Preface
Stephen E. Ostrow
Former Chief, Prints and Photographs Division
Introduction
Portfolio 1: An American Gallery
Portfolio 2: Pictorial Journalism
Portfolio 3: Politics and Propaganda
Portfolio 4: The World at Large
Portfolio 5: Architecture, Design, and Engineering
Portfolio 6: American Landscape and Cityscape
Defining Moments: A Chronology
Cover Photograph: John Plumbe, Jr. The United States Capitol from the East. Detail. Half-plate daguerreotype, circa 1846. The earliest surviving photograph of the Capitol, Plumbe's daguerreotype shows the Capitol with its old copper-sheathed wooden dome. This work was one of several daguerreotypes of Washington scenes and buildings--including the White House and the U.S. Patent Office--acquired by the Library in 1974.
This publication was made possible by generous support
from the James
Madison Council, a national, private-sector advisory council dedicated
to helping the Library of Congress share its unique resources with the
nation and the world.
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