Temperature outside for Casa H – Outdoor in Malmö dropped to: -0.20C December 24, 2021 at 03:46PM
Month: December 2021
God Jul!
Då var det julafton igen. Tiden går rasande fort. Det bästa i denna vecka är att det nu blir ljusare igen. Fast det blir till att vänta fram till åtminstone slutet av januari innan det blir riktigt märkbart. Önskar dig en riktigt God Jul. Hoppas du får en skön julafton och kanske även en julklapp du önskat dig.
A Bicycle Challenge in the Nation’s Capital
This past year a researcher called to our attention a series of photographs of children posing with bicycles in the National Photo Company Collection. Below is one of the images, which came to the Library with a somewhat mysterious title: “Times girl on bicycle.” Times girl on bicycle. Photo by National Photo Company, between 1921 and 1924. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.22067 Documentation obtained by the researcher through the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America historical newspaper database provides a fuller picture. The August 8, 1921 issue of The Washington Times reveals that the girl in the image is Theresa Ebert of Cherrydale, Virginia, and that she had earned the bicycle in a contest sponsored by the newspaper by convincing 35 people to purchase an…
Documenting Historic American Landscapes – Challenge Accepted!
The following is a guest post by Ryan Brubacher, Reference Librarian, Prints & Photographs Division. In late November, the winners of the 2021 HALS Challenge were announced. The announcement offers a good opportunity to highlight the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) collection, including the historical reports found within this collection, as well as the National Park Service’s annual challenge to create short format histories to be added to the collection. Ala Moana Park (Hawaii) - HALS HI-21 – a man-made landscape with a lively history of public use and development over its nearly 100 year history. 2014 Challenge: Documenting Landscapes of the New Deal – Entry. 5. Banyan Courtyard at McCoy Pavilion: Overall view of banyan courtyard. View facing southeast. –…