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Bright red and white sheet music, showing Rudolph leading Sant's sleigh

How Johnny Marks, King of Christmas Hits, Made “Rudolph” a Classic

19th century color print of a broad-chested bartender with a handlebar moustache and a big smile, standing behind a bar and holding a glass of beer aloft.

Lift a Glass to Holiday Drinks Gone By

Black and white half length photo of Mark Twain, seated, wearing a three piece white suit, looking to camera's left. He's smiling slightly

Origins: Mark Twain’s Famous White Suit

The AIDS Quilt: Digitized at the Library

Color coded map of several areas marked in yellow, green, blue and purple, much like a

Native American Languages, Alive at the Library

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Sarah Hale, an engraving showing her in mid 19th century attire, including a white bonnet. She has a somber expression, looking to the left of the viewer

The Woman Who Helped Put Thanksgiving on the Calendar

A midcentury hardcover cookbook, showing caricatures of a dancing man and woman in colorful holiday attire

Historical Holiday Cookbooks … Did We Really Eat This Stuff? (Yes)

A sepia-toned photograph from around 1900 of a black man wearing a three piece suit with a tie and a starched white collar.

Scott Joplin & the Magical “Maple Leaf Rag”

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Publishing at the Library, with Aimee Hess