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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In 2010 Jennifer Harbster, my co-blogger, did a post about ice cream that mentioned the beginning of National Ice Cream Month in 1984, but I ran across this advertisement in Chronicling America that ran in the Washington Times on May 26, 1920. This was long before Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month …
Posted in: Advertising, Cookbooks and Food, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is a blog post on the history of the various names of the Annex later known as the John Adams Building.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, John Adams Building
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In an earlier post I featured an April 1902 Washington Times article on how to get a book from the Library of Congress. While reading the article, a section about the catalog division – “one of the most remarkable departments in the conduct of the library” – also caught my eye. The function of a …
Posted in: Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
1. What is your background? If you had not already guessed, based on my posts about Mardi Gras, New Orleans, and Louisiana, I am from New Orleans and much of my family still lives there. I was in the 260th graduating class of Ursuline Academy and went to the University of Alabama (ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!) …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
I am from Louisiana and sometimes I like to use my home state as a jumping off point for a blog post. 2012 brings a perfect opportunity, because it is Louisiana’s Bicentennial. On April 30, 1812 Louisiana was admitted as a state into the Union. For a little historical background on the years before Louisiana …
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, New Orleans
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post features a short description from a 1902 article on how to request a book at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Without looking at today’s photo, can you use the following clues to figure out what today is? The Green Monster Duffy’s Cliff The Triangle Williamsburg The Lone Red Seat The Splendid Splinter Pesky’s Pole Sweet Caroline Curse of the Bambino The Snodgrass Muff One hundred years ago today Fenway Park had its first professional game …
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Sports
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Triangle Waist Company was owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris and manufactured shirtwaists. Most of the company’s employees were young, immigrant women; and like many manufacturing concerns of the day, working conditions were not ideal and the space was cramped.
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Labor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This blog post is about Hetty Green a Gilded Age businesswomen with quite the reputation.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History