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Works Progress Administration posters promoting parks, art and literacy, and war propaganda are perhaps the most well-known of the 2,000+ that were made.

Here are a few lesser-known examples from the Library’s collection of more than 900 posters, which is the largest anywhere in the world.

WPA poster featuring a "Father & Son" banquet Sponsored by the Chicago Urban League in the Savoy Ballroom on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 5 to 9 p.m. Albert Bender, artist. 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Poster for the Tenement House Department of the City of New York advising that tenement house residents keep their fire escapes free of obstructions. 1936 or 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Poster promoting cleanliness and proper child care, showing swan with cygnet. Erik Hans Krause, artist. Between 1936 and 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Who's who in the zoo Illustrated natural history prepared by the WPA Federal Writers Project : On sale at all book stores, zoos, and museums. Attributed to Sidney Jacobson. 1936 or 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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It’s National Donut Day! During WWI, the Salvation Army’s “Donut Lassies,” women volunteers who baked and delivered donuts to soldiers on the front lines, became so popular that they had their own song!
Donuts became a theme of Salvation Army fundraising efforts, like this 1922 "donut race" in D.C.

Don't Forget the Salvation Army (My Doughnut Girl) sheet music. Cover features an illustration of a "Doughnut Girl" holding a bucket full of doughnuts. Inside page features the sheet music for the song. Library of Congress WWI sheet music collection.

Salvation Army doughnut race. Three women stand behind waist-high donuts. The White House is seen in the far background. Harris & Ewing photograph collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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Music takes center stage at the Library of Congress this November as part of its Live! At the Library series on Thursday evenings. Colombian jazz harpist Edmar Castañeda opens the month Nov. 5, and sister duo Sistastrings closes it Nov. 19!
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Chauntee Ross of musical duo SistaStrings performs on one of the Library's Stradivarius violins during a visit, March 21, 2024. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

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The road to free and fair elections in the United States began with this document, the Declaration of Independence.

This is Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of that document, which is on exhibition at the Library of Congress through July 3, 2027. Make your plan to come see it at loc.gov/visit.

Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence, shown May 14, 2026. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

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MAGAZINE MONDAY | On this day in 1897, the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building had just opened, and already its dazzling decoration and soaring architecture were being discussed as sources of national pride!

It's still just as impressive 129 years later. ⬇️
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