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1.7KTrending: Who Invented Electric Christmas Lights?
A Christmas tree sits at the center of a Washington, D.C., bank, built in the early 20th century. Photo by Carol M....
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1.7KRare Book of the Month: Caldecott for Christmas
This is a guest post by digital library specialist Elizabeth Gettins. A winter scene by Caldecott from the “Complete Collection of Pictures...
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1.8KPic of the Week: Happy Holidays!
Photo by Shawn Miller. The Library of Congress honored Christmas and Hanukkah on December 13 with a program in the Great Hall...
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1.7KThis Day in History: Wright Brothers Take Flight
A photograph of the first powered, controlled and sustained flight. Orville Wright is at the controls, lying prone on the lower wing....
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1.9KFree to Use and Reuse: Selections from the National Film Registry
“Duck and Cover” is a 1951 U.S. Office of Civil Defense film for schoolchildren highlighting what to do in the event of...
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1.8KCelebrating Film: ‘Dunkirk’ Director Advocates Film Preservation
This is a guest post by Mark Hartsell, publications editor in the Communications Office, in advance of the announcement this week of...
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1.5KPic of the Week: John Cena Thrills Young Readers
Photo by Shawn Miller. World-champion wrestler John Cena (center) visited the Library on December 6 to talk about his latest endeavor: starring...
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1.9KThis Day in History: Mark Twain Debuts Iconic Style at Library of Congress
Mark Twain. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1906. Mark Twain impersonators routinely don a white suit to evoke the persona of the...
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1.7KMy Job at the Library: The Library’s First Official Historian
This post is reprinted from the November–December issue of LCM, the Library of Congress Magazine. The entire issue is available on the...
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1.7KInquiring Minds: Songwriter Finds Inspiration in Library’s Digital Newspapers
Rob Williams. Photo by Vivian Wang. Rob Williams first used the Library’s digital newspaper collections more than a decade ago as a...
