January is National Hobby Month. What is your hobby? Is it playing chess or checkers? Or playing cards?
Category: History and Culture
This photograph features two men, names unknown, but purportedly two of the first four men to climb Harney Peak in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
A nice spot of tea and a tea party are a delightful way to pass a Saturday, c. 1890, from Mrs. E. Stevens Tilton, Home Dissertations, featured in the Libraries’ The Making of a Homemaker.
With the kind of weather we’ve been having all over the country, choosing the right tea kettle is imperative. But no fears, geologist Thomas Webster (with the help of the deceased Mrs. Parkes) has quite a few helpful suggestions, including “That a teapot should pour well.”
The Libraries would like to highlight some more new and diverse titles that have been added recently to the National Museum of American History Library.
Besides these fabulous hat adornments, more images, including veils, ornaments, pins and already trimmed hats can be found on the Libraries’ Galaxy of Images.
Hunka, Hunka Happy Burnin’ Love Birthday Elvis!