Visions of Packages Danced in Their Heads
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Christmas is a busy season for the Post Office and provides a good opportunity highlight the photo collections related to the mail held by the Library.
Archive: 2023 (23 Posts)
New “This Month in Business History” Entries for United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Business Reference project This Month in Business History has three new entries that feature United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History
Geyer’s: Businesses and “How they Face the World” (part 3)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Geyer's Stationer the trade publication for American stationers features many wonderful images of stores from around the United States and can be used for more than understanding the trade, such as for images of businesses around the U.S.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Geyer’s: More than Just Paper, Pens, & Pencils (part 2)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Geyer's Stationer was a trade publication for stationers in the United States who sold many products to the growing American business sector including furniture and filings systems.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Cough Gum & Candy Day in the 1923 Confectioners Journal
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
With Halloween trick-or-treating right around the corner, it's a great time to take a sweet peek in the Confectioners Journal, a trade journal for the candy industry.
Posted in: Business, Cookbooks and Food
Geyer’s: Everything a Stationer Needs (part 1)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is the first of three posts about the trade publication Geyer's Stationer, the magazine for the stationer trade since its founding in 1877. It shows what was sold in stores, as well as providing a window on the changing American business landscape.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Labors in Bronze
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
A short post about one set of doors of the John Adams Building.
Posted in: John Adams Building
The New National Airport
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The path to an airport to serve the nation's capital was long; this post is just a short overview.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Business, Business Reference Guides
Greatest Show on Earth: The Business of the Early Traveling Circus
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a traveling circus on the road? 2023 Junior Fellow Hannah Meyer has written a post that takes a look under the big top.
Posted in: Business