Samoan Houses – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
In honor or Samoan Independence Day, the picture of the week depicts traditional Samoan houses.
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Maps for Everyone! – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Christine Sellers
I had never really looked at the map in my office until Andrew pointed it out one day. I was surprised at how old it was! And how small the territory of the United States was! I thought I’d share with you images from it. For those that are curious, yes, it appears we all …
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Souvenirs from Moscow – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Robert Newlen, the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach and Services in the Law Library of Congress. Last month I spent a week in Russia in my favorite city in the world, Moscow. One of my guilty pleasures while there was roaming the wonderful flea markets on the …
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From Kabul to Capitol Hill – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kurt Carroll
The Library of Congress collects material from all over the world. Sometimes we identify items we would like to have in our collection that are one of a kind or are held by another institution. In these cases, we are often able to photocopy or microfilm the items. Today’s Pic of the Week shows material …
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Hucknall Free Library – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Clare Feikert-Ahalt
This is the library in my hometown of Hucknall, Nottingham UK. It’s a Victorian era building where I spent many hours when I was younger.
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Dog Law! – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Our collection often surprises me, and this week’s pic is no exception. As I walked by a shelf I had passed many times before, there they were: not one, but two books on dog law. These are just the items in our Reading Room, most of our items you have to request from the stacks. …
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Happy Earth Day – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today is the 41st celebration of Earth Day (which I know thanks to a 40th anniversary of Earth Day post by Jennifer from last year). Just like with our Cherry Blossom pic, the picture below was taken by a Library of Congress employee, Chris Carlson. He has a great photo blog. President George Bush said …
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The Conspirators of the Lincoln Assassination – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
President Abraham Lincoln was shot on the night of April 14, 1865. He died the next day, 146 years ago today. This picture is from one of our digitized books on the trial of assassination conspirators. We have twenty-two digitized items on our Lincoln and the Law site, many of which are books. The site …
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Not All Research is Online – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
When I stopped by Hanibal Goitom’s office, I was interested to see this book that he was using. As you can imagine some of our books are in better shape than others. When you have the largest collection of legal materials in the world, some of them are bound to show wear and tear. Hanibal …
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