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Two black and white images. On the left, an woman pours drinks at a bar for two customers. The image on the right shows a woman working at a bar with two customers.

Women at the Bar: “Bans on Barmaids” and Feminist Legal Strategy in the 1940s

Posted by: Josh Levy

Color portrait of author at left standing in front of leafy background, book cover on right

Made at the Library: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science with Catherine McNeur

Posted by: Josh Levy

Desert landscape with road at left, gray storm clouds above with blue sky. showing between them. In foreground two men in red shirts with donkeys and carts.

New “By the People” Crowdsourcing Transcription Campaign: A Journey Across Mexico in 1849: The Journals and Sketchbooks of Benajah Jay Antrim

Posted by: Julie Miller

Black and white photograph of Louise Leahy and Helen Griffin Swift drinking tea

Before the Admiral’s House Lost Its Furniture

Posted by: Josh Levy

Print shows a slightly elevated view of Wall Street and Federal Hall as it appeared circa 1791, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and in the street, and Trinity Church in the background.

George Washington and the Federal Workforce

Posted by: Julie Miller

Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inauguration: Scenes from March 4, 1865

Posted by: Michelle Krowl

Arizona’s Hassayampa River as it passes beneath a highway bridge, looking modern and not too mysterious. Clayton B. Fraser, Hassayampa Bridge at old U.S. Highway 80, Arlington, Arizona, circa 1993.

Of Note: Hassayampers Unite!

Posted by: Josh Levy

Man, left, and woman, right, standing. Woman seated at table, center. Framed photographs behind them. Seals on table. "Buy NAACP XMAS Seals" sign upright on table.

Memphis T. Garrison and the NAACP Christmas Seal Program

Posted by: Julie Miller

Two men in suits standing behind metal radiator on table

Intern Spotlight: Uncovering African American Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Manuscript Division

Posted by: Josh Levy