Pic of the Week: Sorry, No Squirrels Allowed
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
A funny picture of a squirrel who looks like he wants to come inside.
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The Terrific Twos!
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
INSIDE ADAMS IS TURNING TWO! When we launched Inside Adams on October 30, 2009 we became the second official Library of Congress blog- the first was the LC Blog (launched April 2007). In the two years since we published our first post “…Never be afraid of a book,” the Library has added 5 more official blogs to …
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Pic of the Week: All Along the Watch Station
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is a blog post about the watch stations found with the John Adams Building.
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Pic of the Week: Itzamna
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
This post is about the Itzamna figure on the bronze door of the John Adams Building.
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Quetzalcoatl
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Artist Lee Lawrie’s figures on the Adams Building bronze doors provide us with an opportunity to highlight important mythical and heroic figures that helped promote the written word. For Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month we highlighted the figure of Brahma. It seems only fitting that for Hispanic Heritage Month we feature the bronze image of the …
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Pic of the Week: Now (Re)Opened for Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The cafeteria space in Adams has been spiffed up.
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Pic of the Week: Step Right Up and Don’t Be Shy!
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is the Business Reference Desk in the Science & Business Reading Room. This is where to find us when you are at the Library if you need help searching for company information, trade data, information on a particular industry, or any other business-oriented topic. But, if you aren’t in the area or can’t come …
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Pic of the Week: Under Construction
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Labor Day weekend starts in a few hours so I thought I would feature a photograph of the Adams Building (then known as the Library of Congress Annex) while it was under construction. Funds for the construction of the building were appropriated in 1930, with an additional appropriation in 1935. It was mentioned in in …
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Pic of the Week: Sunburst Grille
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
The title of our blog post this week is “Sun Spots this Summer?” so we are highlighting one of the architectural grilles that resembles a sunburst design. These grilles typically disguise the Adams Building’s ventilation system and are visible throughout the building. This one is a bit hard to spot (no pun intended!), since it …
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