Archive for 'Rare Photos'
Plucked from our records: Pasquale Taraffo and the Harp Guitar
“Attachments,” the current exhibit at the National Archives in Washington, DC, tells the stories of some of the millions of people who have entered and left the United States. One visitor, Pasquale Taraffo, came to the United States three times—once for a concert tour of New York City and California in 1928–29, once as [...]
Posted by Nikita on July 18, 2012, under Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: Attachments, guitar, harp guitar, immigration, music, Pasquale Taraffo
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More Hitler art albums discovered
This morning in Dallas, TX, the Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero, Senior Archivist Greg Bradsher, and President of the Monuments Men Foundation Robert M. Edsel announced the discovery of two original albums of photographs of paintings and furniture looted by the Nazis. The Monuments Men Foundation will donate these albums, which have [...]
Posted by Hilary on March 27, 2012, under - World War II, News and Events, preservation, Rare Photos.
Tags: 989th Field Artillery Battalion, art, Berchtesgaden, Girl with Two Doves, hitler, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Monuments Men, Nazis, Nuremberg, Robert Edsel, Rothschild, stolen art, World War II, WWII
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Secession, Congress, and a Civil War Awakening at the Archives
The U.S. Capitol under construction, 1860 (National Archives Identifier 530494) As a new year begins, the 112th Congress reconvenes for a second session of legislative activity. Representatives and senators from across the country are again descending upon the Capitol, ready to commence debates, proceedings, and hearings. This is how the legislative branch of the Federal Government [...]
Posted by Gregory Marose on January 6, 2012, under - Civil War, News and Events, Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: 112th Congress, 1860, 36th Congress, Adam Goodheart, Alabama, Arkansas, civil war, Confederate, federal government, Florida, Georgia, kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, missouri, North Carolina, secession, South Carolina, Tennessee, texas, Union
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Hit the Road, Jack!
Today’s post is by Miriam Kleiman, public relations specialist at the National Archives. Jack Kerouac—American counterculture hero, king of the Beats, and author of On the Road—was a Navy military recruit who failed boot camp. Navy doctors found Kerouac delusional, grandiose, and promiscuous, and questioned his strange writing obsession. I learned this in 2005, right [...]
Posted by Hilary on November 22, 2011, under - The 1960s, Prologue Magazine, Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: Basic Training, Clark Cable, delusional, dementia praecox, Elvis, grandiose, Jack Kerouac, Jackie Robinson, national personnel records center, On the Road, promiscuous, St. Louis
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Aunt Jemima, what took you so long?
Today’s guest post for “What’s Cooking Wednesdays” comes from Acting Director Patrick Connelly with Education Specialist Christopher Zarr of the National Archives at New York City. Sometimes walking down the stacks of the National Archives can be like walking down the aisles of your local supermarket. Names like Heinz, Anheuser-Busch, Hershey, Sara Lee, and Perrier line the shelves of the National Archives. [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 3, 2011, under Rare Photos, Unusual documents, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: Aunt Jemima, Aunt Jemima Syrup Company, breakfast, maple syrup, Quaker Oats Company, R.T. Davis Milling Company, Rigney and Company, syrup
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