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Archive: December 2014 (2 Posts)

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

Neon Lights Up the Night

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

This neon caballero astride his rearing horse proved an instant favorite when featured recently on the Library’s Flickr photostream. In this season of special holiday lighting, year-round bright lights come to mind — the neon signs featured in these photographs by Carol M. Highsmith. As you’ll see below in the Learn More list, there are …

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

Sherman Spares Savannah

Posted by: Jeff Bridgers

I beg to present you a Christmas Gift, the City of Savannah . . .                       — General Sherman to President Lincoln, telegram, December 22, 1864 One hundred fifty years ago in December 1864, General William T. Sherman and his troops completed their “March to …