Knowledge History

    Photograph shows librarians, mostly women, in large room with alphabetized drawers of catalog cards; 1917 Red Cross poster by Hayden Hayden hangs on the wall.

    Catalog card processing at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, ca. 1917–1920.

    Via Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016649543/.

    Black and white photo of a woman at a behind-the-scenes catalog with a library cart with books and other items she's apparently pulled for researchers or for Congressional staff. She is squatted down with an open book, a card she is consulting, and an open card catalog drawer.

    Jewel Mazique at a Library of Congress card catalog, Washington, DC, ca. 1942.

    Via Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photograph collection, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017828946/.

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