12 Oct 2017

19th-Century Occupational Portraits

By |12 Oct 2017|Family Photos & Records, Unusual Records|0 Comments

Is your ancestor's job included in these 19th-century occupational portraits at the Library of Congress? The Prints and Photographs Division highlights these images in the article "Profiling Portraits: Occupational Portraits of the 19th Century." [...]

14 Jun 2017

Free 19th-Century Portrait Photographs for Genealogy Research

By |14 Jun 2017|African American Genealogy, Digital Collections|2 Comments

The Library of Congress has released 25,000 free 19th-century portrait photographs for research. Digitized from glass plate negatives, the collection of 19-century portrait photographs were made by Washington D.C. photographer C.M. Bell. Bell and his [...]

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