Archive for October, 2011
Facial Hair Friday: The Death Mask of Walter Q. Gresham
Today’s featured facial hair is especially appropriate for the approaching Halloween weekend. It’s the plaster cast of a beard, taken of the deceased Walter Q. Gresham, who was Secretary of State at the time of his death in May of 1895. This death mask—complete with a few beard hairs stuck in it—may seem like an oddity [...]
Posted by Hilary on October 28, 2011, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: beard, death mask, facial hair, Halloween, plaster cast, Secretary of State, Walter Q. Grisham
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Thursday Photo Caption Contest
We enjoyed the many old fashioned names that our captioners suggested: Ellie Mae, Mildred, Ethel, and Frances! I wonder what the subject of our photo would say in response to the captions that suggest she is in the clutches of an OCD attack or is cooking up something explosive? This week’s judge knows something about cooking up [...]
Posted by Hilary on October 27, 2011, under Photo Caption Contest, Uncategorized.
Tags: National archives and records administration, Photo Caption Contest
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What’s Cooking Wednesday: Halloween BBQ
If you really want to be scared by food, don’t miss “Food Frights” on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the National Archives Building! David Gregory of NPR will moderate this discussion about how America’s government became involved in food safety and how food safety will look in the future. One of our panelists is Chef José Andrés [...]
Posted by Hilary on October 26, 2011, under What's Cooking, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: asparagus custard, baked head, beef, Chewf Jose Andres, David Gregory, mamie eisenhower's fluffy turnips, Manual for Army cooks, rabbit, recipes, What's Cooking Uncle Sam?
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Say cheese, Mr. President: White House photographers at the Truman Library
Only 43 men in the history of the United States have held the title of President. That’s a fairly small group , smaller than your average NFL team. But smaller still is the group of professionals who have held the title as the President’s chief photographer. To date, only nine men have served as the official White [...]
Posted by Victoria on October 25, 2011, under - Presidents, - The 1960s, News and Events.
Tags: Bob McNeely, David Hume, David Valdez, Eric Draper, exhibits, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, missouri, Oval Office, Pete Souza, photograkers, photography, presidential libraries, presidential photographer, Truman Library, Truman Library and Museum, White House, White House Photographer
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Food Day Open House
In the ”What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” exhibit, curator Alice Kamps notes that American citizens have demanded that food be safe, cheap, and abundant. From the records in the exhibit, you can see how the Federal Government has responded to these needs over the past decades. But food isn’t just a historic record. We continue to talk about food [...]
Posted by Hilary on October 21, 2011, under - World War I, News and Events, What's Cooking.
Tags: Alice Kamps, American Farmland Trust, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Chief Culinary Adviser, curator, FDA, FNA, Food Day, Food Day open house, FRESHFARM Markets, Jose Andres, Mars Inc, Think Food Group, USDA, What's Cooking Uncle Sam?
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