Collection Items
-
CollectionLook magazine photograph collection (Library of Congress) contact sheets ca. 100,000 photographic prints (ca, 3,500,000 images) ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. | slides 1,000,000 transparencies : chiefly color slides ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. | negatives ca. 3,750,000 : chiefly b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. | miscellaneous prints 150,000 : various sizes. | The photographs depict mid-20th century American life, culture, and interests, as…
- Contributor: Cowles Communications, Inc
- Date: 1937
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[African-American woman and child on front steps of house in American south; sign "room for white" beyond] 1 photomechanical print : halftone.
- Date: 1952
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[African-American man drinking at water fountain designated "colored" in the American south] 1 photomechanical print : halftone.
- Date: 1939
-
Photo, Print, DrawingMiami bound 1 photomechanical print : halftone. | Image from article entitled "Hobo women - a new social problem in the South", showing girl on railroad car and her brother boarding.
- Date: 1938
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Look magazine cover illustration showing a doctor using a tracheal catheter to clear infant's lungs after birth] 5 photomechanical prints : halftone, color.
- Date: 1937
-
Photo, Print, DrawingChildren of the forgotten man! sharecropper children. 6 photomechanical prints : halftone. | Two page spread of photos and captions about the destitue living conditions of sharecroppers and their families.
- Date: 1937
-
Photo, Print, DrawingCaravans of hunger thousands of landless farmers wander California's highways. 6 photomechanical prints : halftone. | Two page spread of photos and captions about the destitue living conditions of migrant laborers and their families in California, includes a map of the state divided by crop regions; one photo of children working in fields in New Jersey.
- Date: 1937
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Look magazine cover illustration showing daredevil balanced on chairs on the edge of a building] 5 photomechanical prints : halftone, color.
- Date: 1937
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Studebaker automobiles advertisement showing a 1941 Studebaker] 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
- Date: 1941
-
Photo, Print, DrawingThe first Christmas in freed Italy found these Fifth Army fighters delving into their own gift packages to play Santa Claus to the bombed out children of Mignano 1 photomechanical print : halftone. | Illustration from article entitled "GI Ambassadors of Good Will," showing U.S. Army soldiers handing out treats to children in Mignano, Italy, with bombed building in the background.
- Date: 1944
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Look magazine cover shows a model doing fitness exercises, presidential candidate General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Betty Hutton performing in Cecil B. DeMille's "Greatest show on earth" 3 photographs on 1 sheet : color halftone photomechanical print ; sheet 34 x 27 cm. | Cover illustrations relate to articles entitled "36 seconds for keeping fit, 6 minutes to lose inches" and "A Democrat can win - even against Ike," and movie review of "DeMille's greatest show on earth."
- Contributor: Sandberg, Bob - Vaccaro, Michael A.
- Date: 1955
-
Photo, Print, DrawingLas Vegas It's a brightly lighted, booming, gambling, marrying-and-divorcing town ... / 1 photomechanical print : halftone. | Title page from article entitled "Las Vegas," showing a group of people gathered around a table watching a woman roll dice; and a group portrait showing Jake Kosloff, Gus Greenbaum, Beldon Katelman, and Wilbur Clark standing under sign "World's Largest Gambling Cent[er]".
- Contributor: Vachon, John
- Date: 1952
-
Photo, Print, DrawingThe American auto, 1896-1957 38 pictures in color of the newest and oldest cars. 4 photographs on 1 sheet : color halftone photomechanical print ; sheet 34 x 27 cm. | Cover illustration relates to article entitled "The great American automobile, 1896-1957," by George Koether, and shows 3 modern automobiles and 1 antique automobile.
- Contributor: Dierks, Bob - Rothstein, Arthur
- Date: 1956
-
Photo, Print, DrawingBig campaign contributors still get the choice diplomatic jobs 1 photomechanical print : halftone. | Photographs illustrating article show, clockwise from top: Winston Churchill and an unidentified man at a dinner party; President Eisenhower greeting Betsey Whitney; Queen Elizabeth II talking to Vice-President Richard Nixon during a dinner at Winfield House.
- Date: 1960
-
Photo, Print, DrawingAnd now - meditation hits the campus How Hindu monk Maharishi turns the students on - without drugs. 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. | Cover illustration relates to article entitled "The non-drug turn-on hits campus," by William Hedgepeth, and shows a photomontage of Yale University students and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
- Contributor: Fusco, Paul
- Date: 1968
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Gertrude Mercer McCurdy Hubbard and Gardiner Greene Hubbard, parents-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell, at tea on porch of their home, Twin Oaks, Washington, D.C.] 1 photograph : negative ; 18 x 13 cm (5 x 7 format)
- Date: 1966
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Image from LOOK - Job 56-4171 titled Korean orphans] 1 photograph : film negative. | Photograph shows Bertha and Harry Holt with the Korean orphan children they adopted, praying at the dinner table, Creswell, Oregon.
- Contributor: Theisen, Earl
- Date: 1956
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Model train locomotives produced by Lionel Corporation: "Lionel Lines" and "Santa Fe" in railroad yard of model train village] 1 photograph : nitrate negative.
- Contributor: Kubrick, Stanley
- Date: 1950
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Model trains in display case] 1 photograph : nitrate negative.
- Contributor: Kubrick, Stanley
- Date: 1950
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Model train locomotives displayed on ramp above model train village] 1 photograph : nitrate negative.
- Contributor: Kubrick, Stanley
- Date: 1950
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Model train produced by Lionel Corporation, "New York Central" on track near crossing, in model village] 1 photograph : nitrate negative.
- Contributor: Kubrick, Stanley
- Date: 1950
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Model train produced by Lionel Corporation, "Lionel Lines, Maplewood 2400" in front of station in model village] 1 photograph : nitrate negative.
- Contributor: Kubrick, Stanley
- Date: 1950
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Model train village for trains produced by Lionel Corporation] 1 photograph : nitrate negative.
- Contributor: Kubrick, Stanley
- Date: 1950
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Image from LOOK - Job 40-1378 titled Lana Turner and Artie Shaw (at home)] 1 photograph : film negative.
- Contributor: Theisen, Earl
- Date: 1940
-
Photo, Print, Drawing[Image from LOOK - Job 40-1378 titled Lana Turner and Artie Shaw (at home)] 1 photograph : film negative.
- Contributor: Theisen, Earl
- Date: 1940