This is one of the featured photos in the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about it in our recent Picture This blog post, “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos.”
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Brünnhilde.
[1936]
1 photograph : print ; sheet 12 x 9 cm.
Notes:
• Title from item.
• J19376 U.S. Copyright Office.
• Copyright by Adolph E. Weidhaas, Old Greenwich, Conn.
• Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Portrait section.
Subjects:
• Cats--1930-1940.
• Animals in human situations--1930-1940.
• Costumes--1930-1940.
Format:
• Humorous pictures--1930-1940.
• Photographic prints--1930-1940.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. No renewal in the U.S. Copyright Office (checked 5/2018).
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.51533
Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 007-A
Tags: Library of Congress cat Cat in a Costume Costume Kitty
This is one of the featured photos in the “Not an Ostrich” exhibition currently on display in Los Angeles, California. Read more about it in our recent Picture This blog post, “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos”.
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Kolb Bros., photographer.
Arizona. Grand Canyon, photographer suspended on climber's rope.
[1908]
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 19 x 11 cm.
Summary: Photograph shows photographer, probably Emery or Ellsworth Kolb, dangling from rope in crevasse and photographing canyon wall as another man straddles cliff opening while holding the rope.
Notes:
- Title from item.
- No. 2233.
- Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Photographers section.
Subjects:
- Photographers--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.
- Photography--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Format:
Photographic prints--1900-1910.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40892
Call Number: SSF - Photography -- Photographers
Tags: Library of Congress precarious danger Grand Canyon photographer risk
Find out more about this photo and the exhibition in Los Angeles, California, that features it -- see our recent Picture This blog post, “Not an Ostrich”—Exhibition of Library of Congress Photos”
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Not an ostrich - but the oddly plumed "Floradora Goose" displayed at the poultry show. A rare goose, decorated with fluffy un-gooselike feathers, being held by Miss Isla Bevan at the 41st annual Poultry Show at Madison Square Garden. It is called the Floradora Goose, and is a prizewinner.
[1930]
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 26 x 21 cm (8 x 10 format)
Notes:
- Title from item.
- Probably by Underwood & Underwood.
- Gift; Underwood & Underwood, Washington, D.C.; 1931 (DLC/PP-1931:47804).
- Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Business/Science section.
Subjects:
- Bevan, Isla.
- Actresses--British--New York (State)--New York--1930.
- Geese--1930.
Format:
Photographic prints--1930.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Underwood & Underwood," www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/468_unde.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image available soon (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.40935
Call Number: SSF - Birds--Ducks and Geese
Tags: Library of Congress Floradora Goose Goose Sculpture Isla Bevan Poultry Show
Lange, Dorothea, photographer.
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California
1936 Feb. or Mar.
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.
Notes:
Photograph shows Florence Thompson with three of her children in a photograph known as "Migrant Mother." For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's M̀igrant Mother' photographs ..." www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html
Digital file made from the original nitrate negative for "Migrant Mother" (LC-USF34-009058-C). The negative was retouched in the 1930s to erase the thumb holding a tent pole in lower right hand corner. The file print made before the thumb was retouched can be seen at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b29516.
Title from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Subjects:
Migrant agricultural laborers.
Mothers.
Poor persons.
Migrants--California
United States--California--San Luis Obispo County--Nipomo.
Format: Nitrate negatives.
Portrait photographs.
Group portraits.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b29516
Call Number: LC-USF34- 009058-C
Tags: dc:identifier=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b29516 xmlns:dc=http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ Library of Congress Dorothea Lange classic migrant mother poverty despair B&W depression Florence Thompson Migrant Mother loc Iconic california nostalgic grapes of wrath 빈곤 commons:event=commonground2009 Florence Owens Thompson 1936 furrowed brow tristeza soledad madre mito imagem mulher nostalgia fotografia retrato world history love dc:creator=http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-899601 preto e branco femme triste Arte
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer.
Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky
1940 July.
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches or smaller.
Notes:
Photo shows Wigwam Village #2, Cave City, KY. (Source: Library staff, 2009)
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Subjects:
United States--Kentucky--Nelson County--Bardstown.
Format: Safety film negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c13074
Call Number: LC-USF34- 055240-D
Tags: Library of Congress dc:identifier=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c13074 xmlns:dc=http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ Marion Post Wolcott 1940 July Bardstown Kentucky teepee wigwam cabins motel standard oil AAA gas station filling station Wigwam Village #2 Cave City Cozy Cone