Library of Congress

The always brilliant NOTCOT website directed me to this amazing collection of photographs on Flickr.

It's the National Library for the United States 'Prints & Photographs Division'. Based in Washington, DC. the library has more than 134 million items preserved on some 530 miles of bookshelves, the 'Prints & Photographs Division' itself takes care of 14 million pictures and features more than 1 million through online catalogs and now much to my utter enjoyment, Flickr.

The picture above was taken by Jack Delano in 1941, backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.

The Library of Congress photos on Flickr.
The Library of Congress website.