WEBVTT 00:12.450 --> 00:16.240 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Welcome everybody to this Prints 00:16.240 --> 00:18.850 align:start and photograph division Object Lesson. 00:18.850 --> 00:23.130 align:start Tonight we're going to be looking at The Changing Face 00:23.130 --> 00:25.860 align:start of Washington, D.C. through The US News 00:25.860 --> 00:29.590 align:start and World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. 00:29.590 --> 00:31.700 align:start I will not [inaudible] entire name 00:31.700 --> 00:33.000 align:start of the collection all night. 00:33.000 --> 00:36.620 align:start I hope that you'll remember that full name. 00:36.620 --> 00:40.100 align:start My name is Kristi Finefield and I am a reference specialist 00:40.100 --> 00:42.320 align:start in the library's Prints and Photographs Division. 00:42.320 --> 00:46.100 align:start Thanks so much for introducing yourself in the chat. 00:46.100 --> 00:50.590 align:start It's great to see that we have a mix of locals and D.C., Maryland 00:50.590 --> 00:54.060 align:start and the metro area as well as people from across the country. 00:54.060 --> 00:56.840 align:start Hopefully I'll provide enough information 00:56.840 --> 00:59.750 align:start that you will understand the layout 00:59.750 --> 01:01.960 align:start of D.C. I've included some maps and things 01:01.960 --> 01:04.250 align:start to keep us all on the same page. 01:04.250 --> 01:07.510 align:start Before we get started, I want to mention 01:07.510 --> 01:08.990 align:start that I will be answering questions 01:08.990 --> 01:10.990 align:start at the end of the presentation. 01:10.990 --> 01:13.560 align:start So if you have any questions please put them in the Q 01:13.560 --> 01:15.710 align:start and A not in the chat. 01:15.710 --> 01:18.540 align:start A colleague will be tracking your questions in Q and A 01:18.540 --> 01:22.270 align:start so that I can be sure to address them at that point. 01:22.270 --> 01:24.820 align:start Also I'll tell you again later in the presentation, 01:24.820 --> 01:28.480 align:start but if you'd like us to send you a PDF copy of the slides 01:28.480 --> 01:31.740 align:start from tonight's presentation you can contact us 01:31.740 --> 01:34.580 align:start through our Ask a Librarian service. 01:34.580 --> 01:36.450 align:start Before I dive into the main topic, 01:36.450 --> 01:39.100 align:start I'm going to give you a brief introduction to the Prints 01:39.100 --> 01:40.400 align:start and Photographs Division. 01:40.400 --> 01:43.530 align:start On the left you can see a picture of the Library 01:43.530 --> 01:46.630 align:start of Congress's Capitol Hill campus in Washington, 01:46.630 --> 01:50.920 align:start D.C. The library has three buildings on Capitol Hill. 01:50.920 --> 01:54.340 align:start Jefferson Building on the left with the dome. 01:54.340 --> 01:56.880 align:start The Adams building which is hidden just behind the 01:56.880 --> 01:58.530 align:start Jefferson Building. 01:58.530 --> 02:01.100 align:start And the Madison Building on the right. 02:01.100 --> 02:03.390 align:start The red arrow points to where the Prints 02:03.390 --> 02:07.280 align:start and Photographs Division is located in the Madison Building. 02:07.280 --> 02:10.610 align:start And on the right picture you can see a photo of the Print 02:10.610 --> 02:13.930 align:start and Photographs reading room where researchers join us 02:13.930 --> 02:16.470 align:start to explore our collections. 02:16.470 --> 02:19.480 align:start We are currently open to researchers by appointment 02:19.480 --> 02:21.980 align:start so please reach out to us through Ask a Librarian 02:21.980 --> 02:26.340 align:start if you are interested in visiting in person. 02:26.340 --> 02:28.510 align:start The Prints and Photographs Division holds 02:28.510 --> 02:33.120 align:start over 17 million visual materials including photographs, 02:33.120 --> 02:38.650 align:start historical prints, posters, cartoons, documentary drawings, 02:38.650 --> 02:43.590 align:start fine prints, and architectural and engineering designs. 02:43.590 --> 02:47.130 align:start Most items from the collections were made in the United States 02:47.130 --> 02:49.880 align:start and reflect the experiences of American 02:49.880 --> 02:53.350 align:start but the collections are also international in scope. 02:53.350 --> 02:55.990 align:start The Prints and Photographs Divisions collections are quite 02:55.990 --> 02:57.980 align:start strong in their coverage of Washington, 02:57.980 --> 03:02.020 align:start D.C. and this slide gives a very small sampling of the types 03:02.020 --> 03:04.160 align:start of materials you might find depicting 03:04.160 --> 03:06.900 align:start and describing the nation's capitol pulled 03:06.900 --> 03:08.540 align:start from a simple search of the prints 03:08.540 --> 03:12.340 align:start and photographs online catalog or PPOC. 03:12.340 --> 03:15.980 align:start As you can see the sample shows various types of materials 03:15.980 --> 03:19.580 align:start such as posters, photographs, and architectural drawings 03:19.580 --> 03:22.250 align:start and from various time periods. 03:22.250 --> 03:25.150 align:start The earliest item shown is an original architectural drawing 03:25.150 --> 03:30.560 align:start from the US Capitol from about 1815 at the far left. 03:30.560 --> 03:35.480 align:start And we're including the link to the online catalog in the chat 03:35.480 --> 03:45.040 align:start so that you can do some searching on your own later. 03:45.040 --> 03:46.340 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Today's talk will focus 03:46.340 --> 03:48.740 align:start on one particular collection in the Prints 03:48.740 --> 03:51.960 align:start and Photographs Division and how it depicts Washington, 03:51.960 --> 03:54.590 align:start D.C. through the later half of the 20th Century. 03:54.590 --> 03:58.650 align:start First, let me introduce you to the collection as a whole. 03:58.650 --> 04:02.730 align:start US News and World Report Magazine Photograph Collection 04:02.730 --> 04:06.230 align:start is as you might suspect an archive of photos taken 04:06.230 --> 04:09.420 align:start for US News and World Report Magazine. 04:09.420 --> 04:10.720 align:start The collection consists 04:10.720 --> 04:15.190 align:start of almost 1.2 million original 35 millimeter and two 04:15.190 --> 04:19.310 align:start and a quarter inch negatives primarily black and white 04:19.310 --> 04:24.030 align:start and 45,000 contact sheets which are negatives contact printed 04:24.030 --> 04:28.920 align:start onto photographic paper multiple images to a page. 04:28.920 --> 04:35.140 align:start The collection dates from between 1952 and 1986. 04:35.140 --> 04:37.290 align:start And you can see here on this slide, 04:37.290 --> 04:40.480 align:start on the left we have an employee working with photos 04:40.480 --> 04:43.150 align:start for a layout in the magazine. 04:43.150 --> 04:45.750 align:start And on the right a typical contact sheet 04:45.750 --> 04:49.120 align:start of 35 millimeter film and what you would view 04:49.120 --> 04:50.420 align:start when visiting the prints 04:50.420 --> 05:02.420 align:start and photographs reding room to conduct research. 05:02.420 --> 05:04.230 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: In the past the primary way 05:04.230 --> 05:07.510 align:start to identify contact sheets of interest in the collection was 05:07.510 --> 05:09.460 align:start through a manual card catalog. 05:09.460 --> 05:13.450 align:start But we now have a finding aid online pictured at left 05:13.450 --> 05:17.320 align:start and there will be a link appearing in the chat. 05:17.320 --> 05:21.150 align:start The finding aid can be searched by key words, names and places 05:21.150 --> 05:23.700 align:start and it's based on the index that US News 05:23.700 --> 05:27.170 align:start and World Report created for the photos. 05:27.170 --> 05:28.940 align:start We'll provide a link as I said, 05:28.940 --> 05:32.710 align:start and this will help you browse the sometimes quite brief 05:32.710 --> 05:36.480 align:start headings on each envelope which then leads you to photos 05:36.480 --> 05:39.450 align:start of interest in the file cabinets in the reading room. 05:39.450 --> 05:52.630 align:start A typical drawer of the collection is pictured at right. 05:52.630 --> 05:54.410 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Here's a further example 05:54.410 --> 05:57.650 align:start of contact sheets from the collection showing how brief the 05:57.650 --> 06:00.060 align:start captions really can be. 06:00.060 --> 06:03.490 align:start This series of photos is simply called The Changing Face 06:03.490 --> 06:07.010 align:start of Washington, D.C. which offered me the name and theme 06:07.010 --> 06:09.990 align:start for this presentation and at the time provided photos 06:09.990 --> 06:19.850 align:start for an article in the magazine. 06:19.850 --> 06:22.390 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Some of the photos from the Changing Face 06:22.390 --> 06:27.930 align:start of Washington, D.C. series taken in April of 1974 appeared 06:27.930 --> 06:33.410 align:start in the May 6th, 1974 issue of US News and World Report Magazine 06:33.410 --> 06:35.940 align:start of ran article titled New Skyline 06:35.940 --> 06:38.980 align:start for the Nation's Capitol. 06:38.980 --> 06:41.400 align:start The prints and photographs reading room has copies 06:41.400 --> 06:44.860 align:start of the magazine throughout the run that's featured 06:44.860 --> 06:46.620 align:start in the archive so when - 06:46.620 --> 06:49.280 align:start included in the reference collection so when you are 06:49.280 --> 06:59.120 align:start in the reading room it's available to browse through. 06:59.120 --> 07:01.270 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: We've added yet another online tool 07:01.270 --> 07:04.750 align:start to help researchers explore and learn more about this collection 07:04.750 --> 07:07.550 align:start through an online research guide. 07:07.550 --> 07:11.120 align:start In addition to a description of the collection instructions 07:11.120 --> 07:15.100 align:start on how to search it and view it as well as an explanation 07:15.100 --> 07:17.550 align:start of the rights status it offers info 07:17.550 --> 07:21.650 align:start about the collections strength as well as the sample images. 07:21.650 --> 07:25.360 align:start I'm going to walk through those now to give you a broad overview 07:25.360 --> 07:26.890 align:start and then we'll dive into Washington, 07:26.890 --> 07:30.830 align:start D.C. including a link to this guide in the chat 07:30.830 --> 07:38.620 align:start for you to look at later. 07:38.620 --> 07:40.350 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: The collection depicts topics 07:40.350 --> 07:42.990 align:start that were of interest for the magazines coverage 07:42.990 --> 07:46.260 align:start of US business and political news topics 07:46.260 --> 07:48.290 align:start with particular emphasis on Washington, 07:48.290 --> 07:51.370 align:start D.C. and the United States as well 07:51.370 --> 07:54.190 align:start as some foreign relations coverage. 07:54.190 --> 07:56.720 align:start It features images depicting for example 07:56.720 --> 08:10.300 align:start as you see here political and government activities. 08:10.300 --> 08:11.740 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Includes people in the news 08:11.740 --> 08:15.780 align:start and here we have from left to right Malcolm X, 08:15.780 --> 08:23.010 align:start The Beatles in 1964, and Golda Meir. 08:23.010 --> 08:25.440 align:start And naturally some of the people included 08:25.440 --> 08:29.920 align:start within the collection were all the presidents, vice presidents, 08:29.920 --> 08:31.910 align:start congressional leaders and so forth that were 08:31.910 --> 08:39.110 align:start in power during the run of the magazine. 08:39.110 --> 08:41.850 align:start The magazine features many images 08:41.850 --> 08:45.360 align:start of the African American Civil Rights Movement and many more 08:45.360 --> 08:48.790 align:start in the archive itself including such key events 08:48.790 --> 08:53.110 align:start as the 1963 march on Washington which is seen in the photo 08:53.110 --> 09:18.210 align:start at far right on the slide. 09:18.210 --> 09:20.190 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: There's also document developments 09:20.190 --> 09:23.490 align:start in technology, labor, and the economy. 09:23.490 --> 09:28.430 align:start Note here that there are photos - two photos from 1962. 09:28.430 --> 09:32.470 align:start In the center we have John Glenn's space capsule and, 09:32.470 --> 09:49.200 align:start on the right, an early computer facility. 09:49.200 --> 09:51.380 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: And finally Washington, 09:51.380 --> 09:54.460 align:start D.C. and the immediate metro area. 09:54.460 --> 09:57.960 align:start For me the coverage of Washington, D.C. itself, 09:57.960 --> 10:02.290 align:start the city and it's growth is the unsung hero of the collection. 10:02.290 --> 10:04.530 align:start I think by the title and the general focus 10:04.530 --> 10:07.590 align:start of the magazine this extensive collections ability 10:07.590 --> 10:10.800 align:start to provide a record of the changing face of Washington, 10:10.800 --> 10:16.720 align:start D.C. from the 1950s into the 1980s was easily overlooked. 10:16.720 --> 10:19.980 align:start For decade, because we do have the original negatives for just 10:19.980 --> 10:23.170 align:start about every photo in the collection researchers 10:23.170 --> 10:26.690 align:start who found an image of interest would have a negative printed, 10:26.690 --> 10:30.060 align:start receive a photo, and there would be nothing added 10:30.060 --> 10:32.760 align:start to our online catalog to clue other researches 10:32.760 --> 10:36.020 align:start into the contents of the collection itself. 10:36.020 --> 10:39.060 align:start The advent of digital scanning changed that somewhat 10:39.060 --> 10:41.510 align:start as negatives were scanned for researchers orders 10:41.510 --> 10:44.980 align:start and for exhibits and then added to the online catalog. 10:44.980 --> 10:48.580 align:start But it was a very slow trickle of images from our collect - 10:48.580 --> 10:55.500 align:start from a collection of nearly 1.2 million photos. 10:55.500 --> 10:58.640 align:start We launched an effort a few years ago to change that 10:58.640 --> 11:02.040 align:start and began selecting a few hundred images from every year 11:02.040 --> 11:04.800 align:start of the collection manually by looking 11:04.800 --> 11:08.090 align:start through the contact sheets and having them scanned, 11:08.090 --> 11:11.300 align:start cataloged and added to PPOC. 11:11.300 --> 11:13.520 align:start This effort continues as we speak 11:13.520 --> 11:16.180 align:start so the collection presence online will grow 11:16.180 --> 11:20.110 align:start but at this time you can see about 2,500 photos 11:20.110 --> 11:23.820 align:start from The US News and World Report Collection online. 11:23.820 --> 11:26.050 align:start And we are going to include a link in the chat 11:26.050 --> 11:29.900 align:start to what's currently digitized and that link would continue 11:29.900 --> 11:32.900 align:start to grow as more things are added. 11:32.900 --> 11:35.490 align:start The prefix used to identify the negatives 11:35.490 --> 11:37.550 align:start from this collection is a great way 11:37.550 --> 11:40.160 align:start to pull together all the images in one search. 11:40.160 --> 11:43.610 align:start And that's what I've got circled on the slide here. 11:43.610 --> 11:49.000 align:start It's - here's what it looks like LC-U9. 11:49.000 --> 11:52.250 align:start A search for the acronym for the collection is also effective 11:52.250 --> 12:06.660 align:start USN&WR and again I'm sharing that on the screen there. 12:06.660 --> 12:08.510 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Though I worked in the Prints 12:08.510 --> 12:11.020 align:start and Photographs Division for over two decades 12:11.020 --> 12:14.080 align:start and used those collection throughout that time including 12:14.080 --> 12:17.490 align:start for research of D.C. I still find I am discovering more 12:17.490 --> 12:20.720 align:start and more interesting photos of the city as they appear online. 12:20.720 --> 12:24.130 align:start It goes to show you should never make too many assumptions 12:24.130 --> 12:27.570 align:start about what a collection can do for you or your research 12:27.570 --> 12:31.040 align:start without the full exploration or without asking questions 12:31.040 --> 12:34.710 align:start of the librarians like myself who work with the collections. 12:34.710 --> 12:36.960 align:start But now that I've given you an introduction 12:36.960 --> 12:38.580 align:start to the collection itself, 12:38.580 --> 12:41.540 align:start and how to access it let's look at some photos. 12:41.540 --> 12:45.560 align:start This particular photo 12:45.560 --> 12:48.730 align:start of an unnamed photographer caught my attention on day 12:48.730 --> 12:50.350 align:start for a number of reasons. 12:50.350 --> 12:53.770 align:start For one, it's always interesting to see a photographer in action, 12:53.770 --> 12:56.320 align:start to look at he equipment they're using, 12:56.320 --> 12:59.450 align:start you can see here he has two cameras with him this day. 12:59.450 --> 13:03.290 align:start One on the tripod and one hanging around his neck. 13:03.290 --> 13:06.100 align:start My first question though was, where is he? 13:06.100 --> 13:09.110 align:start The scans are made from the original film negatives 13:09.110 --> 13:10.410 align:start and are high resolutions. 13:10.410 --> 13:13.000 align:start So you can really zoom in on details. 13:13.000 --> 13:14.940 align:start They also consulted the rest 13:14.940 --> 13:16.670 align:start of the contact sheet this photo came 13:16.670 --> 13:19.190 align:start from to gain a little context. 13:19.190 --> 13:22.580 align:start I was eventually able to confirm he was on the roof 13:22.580 --> 13:25.590 align:start of the Jefferson Building of The Library of Congress 13:25.590 --> 13:27.600 align:start around the edge of the dome. 13:27.600 --> 13:32.380 align:start His camera seems to be pointed north toward the Supreme Court. 13:32.380 --> 13:34.830 align:start But I imagine it was also the Capitol Building 13:34.830 --> 13:37.760 align:start that you can see in the background that brought him 13:37.760 --> 13:41.260 align:start to this great height on February 5th, 1959. 13:41.260 --> 13:44.790 align:start The photos in this collection are nearly always dated, 13:44.790 --> 13:49.910 align:start which proves extremely helpful in research. 13:49.910 --> 13:54.950 align:start Here's the contact sheet on the left that included that photo. 13:54.950 --> 13:58.700 align:start And a few frames zoomed on the right. 13:58.700 --> 14:01.290 align:start So on the bottom row there's a police officer 14:01.290 --> 14:05.330 align:start or guard who's also enjoying the view and the details 14:05.330 --> 14:07.920 align:start that I could see in those photos - in his photos 14:07.920 --> 14:11.980 align:start of the police officer actually helped confirm the location. 14:11.980 --> 14:15.010 align:start What I sought out was the traditional photos 14:15.010 --> 14:19.630 align:start of the Jefferson Building to figure out these concrete 14:19.630 --> 14:23.310 align:start or stone railings where the are on the building. 14:23.310 --> 14:27.320 align:start I turned to a modern view 14:27.320 --> 14:30.730 align:start of the Jefferson Building from abut 2007. 14:30.730 --> 14:35.130 align:start You can see the Supreme Court is at the far left. 14:35.130 --> 14:38.760 align:start The Adams Building I mentioned earlier is right behind. 14:38.760 --> 14:42.620 align:start But I needed to get in very close to compare that railing 14:42.620 --> 14:46.470 align:start that was with the police officer to the dome itself. 14:46.470 --> 14:49.960 align:start So I -- thankfully, these are high resolution as I said 14:49.960 --> 14:52.860 align:start so I was able to zoom in really close. 14:52.860 --> 14:56.600 align:start So the narrow walkway that's around the lantern of the dome 14:56.600 --> 14:58.550 align:start that I'm pointing at match. 14:58.550 --> 15:04.450 align:start The stone details are a match to the contact sheet so - 15:04.450 --> 15:08.060 align:start and the one on the right I'm pointing to exactly 15:08.060 --> 15:10.020 align:start where I believe that photographer was standing 15:10.020 --> 15:15.170 align:start and taking his photo of the Supreme Court. 15:15.170 --> 15:18.510 align:start Go back to that photograph again. 15:18.510 --> 15:22.120 align:start Can I also confirm what he's photographing? 15:22.120 --> 15:23.420 align:start I think I can. 15:23.420 --> 15:25.650 align:start I think I could guess that it's the Supreme Court 15:25.650 --> 15:27.320 align:start but when I go back to the contact sheet, 15:27.320 --> 15:30.440 align:start I can get even more information. 15:30.440 --> 15:33.620 align:start So this time I've zoomed on some different frames 15:33.620 --> 15:36.450 align:start and you can see the photograph he's actually taking 15:36.450 --> 15:38.620 align:start or the one he took right after or before. 15:38.620 --> 15:44.310 align:start The top row, the two photos there are the Supreme Court. 15:44.310 --> 15:47.920 align:start And on the bottom row the first photo 15:47.920 --> 15:52.010 align:start on the left is the US Capitol Building and, on the right, 15:52.010 --> 15:55.310 align:start we have the Russel Senate Office Building 15:55.310 --> 16:03.770 align:start which we'll talk about again later. 16:03.770 --> 16:05.950 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: So back to the capitol 16:05.950 --> 16:08.980 align:start which may have brought this photographer up to the dome 16:08.980 --> 16:10.280 align:start of the Jefferson Building. 16:10.280 --> 16:13.250 align:start No easy task to get up there so he probably took photos 16:13.250 --> 16:15.140 align:start of everything he could see. 16:15.140 --> 16:18.520 align:start But this work on the Capitol Building was pretty significant 16:18.520 --> 16:19.820 align:start at the time. 16:19.820 --> 16:22.840 align:start The groundbreaking ceremony was on February 24th, 16:22.840 --> 16:27.870 align:start 1959 so a few weeks after that photographer was up on the dome. 16:27.870 --> 16:31.450 align:start And as you can see there's the east front has already been 16:31.450 --> 16:33.320 align:start altered in the background. 16:33.320 --> 16:37.480 align:start But this groundbreaking ceremony set off the construction 16:37.480 --> 16:40.780 align:start of the extension that would ultimately add 90 rooms 16:40.780 --> 16:42.850 align:start to the US Capitol. 16:42.850 --> 16:44.670 align:start And here architect of the capitol, 16:44.670 --> 16:47.310 align:start Jay George Stewart addresses the crowd 16:47.310 --> 16:50.970 align:start and uses the ceremonial shovel at right flanked 16:50.970 --> 16:53.240 align:start by congressional leaders. 16:53.240 --> 16:58.100 align:start All told the east front would move east about 32 feet 16:58.100 --> 17:00.490 align:start and the original front was replicated 17:00.490 --> 17:06.910 align:start on the new front in marble. 17:06.910 --> 17:10.520 align:start Here we can see more of the extension being documented. 17:10.520 --> 17:12.640 align:start It was a three year project. 17:12.640 --> 17:14.550 align:start And during the same time period - 17:14.550 --> 17:17.450 align:start during that time period they also restored the capitol dome 17:17.450 --> 17:19.700 align:start you can tell by the scaffolding up there. 17:19.700 --> 17:24.000 align:start It would - and again it wouldn't be treated and restored again 17:24.000 --> 17:28.580 align:start until 2016 so this was a pretty significant project. 17:28.580 --> 17:31.670 align:start So for three years they worked on the capitol 17:31.670 --> 17:35.780 align:start and it was completed in April 1962. 17:35.780 --> 17:38.380 align:start And this was the last major change to the exterior 17:38.380 --> 17:44.210 align:start of the US Capitol Building. 17:44.210 --> 17:47.700 align:start So looking past the capitol itself the US News Collection 17:47.700 --> 17:49.970 align:start offers great insight into the growth 17:49.970 --> 17:52.820 align:start of Capitol Hill and adjacent areas. 17:52.820 --> 17:54.470 align:start In support of the work of Congress 17:54.470 --> 17:57.240 align:start and by extension the Library of Congress. 17:57.240 --> 18:00.280 align:start The presence of aerial views in this collection is invaluable 18:00.280 --> 18:02.810 align:start for gaining context and perspective 18:02.810 --> 18:05.050 align:start on the city and it's growth. 18:05.050 --> 18:09.700 align:start This aerial photo from 1964 offers a great launching point. 18:09.700 --> 18:11.120 align:start The capitol is at center. 18:11.120 --> 18:14.250 align:start Three of the House office buildings are 18:14.250 --> 18:16.510 align:start across the foreground and two 18:16.510 --> 18:18.910 align:start of the Senate off ice buildings are behind 18:18.910 --> 18:21.380 align:start and to the right of the capitol. 18:21.380 --> 18:24.840 align:start Union Station is there in the far background. 18:24.840 --> 18:28.190 align:start And at the right of the capitol, you can see that only two 18:28.190 --> 18:32.230 align:start of the three Library of Congress Buildings on Capitol Hill exist. 18:32.230 --> 18:35.670 align:start The Madison where the prints and photographs reading room now is, 18:35.670 --> 18:37.770 align:start is still a developing idea. 18:37.770 --> 18:39.860 align:start I'll point to some those particular buildings 18:39.860 --> 18:54.230 align:start on the upcoming slides. 18:54.230 --> 18:57.130 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: This 1961 map from The Library 18:57.130 --> 19:01.080 align:start of Congress Geography and Map Division oriented similarly 19:01.080 --> 19:02.380 align:start to the aerial photo 19:02.380 --> 19:05.020 align:start on the previous slide offers further context 19:05.020 --> 19:07.610 align:start and a few more pieces of information. 19:07.610 --> 19:11.160 align:start The map highlights in black the buildings under the jurisdiction 19:11.160 --> 19:14.610 align:start of the architect of the capitol which includes the capitol, 19:14.610 --> 19:17.660 align:start and its grounds, all the congressional office buildings 19:17.660 --> 19:29.710 align:start as well as the buildings at The Library of Congress. 19:29.710 --> 19:31.100 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: So working our way 19:31.100 --> 19:35.230 align:start around the capitol here are the house office buildings used 19:35.230 --> 19:38.400 align:start by members of the House of Representatives and their staff. 19:38.400 --> 19:40.900 align:start From left to right on both the photo 19:40.900 --> 19:44.990 align:start and the map are the Rayburn, the Longworth, 19:44.990 --> 19:58.550 align:start and the Cannon House office buildings. 19:58.550 --> 19:59.850 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: The cannon 19:59.850 --> 20:03.230 align:start and the Longworth are both in place by 1933. 20:03.230 --> 20:06.430 align:start The needs of the House for more building brought forth the 20:06.430 --> 20:09.200 align:start largest of the house office buildings, the Rayburn. 20:09.200 --> 20:11.740 align:start You can see the massive footprint 20:11.740 --> 20:14.000 align:start of the Rayburn office building taking shape 20:14.000 --> 20:17.140 align:start in this June 7th, 1960 photo. 20:17.140 --> 20:21.270 align:start It would be completed by 1965. 20:21.270 --> 20:24.770 align:start As you can imagine or have experienced in person the scale 20:24.770 --> 20:27.940 align:start of these federal government buildings has had a major impact 20:27.940 --> 20:31.250 align:start on the Washington, D.C. landscape since it's founding 20:31.250 --> 20:39.420 align:start and continues to have that impact to this day. 20:39.420 --> 20:43.300 align:start If we head north of the capitol, we can see the complex 20:43.300 --> 20:45.020 align:start of the Senate office buildings. 20:45.020 --> 20:48.160 align:start There are far fewer Senators, so their space needs are smaller. 20:48.160 --> 20:51.580 align:start I'm pointing both on the photo and on the map 20:51.580 --> 20:54.400 align:start to this two Senate office buildings that existed 20:54.400 --> 20:59.130 align:start at the time, the Russell on the left and then the Dirksen. 20:59.130 --> 21:10.180 align:start The Hart building would join those two a little later. 21:10.180 --> 21:13.160 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Here we see the Hart Senate office building 21:13.160 --> 21:15.900 align:start which was the third of those buildings 21:15.900 --> 21:19.320 align:start that began construction in 1975. 21:19.320 --> 21:24.060 align:start It is still shown still under construction here in 1979. 21:24.060 --> 21:26.410 align:start These Congressional buildings are largely connected 21:26.410 --> 21:29.060 align:start to the capitol via underground tunnels and 21:29.060 --> 21:32.060 align:start or in some places a small subway system. 21:32.060 --> 21:35.830 align:start At the far right of this photo is a little detail I'm going 21:35.830 --> 21:38.650 align:start to point out, you can see the brick house 21:38.650 --> 21:42.660 align:start which is now called the Belmont Paul Women's Equality National 21:42.660 --> 21:46.790 align:start Monument a property administered by the National Parks Service. 21:46.790 --> 21:49.820 align:start It shares the block with the Hart building thanks 21:49.820 --> 21:53.250 align:start to preservation efforts in the 1960s which placed it 21:53.250 --> 21:56.540 align:start on the National Register of historic places. 21:56.540 --> 21:59.920 align:start This 200 year old house is one of the oldest residences 21:59.920 --> 22:03.260 align:start in Washington, D.C. and served as the headquarters 22:03.260 --> 22:22.680 align:start of the National Women's Party for decades starting in 1929. 22:22.680 --> 22:24.610 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Moving around to the east 22:24.610 --> 22:28.160 align:start of the capitol we can - we reach the Capitol Hill campus 22:28.160 --> 22:32.080 align:start of The Library of Congress which I briefly introduced you 22:32.080 --> 22:34.070 align:start to at the top of the talk. 22:34.070 --> 22:37.460 align:start The Thomas Jefferson [inaudible] sits just behind the capitol 22:37.460 --> 22:41.070 align:start with the dome and it was completed in 1897. 22:41.070 --> 22:47.130 align:start The Adams building just behind that opened in 1939. 22:47.130 --> 22:51.160 align:start And as with the House and the Senate the library needed more 22:51.160 --> 22:56.030 align:start space so the property where the Madison building would be added 22:56.030 --> 23:00.300 align:start is largely empty in this 1964 photo with just remnants 23:00.300 --> 23:03.040 align:start of drives and alleys still visible. 23:03.040 --> 23:23.980 align:start And I'm pointing to that at the far right of the photograph. 23:23.980 --> 23:25.860 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Almost a decade earlier 23:25.860 --> 23:29.370 align:start in 1956 another aerial photo 23:29.370 --> 23:33.090 align:start from the US News collection shows the site 23:33.090 --> 23:37.920 align:start of the Madison building and I've zoomed in on the photo at left 23:37.920 --> 23:41.780 align:start on the right and circled the location 23:41.780 --> 23:44.750 align:start where the Madison Building would be in the future. 23:44.750 --> 23:48.830 align:start You can see those remnants of roads I pointed out still led 23:48.830 --> 23:50.790 align:start to residences and businesses at the time. 23:50.790 --> 23:54.730 align:start And you can probably look around now on this aerial photograph 23:54.730 --> 23:58.380 align:start on the left and recognize some of the buildings I pointed out 23:58.380 --> 24:01.970 align:start and whether they have been built yet or not. 24:01.970 --> 24:03.380 align:start The transformation of parts 24:03.380 --> 24:07.260 align:start of the extended Capitol Hill area continued throughout the 24:07.260 --> 24:10.150 align:start 20th Century with varying levels of impact 24:10.150 --> 24:29.900 align:start on the surrounding community. 24:29.900 --> 24:31.200 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: The Madison Building 24:31.200 --> 24:33.400 align:start which now occupies the entire block 24:33.400 --> 24:38.320 align:start between Independence Avenue South East and C Street as well 24:38.320 --> 24:41.610 align:start as between First and Second Streets South East begins 24:41.610 --> 24:46.110 align:start to come to reality in this 1971 photo of its excavation. 24:46.110 --> 24:51.500 align:start And you can just see the capitol peeking up in the background 24:51.500 --> 25:07.040 align:start and the Jefferson Building is to the right. 25:07.040 --> 25:09.900 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Here in 1974 the building begins 25:09.900 --> 25:13.820 align:start to take shape and it would be completed and dedicated 25:13.820 --> 25:16.350 align:start in the spring of 1980. 25:16.350 --> 25:19.670 align:start And that is the last Library of Congress Building added 25:19.670 --> 25:24.360 align:start to the Capitol Hill area. 25:24.360 --> 25:42.420 align:start We continue to grow in spaces outside of the city. 25:42.420 --> 25:44.790 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: So let's step away from Capitol Hill 25:44.790 --> 25:46.290 align:start and see what other parts 25:46.290 --> 25:49.870 align:start of the city the US News collection documents. 25:49.870 --> 25:53.920 align:start Also included in that first aerial photograph I showed you 25:53.920 --> 25:57.290 align:start way off in the distance was Union Station, Washington, 25:57.290 --> 25:59.550 align:start D.C's main train station. 25:59.550 --> 26:02.920 align:start It has seen its share of changes and transformations 26:02.920 --> 26:06.240 align:start over the years as any resident of D.C. could tell you 26:06.240 --> 26:08.120 align:start or anyone's that taken the Amtrak 26:08.120 --> 26:09.420 align:start to come to visit the city. 26:09.420 --> 26:12.940 align:start But it was the US News collection that introduced me 26:12.940 --> 26:16.090 align:start to one transformation I was not aware of. 26:16.090 --> 26:19.410 align:start This photo from 1974 stopped me in my tracks 26:19.410 --> 26:22.490 align:start when I saw a large earthen pit in the center 26:22.490 --> 26:24.610 align:start of the floor of the station. 26:24.610 --> 26:28.790 align:start Apparently on further research this was a rather ill fated 26:28.790 --> 26:32.350 align:start attempt to reinvigorate the train station as it had fallen 26:32.350 --> 26:36.880 align:start into disuse and disrepair to a certain extent with the decline 26:36.880 --> 26:38.870 align:start of train travel post-World War II. 26:38.870 --> 26:43.660 align:start And the project was intended to give it new purpose 26:43.660 --> 26:47.220 align:start as the National Visitor Center where tourists would go 26:47.220 --> 26:49.180 align:start to learn more about the city and where 26:49.180 --> 26:51.480 align:start to go during their time visiting. 26:51.480 --> 26:57.350 align:start It was slated to open for the centennial celebrations in 1976. 26:57.350 --> 26:59.770 align:start When celebrations began parts 26:59.770 --> 27:03.010 align:start of the original vision were still incomplete. 27:03.010 --> 27:07.730 align:start This pit would eventually house a sunken amphitheater 27:07.730 --> 27:11.580 align:start and a 100 screen slide show presentation. 27:11.580 --> 27:15.600 align:start The idea never attracted enough visitors unfortunately 27:15.600 --> 27:16.900 align:start to sustain it. 27:16.900 --> 27:19.770 align:start So it was eventually closed down within a couple years. 27:19.770 --> 27:22.220 align:start Thankfully in the years 27:22.220 --> 27:26.180 align:start that followed Union Station received much needed renovations 27:26.180 --> 27:29.480 align:start in those - in the following decades with the focus now 27:29.480 --> 27:48.280 align:start on retail, restaurants, and of course train travel. 27:48.280 --> 27:51.000 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: So if we shift from above ground trains 27:51.000 --> 27:52.800 align:start to below ground trains, 27:52.800 --> 27:56.130 align:start we can see there are some photos included in the collection 27:56.130 --> 27:57.720 align:start for one of the biggest changes 27:57.720 --> 27:59.920 align:start for the capitol city in its history. 27:59.920 --> 28:06.350 align:start Construction began in 1969 on the Washington, D.C. Metro. 28:06.350 --> 28:08.980 align:start And it's one of the largest public works projects 28:08.980 --> 28:10.280 align:start ever built. 28:10.280 --> 28:15.280 align:start The first station opened in 1976 and the system continues 28:15.280 --> 28:18.300 align:start to expand its reach into Virginia and Maryland today. 28:18.300 --> 28:21.170 align:start For those of us who live in 28:21.170 --> 28:24.340 align:start or have visited the D.C. area the coffered ceiling 28:24.340 --> 28:27.090 align:start in this photo is unmistakably a sign you are 28:27.090 --> 28:29.980 align:start in a below ground Metro Station. 28:29.980 --> 28:34.130 align:start In this case we are seeing the Judiciary Square Station 28:34.130 --> 28:57.230 align:start on the Red Line taking shape. 28:57.230 --> 28:59.350 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Metro Center seen here 28:59.350 --> 29:02.220 align:start under construction is one of the busiest 29:02.220 --> 29:04.080 align:start if not the busiest station in the system. 29:04.080 --> 29:08.970 align:start It has multiple levels of trains crisscrossing and connecting. 29:08.970 --> 29:13.390 align:start So you can just imagine the construction project that ensued 29:13.390 --> 29:34.110 align:start to build this station well below the city. 29:34.110 --> 29:36.870 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: And make no mistake, the construction 29:36.870 --> 29:39.370 align:start of the Metro effected many parts 29:39.370 --> 29:42.730 align:start of the city, aboveground as well. 29:42.730 --> 29:46.600 align:start The streets were torn up, businesses disrupted, 29:46.600 --> 29:49.490 align:start historic buildings were literally lifted and moved 29:49.490 --> 29:52.200 align:start for the path of the Metro System. 29:52.200 --> 29:55.460 align:start Growing pains can be quite painful but it is hard 29:55.460 --> 29:58.190 align:start to image D.C. without the Metro after all. 29:58.190 --> 30:01.950 align:start The presence or absence of a subway system 30:01.950 --> 30:05.960 align:start in your area also had major impacts on neighborhood growth 30:05.960 --> 30:30.430 align:start and development and continues to do so to this day. 30:30.430 --> 30:33.460 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: I mentioned in the introduction that US News 30:33.460 --> 30:36.540 align:start and World Report Magazine Collection covers events 30:36.540 --> 30:38.640 align:start in Washington, D.C. 30:38.640 --> 30:41.210 align:start And some of those did have a transformative effect 30:41.210 --> 30:42.890 align:start on the built environment of the city. 30:42.890 --> 30:47.980 align:start Photographers for US News largely documented the aftermath 30:47.980 --> 30:52.220 align:start of the 1968 civil unrest that followed the assignation 30:52.220 --> 30:56.250 align:start of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King in the city. 30:56.250 --> 30:58.060 align:start Substantial damage particularly 30:58.060 --> 31:01.450 align:start from fires destroyed multiple blocks in different areas 31:01.450 --> 31:06.210 align:start of the city and some of that damage is seen here at 7th 31:06.210 --> 31:09.410 align:start and N Streets North West. 31:09.410 --> 31:12.080 align:start Buildings that were damaged beyond repair many 31:12.080 --> 31:15.770 align:start of those along 7th Street North West were eventually demolished 31:15.770 --> 31:18.710 align:start and sadly many of these lots were left vacant 31:18.710 --> 31:41.770 align:start for years forever changing this part of the city. 31:41.770 --> 31:45.020 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: A1974 photo gives a hint of some 31:45.020 --> 31:46.320 align:start of the development 31:46.320 --> 31:49.680 align:start that eventually reached 7th Street North West. 31:49.680 --> 31:52.380 align:start This intersection is a block away from the one featured 31:52.380 --> 31:56.620 align:start on the previous slide and six years later. 31:56.620 --> 32:01.120 align:start At the right is the historic O Street Market also known 32:01.120 --> 32:06.490 align:start as Norther Market which was slightly damaged in 1968. 32:06.490 --> 32:08.310 align:start But then later restored. 32:08.310 --> 32:09.610 align:start It is one of few 32:09.610 --> 32:12.530 align:start of the remaining historic market buildings of Washington, 32:12.530 --> 32:18.400 align:start D.C. the other two being Eastern Market and Georgetown Market. 32:18.400 --> 32:21.840 align:start While it is in disrepair in this photo it has 32:21.840 --> 32:24.170 align:start since been renovated and is in use again. 32:24.170 --> 32:26.990 align:start It actually went through several uses from the day 32:26.990 --> 32:31.990 align:start of this photo till today. 32:31.990 --> 32:35.600 align:start The massive apartment building at left is evidence of some 32:35.600 --> 32:39.210 align:start of the changes on 7th Street where small businesses 32:39.210 --> 32:41.380 align:start and apartments often were replaced 32:41.380 --> 32:45.280 align:start by large housing developments. 32:45.280 --> 32:47.440 align:start Another big change to the area was 32:47.440 --> 32:51.810 align:start that the D.C. Convention Center was constructed there 32:51.810 --> 33:08.430 align:start and is now a large presence on 7th Street. 33:08.430 --> 33:10.060 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Elsewhere in the city, 33:10.060 --> 33:13.460 align:start the National Mall continues to evolve. 33:13.460 --> 33:17.210 align:start Here we see the Air and Space Museum under construction. 33:17.210 --> 33:19.390 align:start Excuse me. 33:19.390 --> 33:23.700 align:start It would be completed and open in 1976. 33:23.700 --> 33:25.070 align:start And while you can't see it 33:25.070 --> 33:28.750 align:start in this photo there's also documentation 33:28.750 --> 33:31.590 align:start of the construction of the east wing of the National Gallery 33:31.590 --> 33:33.350 align:start of Art and some other museums 33:33.350 --> 33:42.740 align:start as well including the Hirshhorn is included in the collection. 33:42.740 --> 33:44.860 align:start And the ever present capitol at far back right 33:44.860 --> 33:54.040 align:start to help you get your bearings. 33:54.040 --> 33:56.840 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Another massive construction project 33:56.840 --> 33:59.810 align:start in the heart of the city is a few blocks north 33:59.810 --> 34:04.130 align:start of the National Mall and a few blocks east 34:04.130 --> 34:07.450 align:start of the White House is the J. Edgar Hoover Building the 34:07.450 --> 34:10.640 align:start headquarters for the FBI. 34:10.640 --> 34:15.600 align:start This building would take 10 years to complete from 1965 34:15.600 --> 34:20.960 align:start to 1975 due to issues with Congressional funding and due 34:20.960 --> 34:47.040 align:start to the delays rising costs of construction. 34:47.040 --> 34:50.610 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: So in the Potomac River between Virginia 34:50.610 --> 34:55.860 align:start and Washington D.C. Theodore Roosevelt Island formerly named 34:55.860 --> 34:58.500 align:start Mason's Island and a few other names before 34:58.500 --> 35:04.210 align:start that is a living memorial for the countries 26th President. 35:04.210 --> 35:07.900 align:start In the 1930s the island was re-landscaped 35:07.900 --> 35:11.460 align:start to create nature trails and renamed 35:11.460 --> 35:12.870 align:start for the Theodore Roosevelt. 35:12.870 --> 35:14.570 align:start So it's Theodore Roosevelt Island. 35:14.570 --> 35:19.230 align:start And in the 1960s they decided to add a built memorial 35:19.230 --> 35:21.740 align:start to the system of nature trials on the island. 35:21.740 --> 35:26.850 align:start And at the time of this photo in 1965 the fountains 35:26.850 --> 35:30.070 align:start that are the little - the bowls you can see in the foreground 35:30.070 --> 35:33.160 align:start and just behind are not yet full of water. 35:33.160 --> 35:36.710 align:start And the much larger than life statue of Roosevelt 35:36.710 --> 35:40.130 align:start which will be in front of this tall stone plinth 35:40.130 --> 35:43.710 align:start for lack of a better term. 35:43.710 --> 35:45.950 align:start Probably not the right term. 35:45.950 --> 35:49.210 align:start That's where he will be and has not yet been installed. 35:49.210 --> 35:55.650 align:start The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial was completed in 1967. 35:55.650 --> 35:57.390 align:start And one thing I'll point out because 35:57.390 --> 35:59.910 align:start as I mentioned we're still digitizing items 35:59.910 --> 36:02.010 align:start from the collection, you will start 36:02.010 --> 36:05.910 align:start to see also additional images of some of the other memorials 36:05.910 --> 36:08.760 align:start in Washington, D.C. that were built during the timeframe 36:08.760 --> 36:10.060 align:start of the collection. 36:10.060 --> 36:11.860 align:start So if you're interested in seeing that kind 36:11.860 --> 36:15.640 align:start of thing keep checking into the online catalog and look 36:15.640 --> 36:24.690 align:start for your favorite monument, memorial, museum et cetera. 36:24.690 --> 36:28.520 align:start So there is much more to see of Washington, D.C. in US News 36:28.520 --> 36:31.590 align:start and World Report Magazine Photograph Collection 36:31.590 --> 36:35.220 align:start but I'm going to leave the rest for you to explore. 36:35.220 --> 36:38.310 align:start I leave you with this photo of the Madison Building 36:38.310 --> 36:40.700 align:start of the Library of Congress rising into view 36:40.700 --> 36:44.300 align:start in the foreground with the Jefferson behind it. 36:44.300 --> 36:46.580 align:start The Madison being the future home of the prints 36:46.580 --> 36:50.080 align:start and photographs reading room as well as this collection. 36:50.080 --> 36:52.800 align:start More photos as I mentioned will appear in the prints 36:52.800 --> 36:56.230 align:start and photographs online catalog as we continue to scan. 36:56.230 --> 36:59.860 align:start So I hope that both you and I can continue to gain new insight 36:59.860 --> 37:03.320 align:start into our nations capitol through these photographs 37:03.320 --> 37:09.950 align:start and see its changing face. 37:09.950 --> 37:14.330 align:start So at this time, I can take any questions you might have. 37:14.330 --> 37:18.310 align:start As I mentioned at the beginning please contact us via Ask a 37:18.310 --> 37:21.760 align:start Librarian if you wish to acquire a PDF copy of the slides 37:21.760 --> 37:25.290 align:start of today's presentation as well as any questions 37:25.290 --> 37:27.160 align:start that you would prefer to ask that way. 37:27.160 --> 37:31.280 align:start And a bit of housekeeping before I reply to any questions, 37:31.280 --> 37:33.220 align:start when you leave the session tonight, 37:33.220 --> 37:35.400 align:start you'll be presented with a survey. 37:35.400 --> 37:38.190 align:start Please take a moment if you will to fill it out. 37:38.190 --> 37:40.130 align:start We welcome your feedback 37:40.130 --> 37:45.390 align:start and your comments can help us develop future programming. 37:45.390 --> 37:48.780 align:start So I am going to open it up to questions. 37:48.780 --> 37:52.140 align:start I think Sara is going to - my colleague is going 37:52.140 --> 37:54.520 align:start to let me know what things I need to ask - answer. 37:54.520 --> 37:59.450 align:start And I thank everyone for your attention. 37:59.450 --> 38:03.950 align:start >> Sara Duke: The first question I see is are there any photos 38:03.950 --> 38:05.420 align:start of D.C. trolly car? 38:05.420 --> 38:06.720 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Oh. 38:06.720 --> 38:10.190 align:start You know I haven't actually searched for that, 38:10.190 --> 38:14.010 align:start but I would be surprised if there weren't to be honest. 38:14.010 --> 38:15.650 align:start And if they aren't online, 38:15.650 --> 38:17.600 align:start almost certainly in the collection. 38:17.600 --> 38:20.800 align:start They did a lot of coverage 38:20.800 --> 38:23.240 align:start of the city itself throughout the collection. 38:23.240 --> 38:25.390 align:start Sometimes it's incidental to the subject 38:25.390 --> 38:30.730 align:start of the article they were photographing for, 38:30.730 --> 38:34.150 align:start but I don't know the answer offhand, but you're welcome 38:34.150 --> 38:36.180 align:start to write in to Ask a Librarian if you want me 38:36.180 --> 38:39.340 align:start to actually figure out and write back to you. 38:39.340 --> 38:41.710 align:start But I would be surprised if it didn't include those. 38:41.710 --> 38:43.010 align:start >> Sara Duke: Well, I happen to know 38:43.010 --> 38:47.130 align:start that we have a newly acquired unprocessed collection 38:47.130 --> 38:52.320 align:start of the D.C. trolley cars, so I am going to throw a link 38:52.320 --> 38:56.850 align:start into the chat for people to see. 38:56.850 --> 38:58.700 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: And before - in case every - 38:58.700 --> 39:03.490 align:start in case other people sign before you do, I just wanted 39:03.490 --> 39:06.890 align:start to mention we want to invite you as Sara just mentioned 39:06.890 --> 39:10.650 align:start in the chat to continue enjoying our virtual content. 39:10.650 --> 39:12.270 align:start The next event from the Prints 39:12.270 --> 39:15.000 align:start and Photographs Division will be two sessions 39:15.000 --> 39:18.510 align:start of our finding pictures series on February 8th 39:18.510 --> 39:23.630 align:start and February 16th about how to find pictures in our collections 39:23.630 --> 39:26.150 align:start of African Americans in the military. 39:26.150 --> 39:29.430 align:start This session will include a brief introduction to images 39:29.430 --> 39:31.500 align:start in the collection that relate to the history 39:31.500 --> 39:35.350 align:start of African American participation in the US military 39:35.350 --> 39:37.530 align:start from the Civil War through the Vietnam War 39:37.530 --> 39:39.760 align:start with a focus on photography. 39:39.760 --> 39:43.100 align:start So be sure to sign up for that event. 39:43.100 --> 39:45.240 align:start And also please keep an eye on the Library 39:45.240 --> 39:47.980 align:start of Congress events page for more 39:47.980 --> 39:50.240 align:start on our virtual content including a talk 39:50.240 --> 39:53.100 align:start by our two photography curators that's upcoming 39:53.100 --> 39:55.310 align:start about an exhibit. 39:55.310 --> 39:58.330 align:start And I'll take any other questions that may have come in. 39:58.330 --> 40:01.780 align:start >> Sara Duke: Yeah, the next question is where any 40:01.780 --> 40:06.460 align:start of these photographs taken with Leica cameras? 40:06.460 --> 40:07.760 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Oh. 40:07.760 --> 40:12.720 align:start I - unfortunately we don't know the answer to that question. 40:12.720 --> 40:16.220 align:start Documentation of what equipment they used is not part 40:16.220 --> 40:17.520 align:start of the collection archives. 40:17.520 --> 40:20.760 align:start Now I could look more closely at that one photo and see 40:20.760 --> 40:25.540 align:start if we could tell what kind of camera he's using. 40:25.540 --> 40:27.520 align:start But that [inaudible] a photographer taking photographs 40:27.520 --> 40:29.550 align:start is kind of unusual in the collection. 40:29.550 --> 40:33.030 align:start I've only seen a couple. 40:33.030 --> 40:35.960 align:start Generally they use Kodak safety film, I can tell you that. 40:35.960 --> 40:39.350 align:start You can see that yourself from looking at the contact sheets. 40:39.350 --> 40:41.910 align:start And mostly 35 millimeter. 40:41.910 --> 40:45.180 align:start But whether they used Leica cameras it's a good chance 40:45.180 --> 40:47.570 align:start that some of them did and certainly a great camera 40:47.570 --> 40:49.980 align:start and popular in the time period. 40:49.980 --> 40:51.750 align:start But that's always a tricky question 40:51.750 --> 40:53.310 align:start for us throughout our collections 40:53.310 --> 40:56.940 align:start to know what the equipment was ff the photographer didn't 40:56.940 --> 40:58.240 align:start document that. 40:58.240 --> 41:02.780 align:start Sometimes you can deduce it but not always. 41:02.780 --> 41:04.330 align:start >> Sara Duke: Where did the residence 41:04.330 --> 41:06.960 align:start and businesses relocate from the site 41:06.960 --> 41:10.910 align:start of the LOC Jefferson Building is built? 41:10.910 --> 41:13.910 align:start Were they assisted in relocation expenses and housing? 41:13.910 --> 41:16.370 align:start I'm wondering if they mean the Madison Building rather 41:16.370 --> 41:18.060 align:start than the Jefferson. 41:18.060 --> 41:19.360 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Yeah. 41:19.360 --> 41:20.660 align:start I think so. 41:20.660 --> 41:21.960 align:start I don't know. 41:21.960 --> 41:23.260 align:start I - maybe someone else in the, 41:23.260 --> 41:25.370 align:start in the chat actually knows the answer to that question. 41:25.370 --> 41:29.630 align:start I assume slash hope that there was some assistance 41:29.630 --> 41:30.930 align:start in relocating. 41:30.930 --> 41:32.830 align:start I think the properties were probably purchased 41:32.830 --> 41:34.130 align:start by the government. 41:34.130 --> 41:36.090 align:start I don't know that they were getting market rate 41:36.090 --> 41:37.420 align:start for those properties. 41:37.420 --> 41:41.880 align:start But it's a great question because it happened multiple - 41:41.880 --> 41:43.180 align:start you know it happened multiple times. 41:43.180 --> 41:45.790 align:start So the library stopped expanding on Capitol Hill 41:45.790 --> 41:47.940 align:start after the Madison Building. 41:47.940 --> 41:50.990 align:start But other buildings were built in the Capitol Hill area. 41:50.990 --> 41:55.910 align:start It think the Madison is probably the latest new building 41:55.910 --> 41:58.150 align:start and that's from 1980. 41:58.150 --> 42:02.170 align:start I think Capitol Hill also was less expensive real-estate 42:02.170 --> 42:04.860 align:start at the time and it wouldn't make a lot 42:04.860 --> 42:10.070 align:start of sense now nor would you have much luck probably relocating 42:10.070 --> 42:12.020 align:start people out of Capitol Hill. 42:12.020 --> 42:13.320 align:start So it's a good question. 42:13.320 --> 42:15.380 align:start I'm sure there was lots written about it 42:15.380 --> 42:16.820 align:start in the newspapers at the time. 42:16.820 --> 42:19.070 align:start And we could probably get to the bottom of that question. 42:19.070 --> 42:24.460 align:start But it definitely is very similar to what continues to be 42:24.460 --> 42:26.710 align:start in Capitol Hill that block looks a lot 42:26.710 --> 42:29.460 align:start like the rest of Capitol Hill now. 42:29.460 --> 42:37.840 align:start So it was a -- dislocated a lot of people. 42:37.840 --> 42:40.250 align:start >> Sara Duke: Do you know anything about one 42:40.250 --> 42:43.140 align:start of the US News and World Report photographers Warren 42:43.140 --> 42:44.440 align:start K. Loeffler? 42:44.440 --> 42:48.760 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: I actually looked into Mr. Loeffler. 42:48.760 --> 42:52.200 align:start Not a lot written about him. 42:52.200 --> 42:56.350 align:start He was kind of the main D.C. area photographer 42:56.350 --> 42:58.960 align:start and he took extensive photographs 42:58.960 --> 43:02.490 align:start of the Civil Rights Movement for US News. 43:02.490 --> 43:04.890 align:start I believe he also may have worked 43:04.890 --> 43:07.180 align:start for the State Department at one time. 43:07.180 --> 43:09.110 align:start But again, not a lot - most 43:09.110 --> 43:11.820 align:start of the photographers all the photographers really 43:11.820 --> 43:14.500 align:start in this collection are not household names. 43:14.500 --> 43:16.730 align:start They are not names that I saw popping 43:16.730 --> 43:20.690 align:start up in other collections or later collections. 43:20.690 --> 43:24.640 align:start So they were - there's probably a lot 43:24.640 --> 43:26.260 align:start to learned about them actually. 43:26.260 --> 43:28.650 align:start Loeffler's one of my favorites just based 43:28.650 --> 43:29.980 align:start on his photographs honestly. 43:29.980 --> 43:33.180 align:start You get to know a photographer by what they photograph, 43:33.180 --> 43:39.410 align:start and he has a great eye for D.C. I would encourage you to go 43:39.410 --> 43:43.480 align:start into the online catalog and search for Loeffler 43:43.480 --> 43:47.560 align:start and Civil Rights and you'll see several dozen photographs 43:47.560 --> 43:49.400 align:start that he took that have been digitized 43:49.400 --> 43:52.570 align:start and there's hundreds more. 43:52.570 --> 43:53.890 align:start >> Sara Duke: So I have a question 43:53.890 --> 43:55.680 align:start from an anonymous attendee. 43:55.680 --> 43:59.710 align:start Which Metro Station did open first? 43:59.710 --> 44:01.030 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Gosh. 44:01.030 --> 44:02.930 align:start I don't know the answer. 44:02.930 --> 44:06.970 align:start Does anyone else know the answer to that question? 44:06.970 --> 44:08.430 align:start Opened first? 44:08.430 --> 44:13.290 align:start I know - yeah. 44:13.290 --> 44:14.590 align:start I don't know. 44:14.590 --> 44:20.000 align:start I know some of these obviously were more extensive construction 44:20.000 --> 44:22.040 align:start than others because of how deep they are. 44:22.040 --> 44:25.440 align:start They really - the fact that they built this Metro System 44:25.440 --> 44:29.660 align:start underneath a completely you know thriving city still kind 44:29.660 --> 44:30.960 align:start of boggles the mind. 44:30.960 --> 44:34.530 align:start But I don't know which one - 44:34.530 --> 44:47.580 align:start but now you've given me something to look into. 44:47.580 --> 44:48.880 align:start >> Sara Duke: What percentage 44:48.880 --> 44:52.720 align:start of the US News Collection is color photos? 44:52.720 --> 44:54.130 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Very small. 44:54.130 --> 44:56.120 align:start Less than 5%. 44:56.120 --> 44:59.920 align:start Less than, less than 2% probably. 44:59.920 --> 45:03.800 align:start It is fundamentally a black and white collection. 45:03.800 --> 45:07.530 align:start The magazine was largely printed in black and white 45:07.530 --> 45:17.180 align:start so that was there, was there kind of photos they took. 45:17.180 --> 45:20.520 align:start Okay so I have an answer to your earlier question 45:20.520 --> 45:22.730 align:start which is the first part of the system - 45:22.730 --> 45:24.740 align:start the Metro System that opened. 45:24.740 --> 45:30.010 align:start And actually no, they're talking about later. 45:30.010 --> 45:31.960 align:start Sorry. We'll have to keep looking. 45:31.960 --> 45:33.900 align:start They opened part of the Red Line first, but I don't know 45:33.900 --> 45:43.710 align:start if it was - which was the first station. 45:43.710 --> 45:46.330 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Any more questions? 45:46.330 --> 45:47.880 align:start >> Sara Duke: Sorry, I forgot to unmute. 45:47.880 --> 45:49.180 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: That's okay. 45:49.180 --> 45:52.210 align:start >> Sara Duke: Anything about, anything more about the US News 45:52.210 --> 45:57.160 align:start and World Report photographers? 45:57.160 --> 45:59.250 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Ah, no not yet. 45:59.250 --> 46:03.410 align:start Like honestly, they, they are a little mysterious. 46:03.410 --> 46:06.090 align:start Not famous. 46:06.090 --> 46:08.340 align:start Not famous on their own. 46:08.340 --> 46:12.810 align:start Many of them worked for the US News for decades. 46:12.810 --> 46:19.080 align:start So I mean Loeffler's work appears from the earliest - 46:19.080 --> 46:23.850 align:start the '50s at least through the '70s so he spent a good portion 46:23.850 --> 46:26.020 align:start of his career working for US News. 46:26.020 --> 46:27.500 align:start So any other parts 46:27.500 --> 46:30.570 align:start of his professional career I'm not sure of. 46:30.570 --> 46:31.870 align:start If there was. 46:31.870 --> 46:35.070 align:start Hopefully they'll keep uncovering more information. 46:35.070 --> 46:39.440 align:start The collection came with the photographs, negatives, 46:39.440 --> 46:44.100 align:start a logbook to help us index the collection but it didn't come 46:44.100 --> 46:51.970 align:start with a great deal of other contextual information. 46:51.970 --> 46:56.500 align:start >> Sara Duke: Was Marion S. Trikosko a woman? 46:56.500 --> 46:59.130 align:start How many women photographers are in the collection? 46:59.130 --> 47:01.840 align:start Were photographers independent contractors 47:01.840 --> 47:04.150 align:start or employees of the magazine? 47:04.150 --> 47:06.620 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Marion Trikosko was a man. 47:06.620 --> 47:10.250 align:start You can usually tell that through the spelling. 47:10.250 --> 47:13.020 align:start The O is usually -- be a man. 47:13.020 --> 47:16.340 align:start What I was going to - well I'm changing things on the screen. 47:16.340 --> 47:17.640 align:start [inaudible] seeing right now. 47:17.640 --> 47:21.110 align:start I'm going to go to the right statement for the collection 47:21.110 --> 47:24.280 align:start because it lists some of the staff photographers by name. 47:24.280 --> 47:30.690 align:start And to my knowledge there were very - there maybe one 47:30.690 --> 47:33.440 align:start or a couple female photographers. 47:33.440 --> 47:37.220 align:start Mary Dean worked for them in the '50s 47:37.220 --> 47:41.840 align:start but the staff photographers were almost completely men. 47:41.840 --> 47:46.320 align:start They also purchased photographs as well, but the vast majority 47:46.320 --> 47:47.620 align:start of this collection was taken 47:47.620 --> 47:49.740 align:start by staff photographers working for the magazine. 47:49.740 --> 47:53.430 align:start And something I didn't mention but is really important 47:53.430 --> 47:57.630 align:start about the collection is that it's very unusual for material 47:57.630 --> 48:01.860 align:start that dates from the '50s to the '80s is that since most 48:01.860 --> 48:04.230 align:start of the work was taken by staff photographers 48:04.230 --> 48:09.080 align:start and that work was owned by US News and World Report, Inc. 48:09.080 --> 48:11.420 align:start When they donated the collection the library, 48:11.420 --> 48:14.880 align:start they also dedicated the rights of the collection to the public. 48:14.880 --> 48:17.410 align:start And that's why this - these photographs were 48:17.410 --> 48:21.160 align:start such a great candidate to be scanned because when you do look 48:21.160 --> 48:23.660 align:start at them in the online catalog you can enlarge 48:23.660 --> 48:27.130 align:start and download the images because they do not have any 48:27.130 --> 48:30.930 align:start right restrictions. 48:30.930 --> 48:33.350 align:start And that applies to staff photographers. 48:33.350 --> 48:37.590 align:start There are some things in the collection that were purchased 48:37.590 --> 48:43.440 align:start from outside photographers but very little. 48:43.440 --> 48:46.450 align:start >> Sara Duke: Does the collection also explore the 48:46.450 --> 48:51.430 align:start variety of college campuses across the city? 48:51.430 --> 48:53.760 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: There are photographs - I remember, 48:53.760 --> 48:55.940 align:start I think I remember seeing photographs 48:55.940 --> 48:58.970 align:start of American University and Georgetown. 48:58.970 --> 49:06.230 align:start I wouldn't necessarily say it's a strength of the collection. 49:06.230 --> 49:10.890 align:start But yes, they do exist in it. 49:10.890 --> 49:13.840 align:start It's an interesting collection especially because if you look 49:13.840 --> 49:18.060 align:start through the magazine itself, it was photographically illustrated 49:18.060 --> 49:20.790 align:start but not - it wasn't a picture magazine. 49:20.790 --> 49:25.210 align:start It wasn't about photographs so typically what you see 49:25.210 --> 49:27.450 align:start in the collection is far more extensive 49:27.450 --> 49:29.090 align:start than what you see in the magazine. 49:29.090 --> 49:33.460 align:start And that was one of our kind of motivations to get more 49:33.460 --> 49:36.750 align:start of it online because if you saw the name of the collection 49:36.750 --> 49:39.180 align:start and knew the magazine you might not expect to find 49:39.180 --> 49:43.990 align:start so many photographs behind the scenes. 49:43.990 --> 49:46.590 align:start >> Sara Duke: Does The Library of Congress anticipate 49:46.590 --> 49:49.580 align:start that the USNWR will update the collection 49:49.580 --> 49:54.390 align:start by donating photos taken after 1986? 49:54.390 --> 49:55.690 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: I don't know 49:55.690 --> 49:58.890 align:start that there is any plans to do so. 49:58.890 --> 50:03.510 align:start It would be in the court of our photography curators to inquire 50:03.510 --> 50:07.390 align:start if that is a possibility. 50:07.390 --> 50:09.510 align:start >> Sara Duke: There is one from - 50:09.510 --> 50:12.030 align:start question that I think we need a refinement. 50:12.030 --> 50:14.660 align:start There are billion collections at that link. 50:14.660 --> 50:18.940 align:start Can you give a more specific URL? 50:18.940 --> 50:21.460 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: I wonder which link? 50:21.460 --> 50:22.760 align:start >> Sara Duke: Yeah, I [inaudible] 50:22.760 --> 50:24.060 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Do you mean - at the maybe the link 50:24.060 --> 50:28.180 align:start for the prints and photographs online catalog possibly? 50:28.180 --> 50:31.420 align:start Because that link does take you to the home page for the catalog 50:31.420 --> 50:34.000 align:start and we have dozens of collections there. 50:34.000 --> 50:37.640 align:start But if you get to - but again, if you want to write to us 50:37.640 --> 50:40.790 align:start through Ask a Librarian after the talk, I'll send the slides 50:40.790 --> 50:43.520 align:start and that will include the links, the same links that were 50:43.520 --> 50:45.290 align:start in the chat and you can also follow up 50:45.290 --> 50:46.590 align:start and ask more questions. 50:46.590 --> 50:50.780 align:start Anyone here in the chat here is welcome to write and ask more. 50:50.780 --> 50:55.890 align:start It is a really large collection as I mentioned 17 million items, 50:55.890 --> 50:59.390 align:start so it takes - sometimes it makes sense to talk to somebody 50:59.390 --> 51:04.100 align:start to get a little help to get started. 51:04.100 --> 51:05.610 align:start >> Sara Duke: Can you describe how The Library 51:05.610 --> 51:08.180 align:start of Congress acquired this collection? 51:08.180 --> 51:12.690 align:start Did the USNWR seek you out? 51:12.690 --> 51:14.900 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: 51:14.900 --> 51:18.620 align:start So unfortunately this happened before my time at the library. 51:18.620 --> 51:20.950 align:start I started in '99 and the collection came 51:20.950 --> 51:22.930 align:start to us in the '80s. 51:22.930 --> 51:25.460 align:start I do know that it was a gift. 51:25.460 --> 51:31.400 align:start Don't know if they approached us first or we approached them. 51:31.400 --> 51:33.370 align:start >> Sara Duke: We have an answer from our chief 51:33.370 --> 51:36.330 align:start that says they reached out to the library. 51:36.330 --> 51:37.630 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Oh, thank Helena. 51:37.630 --> 51:43.110 align:start And we do try as a general goal in the Prints 51:43.110 --> 51:46.880 align:start and Photographs Division to have collections of this nature, 51:46.880 --> 51:50.540 align:start photojournalism collections that cover - 51:50.540 --> 51:54.010 align:start try to cover the entire century you know through some kind 51:54.010 --> 51:56.250 align:start of large photojournalism collection. 51:56.250 --> 51:59.150 align:start So US News - or you know through - 51:59.150 --> 52:01.130 align:start as long as photojournalism has existed, 52:01.130 --> 52:02.440 align:start we try to have a collection 52:02.440 --> 52:04.510 align:start that will give you some insight into that. 52:04.510 --> 52:08.630 align:start So the US News is a very important piece of our general - 52:08.630 --> 52:11.170 align:start our entire collection for it's documentation 52:11.170 --> 52:15.370 align:start of the '50s to the '80s. 52:15.370 --> 52:17.130 align:start >> Sara Duke: Is there a sub-collection 52:17.130 --> 52:22.460 align:start of Civil War photos of the National Mall? 52:22.460 --> 52:25.010 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: There are - the Civil War Collection 52:25.010 --> 52:28.090 align:start that the library is made up of numerous collections. 52:28.090 --> 52:30.970 align:start There's one kind of core one that came to us 52:30.970 --> 52:35.340 align:start through many hands that includes the work of Matthew Brady 52:35.340 --> 52:38.870 align:start in his studio Gardner and other people 52:38.870 --> 52:41.560 align:start and those photos do include the National Mall. 52:41.560 --> 52:44.560 align:start There is no collection that is focused only 52:44.560 --> 52:46.920 align:start on the National Mall but throughout the Civil - 52:46.920 --> 52:49.140 align:start and we have other Civil War collections. 52:49.140 --> 52:52.850 align:start We're continuing to acquire them today in fact. 52:52.850 --> 52:55.060 align:start That many do include the mall. 52:55.060 --> 52:59.190 align:start But no one that focuses on that. 52:59.190 --> 53:04.950 align:start We can certainly see things like the encampments on the Mall. 53:04.950 --> 53:06.480 align:start You can see the buildings in the city 53:06.480 --> 53:09.490 align:start that were used during the war those kind of things. 53:09.490 --> 53:18.170 align:start >> Sara Duke: Does the collection include images 53:18.170 --> 53:21.550 align:start of the change in culture of Washington? 53:21.550 --> 53:23.390 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Oh, I would say yes. 53:23.390 --> 53:29.560 align:start What we see and that's probably in that section I referred 53:29.560 --> 53:33.000 align:start to as kind of labor - what was the term? 53:33.000 --> 53:36.870 align:start Labor technology and the economy. 53:36.870 --> 53:39.760 align:start You definitely see a lot of photographs showing kind 53:39.760 --> 53:45.360 align:start of changing neighborhoods you know just new stores, 53:45.360 --> 53:48.590 align:start you know the Civil Rights pictures alone show 53:48.590 --> 53:50.630 align:start like changes in the city. 53:50.630 --> 53:54.960 align:start There's lots of photos that kind of touch on the idea 53:54.960 --> 53:57.490 align:start of gentrification for example. 53:57.490 --> 53:59.400 align:start They're not talking about gentrification 53:59.400 --> 54:02.200 align:start but they're showing how neighborhoods were changing 54:02.200 --> 54:08.920 align:start in D.C. which certainly reflects on the overall changes. 54:08.920 --> 54:10.940 align:start So I would say it's not so straight forward 54:10.940 --> 54:16.760 align:start to research the subject in US News as much as to think 54:16.760 --> 54:23.110 align:start about how that would be demonstrated in photographs. 54:23.110 --> 54:24.410 align:start >> Sara Duke: What percentage 54:24.410 --> 54:28.670 align:start of the [inaudible]photographs collection is available online? 54:28.670 --> 54:32.910 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: We have I think at last count over one 54:32.910 --> 54:36.540 align:start and half - the number I think recently went up. 54:36.540 --> 54:38.610 align:start We're digitizing constantly. 54:38.610 --> 54:40.890 align:start So I would say at least 1.5 million 54:40.890 --> 54:45.640 align:start and it might be approaching a higher number is - are digitized 54:45.640 --> 54:47.340 align:start and online in the collection. 54:47.340 --> 54:50.950 align:start So you're looking at approaching 10% 54:50.950 --> 54:53.630 align:start of what we have is digitized. 54:53.630 --> 54:57.940 align:start There is of course you know a lot of steps that lead 54:57.940 --> 55:02.180 align:start from an item being digitized to it being in the online catalog. 55:02.180 --> 55:06.540 align:start So we are making great strides in speeding that process 55:06.540 --> 55:10.320 align:start but also we create as I pointed out the finding aid 55:10.320 --> 55:11.910 align:start for tis collection is online 55:11.910 --> 55:16.010 align:start and so while 1.2 million photographs aren't on line, 55:16.010 --> 55:19.120 align:start your ability to search within the collection and cover parts 55:19.120 --> 55:23.060 align:start of it increased with the ability of that finding aid 55:23.060 --> 55:27.270 align:start and we have added dozens of those kinds of resources 55:27.270 --> 55:29.390 align:start over the last few years to try 55:29.390 --> 55:35.810 align:start to increase access even while we digitize as fast as we can. 55:35.810 --> 55:38.740 align:start >> Sara Duke: Which is your favorite US News 55:38.740 --> 55:40.040 align:start and World Report photo? 55:40.040 --> 55:41.340 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Oh my gosh. 55:41.340 --> 55:43.250 align:start >> Sara Duke: Or subject matter? 55:43.250 --> 55:46.730 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: That's so hard. 55:46.730 --> 55:50.500 align:start I have a terrible time picking favorites that's why I work in, 55:50.500 --> 55:52.070 align:start in the Prints and Photographs Division. 55:52.070 --> 55:55.080 align:start I look at something different every day. 55:55.080 --> 55:59.370 align:start I actually in this particular subject I am a big fan 55:59.370 --> 56:00.670 align:start of aerial photographs. 56:00.670 --> 56:02.630 align:start So it's kind of hard for me to pick. 56:02.630 --> 56:06.930 align:start I just enjoy looking at the city in that way because you can kind 56:06.930 --> 56:08.940 align:start of pick out all the different buildings and think 56:08.940 --> 56:11.460 align:start about you know what was there before. 56:11.460 --> 56:15.290 align:start So I, I don't think I have one particular favorite. 56:15.290 --> 56:18.170 align:start But aerial photographs are definitely my - 56:18.170 --> 56:20.140 align:start one of my favorite types of photographs. 56:20.140 --> 56:23.470 align:start I do really enjoy the photos of the Metro System underground. 56:23.470 --> 56:31.200 align:start I think those are fascinating. 56:31.200 --> 56:33.350 align:start >> Sara Duke: Which is your - oh, wait a minute. 56:33.350 --> 56:34.650 align:start Sorry. 56:34.650 --> 56:37.970 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Sara, I still can't pick a favorite. 56:37.970 --> 56:39.270 align:start >> Sara Duke: I know. 56:39.270 --> 56:40.570 align:start I remember using the card catalogs 56:40.570 --> 56:41.870 align:start for this collection years ago. 56:41.870 --> 56:43.170 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Uh-huh. 56:43.170 --> 56:44.470 align:start >> Sara Duke: What happened to the card catalog? 56:44.470 --> 56:45.770 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Oh, it's still there. 56:45.770 --> 56:47.670 align:start Car catalog is still in the reading room. 56:47.670 --> 56:49.710 align:start It's still available for anyone to use. 56:49.710 --> 56:54.850 align:start It actually can help you find things 56:54.850 --> 56:57.420 align:start in a slightly different way than the online finding aid just 56:57.420 --> 56:59.240 align:start by browsing through it. 56:59.240 --> 57:02.400 align:start You get to a certain subject and just look through al the cards 57:02.400 --> 57:04.070 align:start so it's not going anywhere. 57:04.070 --> 57:06.310 align:start It's right where it has been for decades. 57:06.310 --> 57:16.100 align:start I can attest. 57:16.100 --> 57:19.080 align:start >> Sara Duke: Your colleague Jan Grenci tells 57:19.080 --> 57:21.330 align:start that Mary Dean was a staff photographer. 57:21.330 --> 57:23.770 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Yes, I mentioned her. 57:23.770 --> 57:28.140 align:start But she's the only one I know of. 57:28.140 --> 57:29.780 align:start She's listed in the finding aid, 57:29.780 --> 57:35.020 align:start but I think every other staff photographer is men. 57:35.020 --> 57:40.580 align:start >> Sara Duke: Is there a specific link to the US News 57:40.580 --> 57:44.510 align:start and World Collection of Washington, D.C. photos? 57:44.510 --> 57:46.840 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: So there was a link shared during the 57:46.840 --> 57:51.020 align:start presentation of how to see everything that's been digitized 57:51.020 --> 57:53.570 align:start from the US News collection. 57:53.570 --> 57:55.330 align:start A great deal of that is Washington, 57:55.330 --> 58:01.470 align:start D.C. but what you can do is take that search string I suggested 58:01.470 --> 58:07.240 align:start which was LC-U9 and just add the word Washington to the search. 58:07.240 --> 58:11.640 align:start I will - if I can get out of my PowerPoint for a second. 58:11.640 --> 58:17.430 align:start >> Sara Duke: I'll throw back into the chat. 58:17.430 --> 58:20.780 align:start I got it. When I go to the LOC.gov - 58:20.780 --> 58:23.780 align:start all right I can't talk anymore. 58:23.780 --> 58:27.190 align:start And slash pictures and type USNWR 58:27.190 --> 58:29.200 align:start in the search bar I get almost nothing. 58:29.200 --> 58:32.750 align:start If I type US News, I get almost nothing. 58:32.750 --> 58:35.330 align:start I don't know how to search. 58:35.330 --> 58:36.630 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: [inaudible] ampersand. 58:36.630 --> 58:37.930 align:start It's a little quirky. 58:37.930 --> 58:40.750 align:start I've showed you on screen right now and I'll do it - if - 58:40.750 --> 58:43.760 align:start I don't know if it's big enough to see but you do have 58:43.760 --> 58:48.910 align:start to put the ampersand between USN ampersand WR 58:48.910 --> 58:54.710 align:start and then you'll not only get the individual photographs 58:54.710 --> 58:57.170 align:start but you will get the contact sheets we have scanned 58:57.170 --> 59:00.210 align:start so it's a little bit - a slightly different slice 59:00.210 --> 59:03.300 align:start than the LU U9 search. 59:03.300 --> 59:07.050 align:start >> Sara Duke: We did get a number of questions that came 59:07.050 --> 59:09.450 align:start through the chat and not the Q and A. So we're. 59:09.450 --> 59:10.750 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Okay. 59:10.750 --> 59:12.050 align:start >> Sara Duke: Ask those now. 59:12.050 --> 59:13.470 align:start Why did you choose to put the name 59:13.470 --> 59:17.690 align:start of the photographer first in the caption? 59:17.690 --> 59:22.540 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: I don't think I did, did I? 59:22.540 --> 59:24.960 align:start if I did normally, I put the title first. 59:24.960 --> 59:27.900 align:start But typically I put the titles before - 59:27.900 --> 59:29.800 align:start sorry I'm just looking at my slides. 59:29.800 --> 59:35.030 align:start But my, my normal caption style is title. 59:35.030 --> 59:36.330 align:start What is it? 59:36.330 --> 59:37.630 align:start A photo. Who took it? 59:37.630 --> 59:39.900 align:start When they took it and then a link to the photo. 59:39.900 --> 59:53.040 align:start Because the subject matter tends to be the thing that is the key. 59:53.040 --> 59:54.620 align:start >> Sara Duke: Does The library 59:54.620 --> 59:59.680 align:start of Congress employ photographers to take photographs? 59:59.680 --> 01:00:00.980 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: We do. 01:00:00.980 --> 01:00:02.590 align:start I don't know how many we have now, 01:00:02.590 --> 01:00:06.460 align:start but we do have photographers who take photographs of Library 01:00:06.460 --> 01:00:09.190 align:start of Congress events generally. 01:00:09.190 --> 01:00:12.560 align:start Not necessarily this kind of photography out and about 01:00:12.560 --> 01:00:17.130 align:start but internal photographers to document the library itself. 01:00:17.130 --> 01:00:19.950 align:start And - we those things - those photos will appear 01:00:19.950 --> 01:00:26.760 align:start on the library website regularly. 01:00:26.760 --> 01:00:28.740 align:start But not as part of our online catalog. 01:00:28.740 --> 01:00:30.430 align:start Just as used on the site. 01:00:30.430 --> 01:00:33.210 align:start >> Sara Duke: I think is more posed 01:00:33.210 --> 01:00:35.790 align:start to the virtual outreach committee 01:00:35.790 --> 01:00:37.090 align:start than to you personally. 01:00:37.090 --> 01:00:38.920 align:start But would you consider doing a session 01:00:38.920 --> 01:00:41.430 align:start on the Look Magazine photo collection? 01:00:41.430 --> 01:00:45.790 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Is there anyone planned yet, Sara? 01:00:45.790 --> 01:00:47.890 align:start Is that part of the? 01:00:47.890 --> 01:00:51.670 align:start >> Sara Duke: I think we - if that colleague of yours 01:00:51.670 --> 01:00:55.470 align:start who sits next to you [inaudible] is attending tonight we might 01:00:55.470 --> 01:00:58.280 align:start twist her arm into doing a Look Magazine. 01:00:58.280 --> 01:01:00.150 align:start She'd be the one for the job. 01:01:00.150 --> 01:01:01.520 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Yeah, the, the only down - 01:01:01.520 --> 01:01:04.140 align:start I mean the Look Magazine collection is amazing. 01:01:04.140 --> 01:01:08.120 align:start The only challenge of it is it's the opposite situation 01:01:08.120 --> 01:01:12.360 align:start of the rights material - what I described for US News 01:01:12.360 --> 01:01:15.850 align:start where the magazine was able to donate the rights. 01:01:15.850 --> 01:01:20.200 align:start Look Magazine tried to do that but were not quite as successful 01:01:20.200 --> 01:01:23.220 align:start in donating the rights, so it gets a little more complicated 01:01:23.220 --> 01:01:24.520 align:start from a usage standpoint. 01:01:24.520 --> 01:01:27.430 align:start But the material [inaudible] as far as subject matter. 01:01:27.430 --> 01:01:28.730 align:start It's amazing. 01:01:28.730 --> 01:01:30.190 align:start And we do have quite a bit online. 01:01:30.190 --> 01:01:37.260 align:start But again small amount from a large collection. 01:01:37.260 --> 01:01:39.650 align:start >> Sara Duke: And what is your overall strategy 01:01:39.650 --> 01:01:44.680 align:start for processing the remaining majority of the images? 01:01:44.680 --> 01:01:46.790 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: For Us News we are - 01:01:46.790 --> 01:01:48.870 align:start we consider the collection process. 01:01:48.870 --> 01:01:51.340 align:start It does have access points to it. 01:01:51.340 --> 01:01:52.960 align:start It has more access points actually 01:01:52.960 --> 01:01:56.600 align:start in the last two years than it had before. 01:01:56.600 --> 01:02:01.920 align:start But the ongoing work to scan images continue. 01:02:01.920 --> 01:02:06.030 align:start We - it was reference staff, reference librarians like myself 01:02:06.030 --> 01:02:08.610 align:start and maybe some others helped, 01:02:08.610 --> 01:02:11.960 align:start went through the contact sheets every contact sheet 01:02:11.960 --> 01:02:15.930 align:start in the collection for each year and made selections 01:02:15.930 --> 01:02:18.650 align:start that were representative or subjects we knew that were 01:02:18.650 --> 01:02:22.000 align:start of interest to kind of give a feel for every year. 01:02:22.000 --> 01:02:23.710 align:start So again, it resulted 01:02:23.710 --> 01:02:26.300 align:start in a couple hundred photographs per year. 01:02:26.300 --> 01:02:30.430 align:start So a staff person - this is passed along to other staff 01:02:30.430 --> 01:02:33.370 align:start and they pull the negatives, scan the negative. 01:02:33.370 --> 01:02:37.180 align:start Then they of onto be - have catalog records created 01:02:37.180 --> 01:02:38.560 align:start and they appear in the online catalog. 01:02:38.560 --> 01:02:42.340 align:start So I don't know all told how many images 01:02:42.340 --> 01:02:44.580 align:start that will be, but it does continue. 01:02:44.580 --> 01:02:48.690 align:start So doing that search that I described will continue 01:02:48.690 --> 01:02:52.530 align:start to retrieve more photographs as we go and once, we finish doing 01:02:52.530 --> 01:02:54.860 align:start that I don't know that there's a plan to go back 01:02:54.860 --> 01:02:56.240 align:start and continue scanning. 01:02:56.240 --> 01:02:59.630 align:start We're hoping that this will not only introduce more people 01:02:59.630 --> 01:03:02.310 align:start to the collection but give more people interest 01:03:02.310 --> 01:03:04.120 align:start in ordering scans of images 01:03:04.120 --> 01:03:06.820 align:start and thereby growing the collection that way online. 01:03:06.820 --> 01:03:10.530 align:start >> Sara Duke: I see that somebody has [inaudible] 01:03:10.530 --> 01:03:13.080 align:start in the shat that they worked for US News 01:03:13.080 --> 01:03:16.180 align:start and World Report from 1977 to 2001. 01:03:16.180 --> 01:03:17.480 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: No way. 01:03:17.480 --> 01:03:18.780 align:start Well that's exciting. 01:03:18.780 --> 01:03:20.710 align:start >> Sara Duke: It is exciting. 01:03:20.710 --> 01:03:24.190 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Thank you for joining us. 01:03:24.190 --> 01:03:26.580 align:start >> Sara Duke: You referenced at one point being able 01:03:26.580 --> 01:03:29.260 align:start to view the negative and get a physical print. 01:03:29.260 --> 01:03:31.500 align:start Is that something that is still possible? 01:03:31.500 --> 01:03:32.800 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: 01:03:32.800 --> 01:03:35.530 align:start So researchers themselves don't view the negatives 01:03:35.530 --> 01:03:39.740 align:start but you would make - researchers will look at the contact sheets 01:03:39.740 --> 01:03:44.010 align:start as I described and use the call number for that contact sheet 01:03:44.010 --> 01:03:47.010 align:start and pick out the frame that they want reproduced. 01:03:47.010 --> 01:03:49.250 align:start So the beginning steps are the same. 01:03:49.250 --> 01:03:51.730 align:start Now what you would submit that order 01:03:51.730 --> 01:03:54.220 align:start to the libraries duplication service. 01:03:54.220 --> 01:03:56.830 align:start They would go get that exact picture, the negative 01:03:56.830 --> 01:03:59.250 align:start that you asked for out of cold storage where it's kept 01:03:59.250 --> 01:04:01.120 align:start for preservation reasons. 01:04:01.120 --> 01:04:03.530 align:start And they would scan the negative and -- 01:04:03.530 --> 01:04:05.260 align:start typically people want a scan now, 01:04:05.260 --> 01:04:08.300 align:start so they get the scan as their product. 01:04:08.300 --> 01:04:11.520 align:start Pre-scanning and even during the early days of scanning 01:04:11.520 --> 01:04:12.960 align:start that was all done photographically. 01:04:12.960 --> 01:04:15.600 align:start So they - it would - the researcher would pick 01:04:15.600 --> 01:04:17.930 align:start out that frame from the contact sheet, 01:04:17.930 --> 01:04:20.520 align:start the negative would get pulled, and then printed 01:04:20.520 --> 01:04:23.150 align:start in a darkroom the same way it would have been originally, 01:04:23.150 --> 01:04:27.420 align:start and the researchers could have the - a copy print, 01:04:27.420 --> 01:04:31.240 align:start an actual photographic print. 01:04:31.240 --> 01:04:33.710 align:start That is no longer an offering. 01:04:33.710 --> 01:04:38.610 align:start Now it is all digital. 01:04:38.610 --> 01:04:42.060 align:start >> Sara Duke: And the last question that I see is for me. 01:04:42.060 --> 01:04:44.480 align:start Are there cartoon in the collections? 01:04:44.480 --> 01:04:45.780 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Oh, my goodness. 01:04:45.780 --> 01:04:47.500 align:start Sara's the perfect person to answer this question. 01:04:47.500 --> 01:04:49.210 align:start She is our curator. 01:04:49.210 --> 01:04:51.350 align:start >> Sara Duke: I am the curator of popular applied graphic art 01:04:51.350 --> 01:04:53.310 align:start and that includes cartoon art. 01:04:53.310 --> 01:04:57.750 align:start And yes, there are 128,000 cartoon prints and drawings 01:04:57.750 --> 01:05:04.080 align:start and we - I will throw a link into the chat again 01:05:04.080 --> 01:05:06.660 align:start for the prints and photographs online catalog 01:05:06.660 --> 01:05:14.820 align:start because we have buckets that are dedicated to cartoon drawings 01:05:14.820 --> 01:05:22.700 align:start in the prints and photographs online catalog. 01:05:22.700 --> 01:05:28.900 align:start And with that I think we have answered everybody's questions. 01:05:28.900 --> 01:05:30.200 align:start I want to thank you Kristi, 01:05:30.200 --> 01:05:32.380 align:start for being willing to stay after 8:00. 01:05:32.380 --> 01:05:34.390 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Well, I want to thank you for also doing 01:05:34.390 --> 01:05:37.710 align:start that and for everyone in the group here 01:05:37.710 --> 01:05:40.200 align:start for staying a little longer to hear the questions 01:05:40.200 --> 01:05:42.520 align:start and for asking such good interesting questions. 01:05:42.520 --> 01:05:44.270 align:start You've given me some things to look at too 01:05:44.270 --> 01:05:46.470 align:start after the presentation. 01:05:46.470 --> 01:05:49.530 align:start So, thanks again for your time tonight. 01:05:49.530 --> 01:05:53.440 align:start And please be in touch if you would like to get a PDF 01:05:53.440 --> 01:05:56.270 align:start of the presentation or ask us anything else 01:05:56.270 --> 01:05:58.260 align:start that you're curious about. 01:05:58.260 --> 01:06:01.320 align:start >> Sara Duke: And I'll throw that link to the Ask a Librarian 01:06:01.320 --> 01:06:07.270 align:start into the chat one last time for those who want to click on it 01:06:07.270 --> 01:06:14.280 align:start and put it into their bowser. 01:06:14.280 --> 01:06:15.580 align:start >> Kristi Finefield: Okay. 01:06:15.580 --> 01:06:16.880 align:start All right. 01:06:16.880 --> 01:06:18.790 align:start I will sign off and again, thanks so much. 01:06:18.790 --> 01:06:21.570 align:start I appreciate your attention and the great questions.