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Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
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Vergara's archive includes a photograph taken from this spot on September 11, 2001. It also documents the Tribute in Light memorial and the progress of One World Trade Center's construction. guides.loc.gov/vergara-coll...
View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, September 11, 2001. The skyline is shrouded in smoke. View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, 2010. Taken at 3 a.m., this photograph shows the Tribute in Light, an art installation near the World Trade Center site commemorating the 9/11 attacks. Two columns of blue light, representing the Twin Towers, reach from the skyline into the sky. View south from the Manhattan Bridge along Madison St., Chinatown, Manhattan. March 2021. One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the skyline.
September 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Yup. History is weird, y'all.
September 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Roosevelt refused to kill the bear, deeming it unsportsmanlike. Political cartoonist Clifford Berryman (whose papers are held at the Library) satirized the event & soon a NYC shop owner began selling stuffed "Teddy's Bears." The bear cub character became Berryman's signature.
A 1904 Berryman cartoon that likely comments on President Theodore Roosevelt's role in dedicating the Louisiana Purchase Exposition buildings and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in St. Louis. The illustration depicts him and Berryman's signature bear celebrating with the St. Louis skyline in the background. Roosevelt is holding a scroll that reads "Freedom of the City" and is signed by the mayor. The bear is holding a set of keys.
September 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM