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ENJOY THIS POST FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES REDISCOVERING BLACK HISTORY BLOG! 

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DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR SHOT This week is World Immunization Week so we are sharing this fun image of Navy recruits receiving inoculations at the U.S. Naval Training Station in San Diego in the ...

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GOT YOUR POPCORN? 125 years ago today, Vitascope’s first theatrical exhibit took place in New York City. In April 1902, Tally’s Electric Theatre opened in Los Angeles, California.  Home of ...

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EARTH CONSTRUCTION ON EARTH DAY Today on Earth Day we celebrate something that is old which is now new again! Building with earth is an ancient practice. Popular once again, it was revived in th...

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Today is #NationalTakeAWildGuessDay! Nope, it’s not a Ferris wheel.  See the image caption for the answer! File Unit: USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Davis Dam Project - Arizona - Nevada, Annual...

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Today is #NationalTakeAWildGuessDay! We sometimes come across items in our collections that keep us guessing. Luckily this photograph has a caption, but today we want you to take a wild guess! Ma...

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“…WITH SILVERBELLS AND COCKLESHELLS…”  So, how does your garden grow?  April 14th marks National Gardening Day! This day allows seasoned home gardeners to learn even more about their g...

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SUBS FOR SUBS? Today we celebrate National Submarine Day. No, not the sandwich, but the actual underwater vessels and the men and women who serve on them. We wonder if they serve submarine sandw...

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SCOTTISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH April is Scottish American Heritage Month and we are sharing these images of Scottish immigrants naturalizing in the U.S. between 1939 and 1943. Meet Alison McKi...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Happy birthday to Hollywood director, writer, and producer Allan Dwan, who was born this date in 1885 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dwan was born Joseph Aloysius Dwan and immigr...

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#ARCHIVESTIPOFTHEHAT Who doesn’t love a great baseball cap? This 1941 image is captioned, “The Pala Reservation Baseball team. They made a splendid record the past season.”  

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#ARCHIVESTIPOFTHEHAT Join us as we follow a lost hat on its perilous journey home to finally be reunited with its owner!  

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CHINESE AMERICAN ACTRESS’S STORY ILLUSTRATES ‘OTHERING’ OF IMMIGRANTS Recent acts of violence against Asian Americans across the country have underscored the notion of being perceived as...

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Sgt. Tess Hall of the Women’s Army Corps served at the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation, contributing her time to the USO by playing accordion and serving on the joint military and industrial co...

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NATIONAL AGRICULTURE DAY Today we celebrate National Agriculture Day, a time to recognize the value of agriculture in our daily lives. From the food we eat to the clothes we wear, agriculture is...

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When the Great Depression started, Nevada’s mines were decreasing, and its economy was in decline. Motivated to lift the state out of hard times and population flight, on March 19, 1931, the Ne...

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CURRENT OPERATING STATUS Wondering about the status of our facilities? We regularly update our website with any changes to the operating status of our research rooms, Presidential Libraries and...

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