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Archive: October 2019 (8 Posts)

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

Harry Houdini: (How to Be a) Smooth Criminal

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Harry Houdini's collection at the Library of Congress shows that he worked so extensively with police that he wrote a handbook on how smart criminals worked. It was called, "The Right Way to Do Wrong."

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

Free to Use and Reuse: Genealogy

Posted by: Neely Tucker

It’s time once again to dip into our Free to Use and Reuse sets of pictures, culled from the Library’s millions of copyright-free photographs, prints, maps and so on. This month, we’re featuring things that relate to ever-popular genealogy searches, as people look to uncover the secrets of their past by identifying their ancestors and the …