From the Artifact listserv.

The Library of Congress's Prints & Photographs Division is pleased to
announce that all the negatives in the George Grantham Bain news
photograph collection (nearly 40,000 glass negatives in all) have now
been digitized and are available for searching in the Prints and
Photographs Online Catalog. The collection, which represents the
archive of one of America's earliest news picture agencies, features
an array of personalities, news events, sports coverage, and sites,
particularly in New York City, for the period 1900-1931. More
information about the collection is available at:  <
http://memory.loc.gov/pp/ggbainhtml/ggbainabt.html >


The Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) <
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html > provides access through
group or item records to about 65% of the Division's holdings, a
portion of which are accompanied by digital images.  The records
represent the variety of materials held in the nearly 14 million items
in the Division's collections.  In addition to photographs, these
include fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and
architectural and engineering drawings. The collections are
international in scope and are particularly rich in materials produced
in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives,
interests and achievements of the American people.

Other collections that have recently become available in PPOC include:


-World War I Posters: All of the posters are now cataloged online with
accompanying digital images.  The nearly 1,900 posters feature strong
representation of U.S., Canadian, British, German, and French posters.

To search and view the posters, go to the Prints and Photographs
Online Catalog <http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html>, select the
blue button labeled: "Search the Catalog," and then scroll down the
alphabetical list of collections and select "Posters: World War I
Posters."

-Photographs from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive: The Archive features
photographs of landmark buildings and architectural renovation
projects in Washington, D.C., and throughout the United States. Other
photo assignments show President Ronald Reagan meeting with Republican
Senatorial candidates, as well as historic sites in Lexington,
Virginia. The first 23 groups of photographs contain more than 2,500
images and date from 1980 to 2005, with many views in color as well as
black-and-white. The archive is expected to grow to more than 50,000
photographs covering all of the United States.  More information about
the collection is available at:  < 
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/highsmhtml/highsmabt.html

-Vaudeville and Motion Picture Theater Drawings by Anthony Dumas: A
collection of more than 250 pen and ink drawings of theater facades
from across the United States can now be retrieved in PPOC. Dumas
created these theater "portraits" at a time of transition (1916-1934),
when vaudeville was yielding to the movie palaces of the 1920's and
'30's. In addition to documenting the theater architecture in some
detail, marquee text often names vaudeville performers and film titles
and stars. To search and view the drawings, go to the Prints and
Photographs Online Catalog <http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html>,
select the blue button labeled: "Search the Catalog," and in the
search box, type "Anthony Dumas"

-LOT (Group) Catalog Cards Converted: Old card catalog descriptions
for almost 12,000 groups of pictures containing more than 1.5 million
photographs and prints are now available as brief online records in a
set called "Groups of Images in High Demand." To search these records,
go to the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html>, select the blue button
labeled: "Search the Catalog," and then scroll down the alphabetical
list and select "Groups of Images in High Demand." Rely on keyword
searching for best results and use the "Check for online items from
this group" link to see if any images from the group display online.


For information on new collections and  recent and upcoming activities
in the Prints and Photographs Division, see the division's "What's
New" page <http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/whatsnew.html>.

For questions about the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog or the
holdings and services of the Prints and Photographs Division, consult
our Ask a Librarian service:
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-print.html>.

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Laura Gottesman
Digital Reference Team
The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html


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