GET /photos/

loc.gov:library-of-congress-api

Summary: Search photographs
Operation ID: searchPhotos
Auth: none
Description

Search and browse photographs and photographic materials from the Library of Congress collections.

Parameters (4)

c (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Count/items per page

fo (string, query, optional, default: json)

Output format

Constraints: {'enum': ['json', 'yaml']}

q (string, query, optional)

Search term

sp (integer, query, optional)

Start page number

Examples (1)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search photos, prints, and drawings openapi-spec https://www.loc.gov/photos/?q=lincoln&fo=json

Probe History

Latency

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:12:59.641091 200 1034ms 0.6MB