Thursday, August 29, 2019

Sept 10: Comic Art Orientation & Tour [Prints & Photographs Division]

Sep 10

Comic Art Orientation & Tour [Prints & Photographs Division]


Date and Time

Tue, September 10, 2019

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

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Location

Madison Building, LM-337

101 Independence Avenue Southeast

Washington, DC 20540

Description

The Prints & Photographs Reading Room will highlight the Division's rich collections of comic art materials in connection with the opening of the Library of Congress exhibition Comic Art (opens September 13). Researchers 16 years of age and older are invited to join us for this specialized tour looking at original artwork for indie comics, dailies, superheroes, and political cartoons.

Individuals requiring accommodations for any of these events are requested to submit a request at least five business days in advance by contacting (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

For information on research in the Prints and Photographs Division, please visit: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/.

Header image is a detail of Arlington, Virginia. Reading the Sunday comics on the back porch at Idaho Hall, Arlington Farms, a residence for women who work for U.S. government for the duration of the war, 1943. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d29084. spptr

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