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Archive: May 2017 (4 Posts)

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Fun for Children of All Ages: Circus Posters

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

“The Greatest Show on Earth” closed up shop this past Sunday, May 21, as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus put on its last show. “The Greatest Show on Earth” moniker is a good example of the type of hyperbole circuses have always used in their advertising to lure visitors. The Prints and …

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What’s in all Those File Cabinets? Pictures for Browsing

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

 The following is a guest post by Melissa Lindberg, Reference Librarian, Prints & Photographs Division. Melissa joined the reference section in February 2017. In my first week as a reference librarian in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, I was told by several colleagues that it takes at least a decade …

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May Day Scenes

Posted by: Lara Szypszak

Welcome to May–a month of sunshine, colorful blooms, and excitement for the summer! When the first of the month, May Day, rolls around, I think of flowers, ribbon poles, and a Renaissance fair vibe. As fortune would have it, I found these ideas encapsulated in a single photograph, below. As I continued browsing the Prints …