Why ODIN?
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is a post about the Odin figure on the bronze doors of the John Adams Building.
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Featured Advertisement: Electricity!
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
While doing research I got distracted by this wonderful advertisement published in the New York Tribune on October 5, 1920. It was an advertisement from the New York Edison Company touting the benefits of electricity, mostly for efficiency and safety, for businesses. But what really caught my attention was the hand drawn caricatures, for lack …
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Serpents & Torches
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The bog post is about a floor detail in the vestibule of the John Adams Building.
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Pic of the Week: Circa 1973 shelf locations
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Do you want to know where the books at the Library were in 1973?
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Pics of the Week: Sequoyah
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post is about a door detail of Sequoyah on the bronze door of the John Adams Building.
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Pic of the Week: National Ice Cream Days of the Past
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 …
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Pic of the Week: How to Get a Book at the Library of Congress – 1902
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.
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Pic of the Week: SEC! SEC! SEC!
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
And no, sports fans, I do not mean the Southeastern Conference of college athletics fame. In this case I am talking about the Securities & Exchange Commission. In the Science & Business Reading Room, we have a microfiche set of SEC company filings that is one of our more regularly used items. I have featured …
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Pic of the Week: Pretty Maids all in a Row
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 …
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