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986LoC GlobalThe (Cursed?) Original Book of Witchcraft
And so it begins…the title page of Reginald Scot’s 1584 edition of “The Discoverie of Witchcraft.” Rare Book & Special Collections Division....
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973LoC GlobalHarry Houdini: (How to Be a) Smooth Criminal
Harry Houdini, July 7, 1912. The crate will be sealed and lowered into New York Harbor; he’ll escape. Photo: Carl Dietz. Prints...
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925LoC GlobalKluge Center: Dazzling Finds from the Maya
This is a guest post by Giselle Aviles, research assistant in the Kluge Center. In September, the John W. Kluge Center welcomed...
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Rare Film: Washington Senators Win the 1924 World Series
The Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros will play Game One of the World Series tonight in Houston. Check out this rare...
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887LoC GlobalHow “The Postman Always Rings Twice” Got Its “Sort of Crazy” Name
This story is adapted from an upcoming issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. The first page of Cain’s “Bar-B-Q” manuscript, with...
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“Ad Astra” and Former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith
This guest post, explaining the connnection between former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith and the latest Brad Pitt film, “Ad Astra,”...
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946LoC GlobalFree to Use and Reuse: Genealogy
“Six Generations,” R.W. Harrison, Selma, Alabama. 1893. Prints and Photographs Division. It’s time once again to dip into our Free to Use...
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1.0KLoC GlobalFree to Use and Reuse: Geneaology
“Six Generations,” R.W. Harrison, Selma, Alabama. 1893. Prints and Photographs Division. It’s time once again to dip into our Free to Use...
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997LoC GlobalRUNAWAY! How George Washington, Other Slave Owners Used Newspapers to Hunt Escaped Slaves
Enslaved people ran away from bondage so often that slave owners placed some 200,000 “runaway slave” ads in newspapers across the country...
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977LoC GlobalInquiring Minds: Alan Gephardt, Garfield Expert
Alan Gephardt is a ranger at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site of the U.S. National Park Service in Mentor, Ohio....
