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ALT A view of Thomas Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, hand-written with edits placed throughout. Held in the Library of Congress Jefferson Collection. Photo by Shawn Miller.
ALT A view of Thomas Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, hand-written with edits placed throughout. Held in the Library of Congress Jefferson Collection. Photo by Shawn Miller.
ALT A view of Thomas Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, hand-written with edits placed throughout. Held in the Library of Congress Jefferson Collection. Photo by Shawn Miller.
ALT Poster for first World Cup soccer competition shows abstract image of goalie catching ball. First football world championship poster, Uruguay, Montevideo 1930, 15 July, August 15. Guillermo Laborde, artist.
ALT A large group of people watch an electronic sign in Times Square for news about the D-Day invasion. The photographer is between the group and the news ticker.
ALT A large group of people watch an electronic sign in Times Square for news about the D-Day invasion. The photographer is behind the group, the news ticker is in view.
ALT A small group of people, including two sailors sitting on suitcases, watch an electronic sign in Times Square for news about the D-Day invasion.
ALT National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the NWP Ratification Flag. 1920. Photo by the National Photo Company. National Women's Party Records, Library of Congress.
ALT Photo shows a group of women waving their arms in celebration while the ratification banner with its 36 victory stars hangs from the balcony of the National Woman's Party headquarters. 1920. Photo by Harris & Ewing. National Women's Party Records, Library of Congress.
ALT Poster advertisement for Deesse Bicycles shows an illustration of a semi-nude goddess in flight holding bicycle above crowd of bicyclists from all over the world. Art by Jean de Paleologue.
ALT Ad features an illustration of a woman on a bicycle. It reads: "The Prudent buyer selects the Shirk, the latest, neatest, and lightest bicycle in the world / Ottman, Chic."
ALT Poster ad for L'Etendard Français shows an illustration of a woman riding a bicycle, carrying a tri-color pennant. Art by Jules Chéret.
ALT Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photograph features a mother holding a baby. Small children are leaning on each of her shoulders with their faces turned behind her, away from the camera. Their clothes are tattered. They are sitting under a lean-to tent structure in the middle of an empty field. The mother wears a look of concern.
ALT An image in the same series as Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photograph features the same mother holding a baby, but with another small child leaning on her left shoulder, face turned toward the camera.
ALT An image in the same series as Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photograph features the same mother holding a baby, but with no other children in the frame.
ALT An image in the same series as Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photograph features the same mother holding a baby, but from a wider angle that shows the entire lean-to tent structure she sits under, along with three other children standing or sitting near her. In this image, all of the subjects appear to be looking right at the camera.
ALT Two of Thomas Michael Martin's loved ones stand near his gravestone, holding hands. Thomas Michael Martin Collection #113364. Courtesy of the Martin Family.
ALT A one gigabyte synthetic DNA storage pellet encoded with digital copies of Library collection items is displayed alongside Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence, one of the many items molecularly stored, May 14, 2026. The DNA pellet will be buried in a time capsule in Philadelphia to mark America's 250th birthday, and is set to be reopened in 2276. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.
ALT A one gigabyte synthetic DNA storage capsule containing digitized versions of Library of Congress collections treasures (next to a U.S. quarter for scale), is prepared to be included in a time capsule for America's 250th anniversary this summer. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.