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October - December 2006
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Cartoon America:
Comic Art in the Library of Congress
Celebrating more than 250 years
of American cartooning with an
unprecedented selection of works
by the best, most accomplished
creators in the history of comic
illustration, this newly published
book features 275 full-color illustrations.
Full
citation:
Cartoon America: Comic Art
in the Library of Congress.
Edited by Harry Katz. New York:
Harry N. Abrams, in association
with the Library of Congress, 2006.
More information |
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Phil
Interlandi, artist. "When
do the fathers come running hysterically
onto the field?" [between
1950 and 1970].
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon
and Caricature
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09126
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Cartoon
America exhibition tour
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006 at 12:00 pm
Great Hall, South Gallery, Jefferson
Building, 2nd floor
Sara Duke and
Martha Kennedy, co-curators for
the exhibition, will lead the tour,
which highlights the Art Wood Collection
of Cartoon and Caricature (see
exhibition details, below). |
Joseph Pennell,
artist, [Waldorf Astoria
Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and
Fifth
Avenue], ca. 1909.
DRWG/MA - Pennell, no. 2993 (A
size)
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Katherine Blood
presents a gallery talk about Joseph
Pennell's drawings of the Golden
Age of New York
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006 at 12:00 pm
American Treasures Gallery, Jefferson
Building, 2nd floor
As part of the "Treasure Talk" series,
Katherine Blood, Curator of Fine Prints
will discuss a selection of the Joseph
Pennell prints held by the Prints and
Photographs Division. |
Winsor McCay,
artist, Little Nemo in slumberland (detail).
Drawing, copyright 1910.
LC-USZ62-94816 |
Katherine
Roeder presents talk, "Wide
Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy and
Mass Culture in the work of Winsor
McCay"
January 16, 2007, 12 noon
Madison Building, 6th
Floor, Dining
Room A
Ms. Roeder's
illustrated presentation is based
on her research,
which has been supported by her fellowship
from
the Swann
Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon.
The lecture is sponsored by the foundation
and the Prints and Photographs Division.
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Webcasts
Webcasts
of public programs relating to
Prints & Photographs Division
activities and collections are now
available. Includes presentations
by artists, presentations relating
to P&P collections, and presentations
relating to visual librarianship.
Recently added: The Photographs of
Marilyn Nance. |
Clockwise
from upper left: Hilary Mac Austin
and Kathleen Thompson discussing Children
of the Depression; Mary
Mundy talking about cataloging
born-digital images; John Vlach
discussing his publication, Barns;
Comic Book Artists and Illustrators
and 9/11 panel discussion. |
Additional Library of Congress events
are listed on the Library
Today page
All are available through the Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC).
Lamb Studios
Archive
About 2,500 preparatory
and study sketches for stained
glass windows, murals, mosaics,
furnishings, metalwork, and interior
architecture designed by J. & R.
Lamb Studios, 1860s-1990s.
View
images and descriptions |
J. & R.
Lamb Studios. Design
drawing for stained glass window
with text: "One Was a Queen
and Elizabeth I" [between
1950 and 1990]
LC-DIG-ppmsca-10819
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E. Stevens,
I.O.O.F. Temple, Phila., PA,
copyright holder. X-Ray photo, 1896
LC-DIG-ppmsca-12628 |
Prints and Photographs
from Copyright Deposit Collections
During the summer of 2006, Junior
Fellows assisted staff in sorting
and inventorying more than 2,000
nineteenth century prints and more
than 3,000
photographs dating 1880-1920. Selected
items are being cataloged and scanned.
View
sample images and descriptions
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Stereograph
Groups
Junior Fellows helped organize
and describe more than thirty-five
groups of
stereographs (about 600 stereographs
in all).
Selected items are being individually
cataloged and digitized.
View
sample images and descriptions
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George E. Stone, copyright holder. Close-up
view of the California poppy....
Stereograph, c1925.
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09739
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Reference information is available from
the Information
for Researchers, Lists
of Images on Popular Topics and Collection
Guides and Finding Aids pages.
J & R. Lamb Studios.
Design drawing for stained
glass window called Arts Education,
Froelich Memorial Window,
before 1928.
LC-DIG-ppmsca-10805
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Lamb Studios Archive Information
An essay discussing the scope
and strengths of the Lamb Studios
Archive, linked to illustrative
examples, accompanies this newly
available collection.
View
collection information (via
Prints & Photographs Online
Catalog)
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Items from the Prints & Photographs
Division are well represented in the
following Library of Congress exhibitions. A
full list of Library of Congress exhibitions
is available on the Exhibitions
page.
Herblock, artist, Quitting
time and all’s well,
1976.
Published in the Washington
Post,
October 3, 1976. Herbert L. Block
Collection
LC-DIG-ppmsca-11972
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Enduring Outrage:
Herblock Cartoons
American Treasures from the Library
of Congress, Southwest Gallery,
2nd floor, Thomas
Jefferson Building
July 17, 2006 - January
2007
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Stephen Lawson
photograph
American Treasures from the Library
of Congress, Southwest Gallery,
2nd floor, Thomas
Jefferson Building
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Stephen Lawson,
photographer, Energy Equation:
MEPCO's Wade Run Mine #1, near Maidsville,
W.Va. , copyright 1992. Gift
of Kent and Marcia Minichiello.
LC-DIG-ppmsca-12374
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Glen Fleischmann,
artist. Wedding photograph
scene,
[between 1945 and 1955]
Cover for Nation's Business,
©
Nation's Business.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and
Caricature
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09439
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Cartoon America: Highlights
from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and
Caricature
Great Hall, Thomas
Jefferson Building
Nov. 2, 2006 - Jan. 27, 2007
Features 100 masterworks by
various artists, including political
cartoons, comic strips,
gag cartoons, caricatures,
animation drawings and cels, and
illustrations.
More
information
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Collections from
the Library of Congress
Library of Congress/Ira Gershwin
Gallery, Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Los Angeles, California
Items from Library of Congress
collections that showcase Southern
California.
More
information
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The Sea
Hawk. Poster, copyrighted
by Warner Bros. Pictures, 1947.
LC-DIG-ppmsca-07564
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Information on the division's acquisitions
program is available on the Acquisition
and Appraisal Information page.
The lobby of the White House,
copyright 1904 by Detroit Photographic
Company.
LC-DIG-ppmsca-11634 |
White House Interior Photographs
Eight rare 16
x 20 inch, hand-colored platinum
photographs of the interior of the White House,
newly redecorated after 1902 during President
Theodore Roosevelt’s administration.
Gift of Marjorie M. Fisher, 2006.
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images and descriptions | More information
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Elihu Vedder
Elihu Vedder,
artist. Head of Minerva.
Oil painting. 1896
LC-DIG-ppmsca-10839
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Hugh Ferriss Architectural Rendering
Hugh
Ferriss, renderer. Study
for theater or opera house. Charcoal
drawing, ca. 1942.
LC-DIG-ppmsca-11684
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