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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
July is National Ice Cream Month and for those interested in studying the history and the industry, the Library of Congress has resources that can help.
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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
2020 Junior Fellow Bailey Ward continues her journey learning about the Library of Congress collections as she starts her project on trade beads.
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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The digitized papers from the American Federation of Labor contain a telegraph sent by president Samuel Gompers to E.L. Doyle in response to Doyle's telegraphs reporting on the Ludlow Massacre.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
If you are working from home, these images may help you present a more professional background when you are videoconferencing.
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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Library's Junior Fellows recently started their Summer 2020 tenure - in an unexpected way.
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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
May 8, 1886 was the day the first Coca-Cola was served.
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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
World War II brought rationing for everyone and for almost everything, find a few resources for your research project.
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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
John Dunlap, a Philadelphia printer at the time of the American Revolution, may be known for printing the Declaration of Independence, but he also printed currency for his new country.
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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Herman Hollerith and his contribution to the Census.
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Inventions