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Congress has restored funding of appropriated activities, and the National Archives has begun to restore normal operatio...
02/04/2026

Congress has restored funding of appropriated activities, and the National Archives has begun to restore normal operations. We are working to open to the public as soon as possible. Please check our website for updates.

We’re sorry, but we will not be able to post updates to our social media channels during the government shutdown. All Na...
02/02/2026

We’re sorry, but we will not be able to post updates to our social media channels during the government shutdown. All National Archives events– virtual or in person– are canceled until further notice. We will be unable to reply to messages or emails until the government reopens.

Congress has restored funding of appropriated activities, and the National Archives has begun to restore normal operatio...
11/13/2025

Congress has restored funding of appropriated activities, and the National Archives has begun to restore normal operations. We are working to open to the public as soon as possible. Please check archives.gov for updates.

We’re sorry, but we will not be able to post updates to our social media channels during the government shutdown. All Na...
10/01/2025

We’re sorry, but we will not be able to post updates to our social media channels during the government shutdown. All National Archives events–virtual or in person–are canceled until further notice. We will be unable to reply to messages or emails until the government reopens.

236 years ago the U.S. Post Office Act of 1789 was signed into law, creating the US Postal Service! In this 1975 Burea...
09/26/2025

236 years ago the U.S. Post Office Act of 1789 was signed into law, creating the US Postal Service! In this 1975 Bureau of Reclamation photograph we see “Skook” whom the Ledger, Montana postmaster rode the five miles from his ranch to work.

President Roosevelt established the first National Monument, Wyoming’s Devils Tower National Monument! Seen here topog...
09/24/2025

President Roosevelt established the first National Monument, Wyoming’s Devils Tower National Monument! Seen here topographically and photographically, these records come from a 1909 U.S. Forest Service report on the monument’s boundaries

A. H. Mendris, Irrigation Engineer from Ceylon Island (now Sri Lanka) participates in the time-honored tradition of ap...
09/22/2025

A. H. Mendris, Irrigation Engineer from Ceylon Island (now Sri Lanka) participates in the time-honored tradition of apple picking at an orchard near Long Lake Dam in eastern Washington, 1948. Photo found in our RG 115 Photographs series here; https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2525008

We're sweating it out for by way of our Youth Conservation Corps photos from RG 115! This 1978 YCC cohort was hosted a...
09/20/2025

We're sweating it out for by way of our Youth Conservation Corps photos from RG 115! This 1978 YCC cohort was hosted at Angelo State University and featured photos are from a group sock hop and “Happy Days" celebration.

Today’s post has a hook! Denver-made Eagle Claw Fishing hooks are celebrating their 100th birthday and we have some in o...
09/17/2025

Today’s post has a hook!

Denver-made Eagle Claw Fishing hooks are celebrating their 100th birthday and we have some in our holdings! In WWII, facing a line shortage due to the war, the company wrote the Office of Price Administration in 1942 for an adjustment to charge more for silkworm gut.

On we share the Uncle Sam Chemical Company’s “wonder” products featuring the iconic figure from our Bureau of Reclamat...
09/13/2025

On we share the Uncle Sam Chemical Company’s “wonder” products featuring the iconic figure from our Bureau of Reclamation holdings. An interesting use for the image of Sam Wilson, the man behind the goatee & the inspiration for the United States government’s nickname.

?! How about a stuffy of our FAVORITE bear? We like one of these stuffed Smokey Bear dolls we found in a 1964 U.S. Fore...
09/09/2025

?! How about a stuffy of our FAVORITE bear? We like one of these stuffed Smokey Bear dolls we found in a 1964 U.S. Forest Service file!

Raise a mug to ! Mountains and beer seem to go together, as Coors Banquet showed with this 1952 float they had during ...
09/07/2025

Raise a mug to ! Mountains and beer seem to go together, as Coors Banquet showed with this 1952 float they had during the Bureau of Reclamation Bonny Dam Dedication Parade in Burlington, Colorado!

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