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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
This photograph of the bollards that run down 2nd Street SE next to the Adams Building was taken in late 2010. What caught my eye was how the bollards with just a bit of snow on top reminded me of the paintings of ladies wearing powdered wigs and ruffs, collars, or fichu. At first I …
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
A funny picture of a squirrel who looks like he wants to come inside.
Posted in: Business, John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
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 …
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, John Adams Building
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is a blog post about the watch stations found with the John Adams Building.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
This post is about the Itzamna figure on the bronze door of the John Adams Building.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, John Adams Building
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 …
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, John Adams Building
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The cafeteria space in Adams has been spiffed up.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
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 …
Posted in: Business, John Adams Building, Pic of the Week