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The Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division is pleased to
announce that a variety of colorful offerings are now available in the
Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
These include:
"Prokudin-Gorskii Collection Color Composite Digital Images" - Between ca.
1905 and 1915 Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii took photographs of the
Russian Empire using an early color process. He photographed through color
filters onto triple-frame glass negatives, producing images that could be
printed or projected in color. In response to researcher interest, the
Library of Congress contracted with Blaise Agüera y Arcas to make digital
color composites of all the negatives through an automated process. A
description of the process is available at:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/prokhtml/prokcompos.html.
To view the resulting images in PPOC, 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 to "Prokudin-Gorskii Collection." After selecting the
collection, you can search the catalog records or select the "Preview:
Negatives in Color" link to view the color composites.
More information about the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection is available at:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/prokhtml/prokabt.html
"Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color
Transparencies, 1939-1944: New High Resolution Scans "-These already
popular early Kodachrome transparencies include scenes in the U.S., Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands, showing work, home and community life, and
preparations for war. The new scans were also used to produce the
illustrations for Bound for Glory, a new book by Paul Hendrikson about the
color FSA/OWI photographs, co-published by the Library of Congress and
Harry N. Abrams. For further information, see "About the FSA/OWI Color
Transparencies" http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/fsacabt.html
"Cartoon Prints, British" - About 500 of the Library's 10,000 British
political and satirical prints dating ca. 1621-ca. 1853 have been digitized
and cataloged online. With colorful and often biting humor, the cartoons
highlight aspects of British political life, including tensions with its
colonies and other nations, as well as society, fashion, manners, and
theater. The online records can now be searched together in the "Cartoon
Prints, British" collection, which also features new contextual information
and a bibliography.
For more information, see http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/cpbrhtml/cpbrabt.html
The Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich
cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division
and other units of the Library of Congress.
* The catalog provides access through group or item records to about 65
percent of the Division's holdings.
* About 90 percent of the records are accompanied by one or more digital
images. In some collections, only thumbnail images display to those
searching outside the Library of Congress because of potential rights
considerations.
For information on other 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 [PPOC] or the
holdings and services of the Prints and Photographs Division, consult its
Ask a Librarian service: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-print.html
Laura Gottesman
Digital Reference Specialist
The Library of Congress
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