Story Maps provide immersive stories by combining images, text, and interactive mapping from the Library’s collections.
Story Maps
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Web PageFaces of the Civil War External This Story Map maps photographs from the Liljenquist Collection at the Library of Congress to events of the Civil War, linking portraits of soldiers to the battles where they fought and died.- Date: 2024-09-09
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Web PageSurveying the South Noted architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston created a systematic record of early American buildings and gardens called the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (CSAS), primarily in the 1930s.- Date: 2024-08-27
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Web PageCamera and Locomotive Explore the parallel histories of photography and the transcontinental railroad. Objects in the Library of Congress collections tell the story of the interconnections between the two technologies.- Date: 2023-09-25
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Web PageSusie King Taylor Follow the life of Susie King Taylor, the first African-American Civil War nurse and author of the only Civil War narrative written by a Black woman through the use of objects in the Library of Congress collections.- Date: 2022-12-14
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Web PageMidcentury Manhattan This Story Map traces Anthony Angel's journey through Manhattan Island and features prints from 1949 to 1967. The Story Map emphasizes Midtown Manhattan and two landmark buildings, the Grand Central Terminal and New York Public Library on 5th Avenue.- Date: 2023-08-04
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Web PageThe 19th-Century Roots of Instagram This Story Map highlights the similarities between the 19th-century Amateur Photographic Exchange Club (1861-1863) and contemporary social networking platforms such as Instagram and Facebook.- Date: 2021-04-29
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Web PageFaces of the Civil War This Story Map maps photographs from the Liljenquist Collection at the Library of Congress to events of the Civil War, linking portraits of soldiers to the battles where they fought and died.- Date: 2024-09-06
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Web PageRoadside America This story map features images from the John Margolies Collection at the Library of Congress. A collection of over 11,000 photographs documenting commercial structures along main streets, byways, and highways throughout the USA in the 20th century.- Date: 2021-04-08
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Web PageOff the Bench Baseball Cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection presents a Library of Congress treasure -- 2,100 early baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914.- Date: 2023-03-10
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Web PageHoly Land Photography Journey across the Middle East with English photographer Francis Frith. This Story Map includes 19th century photography and written testimony from "Sinai and Palestine," a photographically illustrated book by Frith at the Library of Congress.- Date: 2023-03-10