“World’s Largest Camera,” a Kodak camera shown at Capitol Industrial Exposition. Photo by Underwood & Underwood, 1932.
This preserved scene shows A smiling woman kneels next to a camera larger than she is. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: "World's Largest Camera," a Kodak camera shown at Capitol Industrial Exposition. Photo by Underwood & Underwood, 1932.
This preserved scene shows A smiling woman kneels next to a camera larger than she is. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: "World's Largest Camera," a Kodak camera shown at Capitol Industrial Exposition. Photo by Underwood & Underwood, 1932.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
Andy Warhol, artist, with a Polavision movie camera. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, around 1977.
Georgia O’Keeffe, artist, sitting in her home studio. Photo by Balthazar Korab Studios, 1965.
Scott County High School principal Gregory Figgs, Georgetown, Kentucky. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell, 1998.