High-Res Scan of Poe’s “Raven,” Illustrated by Doré
By Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing.com: The Library of Congress’s website hosts a high-resolution scan of a rare edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” illustrated by Gustave Doré. The title-page is at page 11, the list of illustrations is on page 14. The illustrations are amazing, like no other illustrated Poe I’ve seen. I’ve collected my […]
“See America with the WPA” Posters
From formerdays.com: WPA posters from the Library of Congress, this time telling us to get out and see America! Source Source Source Source [Silly note– the day after I posted this a Jeopardy question had a picture of this fountain and you had to identify the city! You see, this is good for […]