Archive for March, 2013
Facial Hair Friday: Opening Day Mustache
Opening Day of the 2013 Baseball Season is this Sunday! What better way to celebrate than to crack open some peanuts, download our free eBook “Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives,” and grow a luxuriant mustache in honor of President Taft. Taft is the newest addition to the Nationals Racing Presidents.The 27th President [...]
Posted by Hilary on March 29, 2013, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: baseball, Nationals, Racing Presidents, Senators, Taft
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The Remarkable Story of Ann Lowe: From Alabama to Madison Avenue
Today’s guest post comes from Margaret Powell, MA, a decorative arts historian from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her areas of concentration are textile and costume history. She is a graduate of the Smithsonian Associates–Corcoran College of Art and Design History of Decorative Arts Masters Program. On September 13, 1953, the New York Times featured the wedding of [...]
Posted by Hilary on March 28, 2013, under - The 1960s.
Tags: African American, Ann Lowe, debut gowns, fashion, First Ladies, Jackie Kennedy, JFK, Nina Auchincloss, Presidential Library, Women's History Month
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Did Knute Rockne ever box Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Today’s post comes from Christopher Abraham at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. He answers a question each week on Facebook. This week’s Ask an Archivist query comes from Kansas. “Did Knute Rockne ever box Dwight D. Eisenhower? I heard that this took place in Abilene, Kansas, around 1913.” – Anonymous We have heard this story before. [...]
Posted by Hilary on March 14, 2013, under - Presidents, Myth or History.
Tags: boxing, coaching, Eisenhower, football, Knute Rockne, myths, Presidents
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Helvetica and Supergraphics: The Design Behind Our New Exhibit
I sat down with Amanda Perez, exhibit and graphic designer at the National Archives, to talk about her work for our new “Searching for the Seventies” exhibit. Halfway through the interview, we were joined by Dan Falk, visual information specialist and the audiovisual and structural designer for the exhibit. Amanda’s first step in designing the [...]
Posted by Nikita on March 7, 2013, under Uncategorized.
Tags: 1970s, color, design, documerica, exhibit, exhibit design, font, graphic design, Helvetica, Searching for the Seventies, Seventies, supergraphic, wood paneling
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Suffrage and suffering at the 1913 March
Today’s blog post comes from Jessie Kratz, archives specialist in the Center for Legislative Archives. If you are participating in the 100th anniversary of the parade on Sunday, stop by the National Archives to see the document that finally gave women the right to vote. The 19th Amendment is on display from March 1 to [...]
Posted by Hilary on March 1, 2013, under - Women's Rights, Pennsylvania Avenue, Uncategorized.
Tags: 100th anniversary, 19th amendment, committee hearings, DC Police, guest post, march, parade, Pennsylvania Avenue, Senate, suffrage, voting, voting rights, washington, woman suffrage
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