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1.1KLoC GlobalNew Online: The AP Washington Bureau, 1915-1930
Ryan Reft, a historian in the Mansucript Division, and I put together this piece about an important segment of American journalism. Wire...
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1.5KLoC GlobalDoris Day: At the Beginning
Doris Day at Aquarium in New York, 1946. Photo: William P. Gottlieb. It’s hard to imagine Hollywood, or mid-century American pop culture,...
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1.3KLoC GlobalBug Story: The Secret of Pre-Modern Colors
Preservation Science Specialist Cynthia Ryan working with cochineal dyes in the Library’s Preservation and Research Testing Division lab. Photo: Shawn Miller. Cindy...
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1.0KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Gayle Osterberg Edition
Gayle Osterberg and Carla Hayden, May 8, 2019. Photo: Shawn Miller. Into each life, some rain must fall. And so it is,...
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1.2KLoC GlobalPerry in Edo Bay: The Dawn of the U.S.-Japanese Relationship
Perry’s ships arrive Edo Bay, as seen in “Kinkai kikan.” Photo by Shawn Miller. The Black Ship scrolls are a genre of...
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1.2KLoC GlobalFresh Life (Online) for the epic Shahnamah
Detail, illustration in the Shahnamah. Printed in India, circa 1600. “The Shahnamah,” (translated as “The Persian Book of Kings”) is the majestic...
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1.2KLoC GlobalAnnals of True Crime: The Kidnapping of Charley Ross
Today we bring you a harrowing true-crime story from Heather Thomas, a reference librarian in the Serial and Government Publications Division. She...
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1.4KLoC Global‘O Captain! My Captain!’ Walt Whitman, Two Centuries Later
Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle, 1865. Photo: Moses P. Rice and Sons. Feinberg-Whitman collection. Walt Whitman, that most exuberant of poets, the...
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1.3KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Big Bad Wolf Edition
Page from “Red Riding Hood,” Lydia L.A. Very, 1863. Cover, right. Photos by Shawn Miller. Frankly, we’ve always wondered about how quick...
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1.1KLoC GlobalInquiring Minds: Watching New York City Grow, Block by Block
Myles Zhang’s portfolio includes beautiful watercolors of New York City neighborhoods; drawings of buildings in Newark, New Jersey — his hometown; and...
