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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Usually, today would be tax filing day but because of the District of Columbia holiday Emancipation Day, filers have an extra weekend to file. I thought today would be an appropriate day to feature a tax-themed photograph from the past.
Posted in: Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
I had a different Pic of the Week post all written up the other day, but I wasn’t really enamored with it. When I stepped outside the Adams Building to go home, the sun was out after a few days of overcast skies, the breeze was gentle, and the temperature was perfect. And then I …
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
When I was searching the Prints & Photographs catalog for pictures for the post earlier this week, She Works Hard for the Money, I kept finding the most interesting photos such as those related to the National Women’s Trade Union League of America (NWTULA) and the executives of the NWTULA, as well as a group …
Posted in: Asian American History, Pic of the Week, Women's History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Women’s Bureau was organized in 1920 as an agency within the Department of Labor to represent the needs of working women. As part of its mission, it published many books and pamphlets about women’s issues and the working conditions of women. Since March is Women’s History Month, I thought this would be a good …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Labor, Women's History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Just a photo of a regular library site; a book cart filled with returned books.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today is Mardi Gras in New Orleans and I am not there. Instead I am here in Washington, D.C. at work. For some reason, this year I’m a little sad about missing all of the festivities. I have no costume to wear, and no beads or doubloons to catch. I will not be there to …
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, New Orleans
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Sometimes when I am using material from the collections, I run across items that have been left in the books by earlier researchers. Today’s post features one such item. This is a photo of one of the Library’s old call slips used in what is now the Adams Building. A call slip is the form …
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Since the budget of the U.S. Government is the current hot topic on Capitol Hill, I thought I would share this U.S. Treasury Report on Monies for 1800. The image is a bit difficult to read, but there are lines for military expenditures for the Army, the Navy, and arms. Further expenditures are indicated for …
Posted in: Business, Presidents
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post features a detail from the Canterbury Tales by Chaucer featured in a mural in the John Adams Building.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week