Pic of the Week: Black Friday

Christmas shoppers on Sixth Avenue, New York, New York (between 1900 and 1905). http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994019005/PP/

This black and white photograph of Christmas shoppers from the early 20th century made me think of the modern Black Friday shopping frenzy.  But since Black Friday has already been a blog topic, I thought I would use this as an opportunity to re-feature posts from Inside Adams and the other Library blogs, posted in celebration of Thanksgiving.  It seems that there may be a pattern here at Inside Adams with a number of food related posts:

Please pass the slow twitch fiber…
Macy’s and the parade
A Sweet Potato History
Candied yams or Candied Sweet Potatoes?
Planes, Trains but not Automobiles
Pie•ology: A Full Filling Story
A 1904 Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner

Other Library of Congress blogs have used Thanksgiving as a theme in their own way.  In the Muse and In Custodia Legis had the same title for their 2010 posts but each was quite different.  In the Muse featured an 1878 piece of sheet music while In Custodia Legis looked at the legislative history of the holiday.

I also wanted to feature a few Thanksgiving related things that I found when I was looking around the Library web site.  There are classroom materials which include a Thanksgiving timeline and a Primary Source Set with various guides on different aspects of the holiday.

Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving.

Pic of the Week: Show and Tell

Today’s Pic of the Week shows the Division’s two Junior Fellows, Laura Beth Jackson and Brian Horowitz, at the annual event the Library holds where the Junior Fellows showcase their projects. Laura Beth’s project was about the Library’s materials from the National Recovery Administration, and her exhibit included two of the Codes of Fair Competition …

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Happy Birthday Thomas Jefferson!

Like the Library of Congress and the Jefferson building, the Science & Business Reading Room has a special connection to Thomas Jefferson. On this day in 1976, in honor of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, President Ford signed the act that changed the Library of Congress Annex Building to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. His …

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Favorites From the Fifth Floor

Occasionally when visiting the stacks we run across something that we find particularly interesting either from a content or historical perspective.  Shortly after my arrival here at the Library, I found such an item! Published in 1883 the book The Secrets of Success In Business claims to “show completely and practically how business is done, …

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