When They Were Young:
A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood from the Library of Congress

Published in association with the Library of Congress

Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Coles, MD

A definite keeper

—NBC Today Show

Soulful

—MSNBC

Intriguing

—USA Today

The Library of Congress presents a collection of touching and timeless photographs of children from its extraordinary photographic archive. Married with heartfelt prose by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert Coles and a preface by The Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, the photographs gathered in When They Were Young create a beautifully illustrated portrayal of early life and the legacies that live on from coming of age. It is a tribute to the hope and despair, the grace and indignity, the playfulness and burden of childhood, and through example, also offers us a better understanding of our own lives.

Spanning the history of photography from the daguerreotype to documentary, each tritone image in this volume is illustrated on a full page. Works by internationally renowned photographers such as Lewis Hine, Toni Frissell, Edward Curtis, Dorothea Lange, Jack Delano and Marion Post Wolcott are included.

Robert Coles, MD is a world renowned child psychiatrist and bestselling author. Dr. Coles has published more than sixty books and received numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Hardcover | fully bound | jacketed

11 x 11⅘ | 160 pages | 78 full page tritone photographs

ISBN 978-0-9670076-5-6 US $39.95 | Photography