|| Before You Ask ||
Services We Provide
- Assistance with our holdings of photographs, prints, posters, drawings, and architectural records, including those found in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
- Response within 5 business days
Services We Cannot Provide
- Permission to use images, except Seagrams County Court House Archives (see our Rights and Restrictions Information page)
- Values of pictorial materials (see our Appraisal information for suggestions)
- Answers for student assignments
You can also visit the Prints and Photographs Reading Room Web site.
Ask a Librarian Online
For reference questions, proceed to the online form and get answers via email.
Contact us by Phone or Fax
(202) 707-6394
Fax: (202) 707-6647
Written Correspondence *
Prints and Photographs Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540
* Please note: information on mail delays
|| Additional Prints and Photographs Resources ||
Many questions can be answered by consulting:
- PPOC and reference aids, for example: portraits of presidents and other famous people, immigration, African American history
- Information about obtaining copies.
Certain types of questions are better directed elsewhere:
- Pictures of military/U.S. government subjects (ships, aircraft, military units and personnel) -- see our reference aid, "Sources of U.S. Military Images: Major Repositories."
- Aerial photographs, patent drawings -- try National Archives and Records Administration, Cartographic & Architectural Records unit.
- Artist biographies or art history -- the Smithsonian American Art Museum welcomes such questions. Many local libraries can also assist.
