the Troops
The theme this week is the Wild West. Local Identifier: 406-NSB-011-Billykid.jpg, "Billy the Kid" American West# 82 / Local Identifier: 111-SC-94129, "Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners.. L to R: Chas. Bassett, W. H. Harris, Wyatt Earp, Luke Short, L. McLean, Bat Masterson, Neal Brown." By Camillus S. Fly, ca. 1890 American West# 155 / Local … Continue reading Images of the Week: The Wild West
This week I’m posting several examples of posters from the series Paper Show Exhibition Poster Sets, ca. 1974 – ca. 1994 (306-PSP). These posters were created by the United States Information Agency for exhibits they referred to as "Paper Shows", which were pieced together using multiple posters to create a multi-panel display. The entire series … Continue reading Images of the Week: USIA Paper Shows
This week I'm posting photographs from the Bureau of Public Roads and its successor the Federal Highway Administration. These images relate to the Washington, D.C. area and are just a few examples of what can be found in the series Historical Photograph Files, 1896-1963 (30-N) and General Photograph Files, 1954-1984 (406-G), which both contain photos … Continue reading Images of the Week: Washington, DC Roads
The two photographs posted this week come from the series "Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1900 - ca. 1950" (306-NT). I guess you can say the theme this week is historic golf courses. Local Identifier: 306-NT-804-P-5 "Augusta, GA - "The Perfect Course" which has only 22 traps, known … Continue reading Images of the Week: Historic Golf Courses
