Archive: May 2015 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Barbara Orbach Natanson; (Year) 2015; (Month) May

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

Caught Our Eyes: Going to Lengths with Hair

May 29, 2015

As the days grow hot and humid in Washington, D.C., my mind turns to summer haircuts. A look back offers a reminder of reasons beyond the purely seasonal for hair cutting. This print from our Popular Graphic Arts collection depicts a character in the novel The Guardian Angel by Oliver Wendell Holmes. The story originally …

Posted in: Photographs, Prints, Series: Caught Our Eyes

From Decoration Day to Memorial Day

May 22, 2015

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Jan Grenci, Reference Specialist, Prints and Photographs Division Memorial Day is now observed on the last Monday in May to honor all those who have died in service while defending the United States. But the name, meaning and timing of this special day have changed over the years. …

Posted in: Photographs, Posters

Refined by: (Author) Barbara Orbach Natanson; (Year) 2015; (Month) May