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Archive: February 2014 (2 Posts)

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Curling: Right on the Button

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Shot rock. Skip. Tee line. The hammer. If these terms are familiar and you’ve just figured out what it means to throw a guard, peel, and draw to the button, welcome to my quadrennial obsession: Olympic curling. Despite the fact that I’ve never stepped foot on a sheet, thrown a stone and certainly never swept …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Feast Your Eyes: Sweets in Store

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

The following is a guest post by Donna Collins, Photo Preservation Specialist, Prints and Photographs Division. On Valentine’s Day, candy and other sweet treats are popular gifts. With this holiday approaching, I browsed the Prints and Photographs collections featuring shops and stands that displayed such confections. The range of tempting locales was as varied as …