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[Shows As He Goes, half-length portrait] (LOC)

[Shows As He Goes, half-length portrait] (LOC) Temple of liberty (LOC) Amateur contest for children (LOC) [Four African American women seated on steps of building at Atlanta University, Georgia] (LOC) New York & bridges from Brooklyn (LOC) [Unidentified man and woman, seated, facing front] (LOC) [Portrait of Salvador Dali, Paris] (LOC) Camp of the second Connecticut regiment at Washington, in a grove on the north side of the city- Near th[e] New York 7th (LOC) Join the brave throng that goes marching along (LOC) [Tuberculosis ward of the Hasköy Hospital for Women] (LOC) For president, Abram Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin (LOC) Ascension du 26 septembre 1876, 700 mètres (LOC) Roy Takeno reading paper in front of office (LOC) Mortar batteries in front of Picquet house Light Division (LOC) [Two unidentified women being photographed] (LOC) Col. Ramsay's entry, winning dog sled team of the 3rd All Alaska Sweepstakes, John Johnson, driver (LOC) [John M. Ward, New York Giants, baseball card portrait] (LOC) The Indian Girl's Home. A group of Indian girls and Indian police at Big Foot's village on reservation (LOC) A receipt for courtship (LOC) The three trees (LOC)

The Prints & Photographs Online Catalog has a great new look and a new address: www.loc.gov/pictures

This set of images introduces 25 more of the Library of Congress’ remarkable visual collections. You can jump off from here to

•Enjoy a slideshow of WPA posters from the Great Depression era

•Discover hundreds of images by master photographer Edward S. Curtis

•Learn more about Ukiyo-e Japanese prints (pictures of the floating world)

•View all 25,000 glass negatives in the Detroit Publishing Co. Collection

Meet even more collections to explore!

The new share/save feature makes it easy to post images to your favorite site. The flexible structure and open-source software provide powerful new indexes and stable URLs for every item. Please check it out and help us celebrate!

What’s in the whole catalog? Here’s more of the story, www.loc.gov/pictures/about

P.S. The new catalog design resulted from a rapid rescue project as the old software broke down. We've got more to do on the fix-it list! But our experience on Flickr is already contributing to more photo-friendly features like the slide shows.

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