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The Library of Congress Is Using These Images to Tell the Story of World War I

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

Congress Tightened Immigration Laws 100 Years Ago. Here’s Who They Turned Away

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

This Is the First Known Photograph Ever Taken at a Presidential Inauguration

By Liz Ronk

The First Woman and African American Librarian of Congress Was Just Confirmed

By Sarah Begley
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See the Yearly Household Budgets for Black Families at the Turn of the 20th Century

A fireman worked six days a week for $312 per year

By Lily Rothman

See the Original Newspaper Headlines From 10 Major Moments in American History

From new states to sinking ships

By Lily Rothman

How to Preserve America's War Stories Before It's Too Late

The Library of Congress is collecting the country's first-hand accounts of war

By Lily Rothman

Go Inside a Newly Public Trove of Rare Civil War-Era Pictures

The Library of Congress acquired more than 500 images from an 87-year-old collector

By Olivier Laurent

See the 25 Recordings the Library of Congress Will Preserve

The Library of Congress will make them part of the National Recording Registry this year

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

Here's the Most American Playlist Ever

If the Smithsonian is America’s attic, the National Recording Registry is the dusty box of records that America’s parents left up there.Every year since 2002, the Library of Congress has chosen an eclectic mix of...

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

Library of Congress Selects Joan Baez Recording for Preservation

TIME's take on Joan Baez has been acknowledged by the Library of Congress

By Lily Rothman

World War I Posters: The Graphic Art of Propaganda

The countless recruitment and propaganda posters produced during World War I were marvels of graphic design, created with one aim in mind: to get the viewer to stop, read -- and act.

By Ben Cosgrove

Tracking Down Lewis Hine's Forgotten Child Laborers

In the last ten years, Joe Manning has tracked down the life stories of more than 350 child laborers in Lewis Hine's documentary photography for the National Child Labor Committee.

By Vaughn Wallace

The Past Comes Alive: History in High-Definition

There's always something interesting about history—it's often just a matter of knowing where to find it. Shorpy.com highlights the noteworthy negatives of the Library of Congress in high-definition.

By Vaughn Wallace

Behind the Cover: The Unseen Photos of Lenore and Mitt Romney

When Douglas Gilbert photographed Lenore Romney's U.S. Senate campaign for LOOK Magazine in August of 1970, little did he know that one of his unused images would end up on the cover of TIME 42 years later.

By Elizabeth Dias

Fields of Vision: The Early Work of Gordon Parks

A new book by the Library of Congress showcases images taken by the photographer during an internship with the a government agency.

By Marie Tobias
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