GPO Releases Photobook of Historic Agency Pictures
Washington –The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) releases a new photo history of the agency. Picturing the Big Shop is a collection of 200 photos, including many that have never before been published, comprising the historical record of everyday life at GPO from 1900 to 1980. This GPO “family album” provides, in black and white and sepia, a revealing look at the equipment, the buildings, and the working lives of the men and women of GPO over the years who helped carry out the agency’s mission of Keeping America Informed.
Picturing the Big Shop can be purchased through GPO’s Online Bookstore:
https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/021-000-00221-6\
“While GPO today is a far different place from the GPO in these photos, we remain proud of our past as we embrace the technological changes of the future,” said GPO Director Davita Vance-Cooks. “Picturing the Big Shop is a tribute to the efforts of the men and women who have carried out the important work of producing the information of the Federal Government over the years.”
GPO is the Federal Government's official, digital, secure resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the U.S. Government. The GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print formats. GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through www.govinfo.gov, partnerships with approximately 1,150 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program, and our secure online bookstore. For more information, please visit www.gpo.gov.
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