James Lequlla, newsboy, 12 years of age, Wilmington, Delaware, May 1910. Photo by Lewis W. Hine, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ncl2004001219/PP/

Commission signed by President James Madison appointing Dr. William Beaumont as a surgeon in the Sixth Regiment of Infantry in the US Army on December 2, 1812. Personal Collection #12, William Beaumont Papers, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University School of Medicine.

First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana, August 1942. Photo by Russell Lee, (FSA)/Office of War Information (OWI), courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1992001481/PP/

Anna Kelton Wiley, founder of The National Woman’s Party telephones Doris Stevens, chairman of the InterAmerican Commission of Women at the Haugue, to ascertain whether the World Code now being drawn up by the Codification Conference of International Law will be based on sex discrimination, April 3, 1930. In the photograph, left to right: Anita Pollitzer of South Carolina; Anna Kelton Wiley; Alice Paul; and Elsie Hill of Connecticut. Photo by Harris and Ewing, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2013005824/

National Archives, Division of Commerce Department Archives, Washington, D.C., Novmber 22, 1939. Photo by Harris and Ewing, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009014404/

Installation photos from Chuck Close: Red Yellow Blue, Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York, September 11-October 17, 2015. © Chuck Close. Photos by Kerry Ryan McFate, courtesy Pace Gallery

Sol LeWitt installing Wall Drawing #292 at Fine Arts Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, September 1976. © Estate of Sol LeWitt/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo © CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Bourlder

Wall Drawing #795 at Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1998. Photo by Ian Reeves, courtesy, Fraenkel Gallery. Unprocessed image (left) vs. Processed image (right).

Mural in the recreation room of the House of Detention for Women at Greenwich Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan, artist Lucienne Bloch, series 1498, exhibit AC, approved February 11, 1936. Collection of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York.

Manhattan Bridge, architect Henry F. Hornbostel, series 63, certificate, approved and disapproved in part March 10, 1903. Collection of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York.

Waste receptacles in Richmond Borough, designed by the Superintendent of Street Cleaning, series 524, exhibit B, approved November 15, 1910. Collection of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York.

Installation of security measures for Manhattan Bridge in Manhattan and Brooklyn, engineer Weidlinger Associates Inc., series 63, exhibit HD, approved August 22, 2016. Collection of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York.

Manhattan Bridge, architect Henry F. Hornbostel, series 63, exhibit G, approved and disapproved in part March 10, 1903. Collection of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York.

Design and locations of two lions at the Fifth Avenue entrance to the New York Public Library in Manhattan, sculptor E.C. Potter, photographer A.E. Sproul, series 208, exhibit AZ, approved October 11, 1910. Collection of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York. Photographic print, 9.5 x 7.5 in.

Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico, spring 1943 Photo by John Collier, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs Collection http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsac/item/fsa1992001380/PP/

Woman with headphones listening to radio broadcast between ca. 1920 and ca. 1930 Photo by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy Photo courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012649424/

Crowded stacks, 1970. Photograph shows an African American employee of the Library of Congress among crowded book shelves with another employee. Photo courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017646178/

Arriving at Ellis Island, 1907 Photo courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97519082/

A cross roads store, bar, “juke joint,” and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La., June 1940.

Hawthorne Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Hawthorne Boulevard & Madison Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR. Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, Waddell & Harrington, Pennsylvania Steel Company, United Engineering & Construction Company, Robert Wakefield & Company, City Of Portland, and Judith A McGaw, Norman, James, and Leslie Schwab, photographer. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/or0290/. (Accessed June 06, 2017.)

Connecticut College for Women, New London, Connecticut. Palmer library, carrels in stack room. Photo by Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc., courtesy ibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gsc1994021290/PP/. (Accessed June 06, 2017.).

[Copy machine in office], 1936. Photo by Harris & Ewing, courtesy Harris & Ewing Collection, ibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/hec2013010866/. (Accessed June 06, 2017.)

AFS President Arthur Howe, Jr. being greeted by AFS alumni after his arrival in Santiago, Chile in 1971. Foto Cerrillos Chile. Photo courtesy of the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs.

Arthur Howe, Jr. in 1943. Photograph by Loftus B. Cuddy, Jr., courtesy of the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs.

AFS ambulance drivers evacuating Tobruk Hospital in Libya in 1942. Photograph by Arthur Howe, Jr., courtesy of the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs.

Arthur Howe, Jr. in Damascus, Syria in November 1965. Photo courtesy of the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs.

Arthur Howe, Jr. pointing to Iran on a globe during his AFS presidency in 1967. Several years later he traveled to Abbasabad, Iran to give a speech about AFS and its role in international education. Photo courtesy of the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs.

The original teaching skeleton used in the nursing school of the local hospital, after being donated to Special Collections at the Mooresville Public Library. Photo courtesy Special Collections at the Mooresville Public Library.

1815 embroidery of Mt. Vernon by Frances “Fanny” Macklin Ellis Wilkinson, using human hair, post-conservation. Photo courtesy of the Khalaf Al Habtoor Archives at Illinois College.

1815 embroidery of Mt. Vernon by Frances “Fanny” Macklin Ellis Wilkinson, using human hair, pre-conservation. Photo of Jenny Barker Devine, Associate Professor of History, Illinois College.

Lobster gifted to Congressman Paul Findley from Mohammed Motie, foreign minister of South Yemen, during Findley’s “Mission to Aiden,” in May 1974. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Papp, Public History Graduate Intern, Illinois College.

Front view of a British Tank, ca. 1916, from Photographic History of The World’s War, 1918.

British tank crossing trenches, from Collier’s Photographic History of The World’s War, 1918.

British “Centipede”/”Mother”/”Big Willie” tank, ca. 1916–afterwards known at the Mark I Tank, from

World War One “Splatter Mask.” Photo in the Public Domain.

Center for Democracy & Technology letter to the Unites States Department of Homeland Security, regarding “A-Files.” Photo courtesy the Society of American Archivists.

Vets protest bonus bill delay, January 1931, Washington D.C. Photo by Harris & Ewing, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2013006243/

The Librarian, U.S. Naval Academy, ca. 1890-91. Photo by Detroit Publishing Co., courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994001136/PP/

An array of pumpkins, ready for the autumn customer rush at the Kelp’s Pumpkin Patch stand near Nashville in Brown County, Indiana. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc., courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016631899/

From Library of Congress online (https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3200.ct002354/) Colton’s illustrated & embellished steel plate map of the world on Mercator’s projection : compiled from the latest & most authentic sources exhibiting the recent Arctic and Antarctic discoveries & explorations Photo courtesy Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. Digital ID: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200.ct002354

Diane Wells Archivist & Records Manager Diocese of Olympia, Seattle, WA

The Nguyen Family from Vietnam Olympia Churchman Photo. Photo courtesy the Archives of The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.

Refugee Resettlement Office files. Photo courtesy the Archives of The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.

Storage room at the Refugee Resettlement Office with boxes and cabinets containing stacke from floor to ceiling. Photo courtesy the Archives of The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.

Staples, clips and other fasteners removed from Refugee Resettlement Office files during processing. Photo courtesy the Archives of The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.

Processed Refugee Resettlement Office files. Photo courtesy the Archives of The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.

Michael Aday Librarian-Archivist National Park Service Collections Preservation Center Great Smoky Mountains National Park Townsend, Tennessee.

Archives stacks at National Park Service Collections Preservation Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo courtesy National Park Service Collections Preservation Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Research room at National Park Service Collections Preservation Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo courtesy National Park Service Collections Preservation Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Summons to the Sheriff of Washington County, NC from Clerk of the Court John Sevier, from 1782. Photo courtesy National Park Service Collections Preservation Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Civilian Conservation Corps scrip, from 1932. Photo courtesy National Park Service Collections Preservation Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

William Oliver Collection being humidified and flattened (before). Photo courtesy National Park Service Collections Preservation Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

William Oliver Collection being humidified and flattened (after). Photo courtesy National Park Service Collections Preservation Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Two Australian soldiers enjoying the snow, January 1942. Photo by Matson Photo Service, Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2010006642/PP/

Secretary with telegrams pledging over $100,000.00 to International Rescue Committee, November 8, 1956/ World Telegram & Sun photo by Ed. Ford, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/95505385/

Southington, Connecticut. Stacks of the public library containing 15,000 books. Photo by Charles Fenno Jacobs, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress): https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8d34963/

Brookings building at 722 Jackson Place in 1932. Photo courtesy Brookings Institution.

Brookings building at 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, 2018. Photo courtesy Brookings Institution.

Edith Ginsberg, Allen Ginsberg (holding unknown child), unknown, Louis Ginsberg (L-R), ca. 1967. Photo courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey.

Allen Ginsberg writes to his Aunt Clara from Amsterdam. 12/31/82. Photo courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey

Allen’s inscription to his cousin Pat Sebold. 12/10/74. Photo courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey

Allen’s inscription to Aunt Clara. 1/24/87. Photo courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey

Edith Ginsberg’s letter to Clara (written as Claire). 2/28/87. Photo courtesy of the Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey

May Day Parade, New York, 1910. Photo courtesy George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a51058/

Typing class at the San Diego Vocational School, June 1941. Photo by Lee Russell, courtesy U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information/Office of Emergency Management/Resettlement Administration Black & White Photographs, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017789625/

Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California, November 1938. Photo by Dorothea Lange, courtesy U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information/Office of Emergency Management/Resettlement Administration Black & White Photographs, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770943/

Labor Relations Board, ca. 1937. Photo by Harris & Ewing, courtesy Harris & Ewing photograph collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.22806/

“Labor,” ca. 1912-1930. Photo courtesy National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/resource/npcc.27767/

Am. Fed. Labor, ca. 1921-1922. Photo courtesy National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/resource/npcc.29804/

Woman on float of the Women’s Auxilliary Typographical Union, Labor Day parade, New York, New York, September 6, 1909. Photo courtesy George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsc.00154/

Am. Fed. of Labor, December 12, 1923. Photo courtesy National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016836374/

Am. Fed. Labor Char Women’s Committee, ca. 1919-1920. Photo courtesy National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. https://www.loc.gov/resource/npcc.28680/

Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington, D.C., 1899. Photo by Johnston Frances Benjamin, courtesy Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/90711146/

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