Each Thursday we take strange photos from our holdings and ask you to add a funny caption.
Since last week's photo came from holdings at the National Archives at Chicago, we thought, what could be more appropriate than getting one of our Windy City colleagues to be our guest judge? Regional Office Management Assistant Mary Ann Zulevic stepped in for the duty and, after much deliberation, debating, and pondering, picked this genealogical … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
Since this week's photo featured President Harry S. Truman, we turned to Tammy Kelly, an archivist at the Truman Library, to pick our winner for the photo contest. She has firsthand knowledge of this photo since she is the one who cataloged the doll into the Truman Library's computerized system earlier this summer. Tammy picked John … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
After much head scratching and sniffing—I mean, thinking—over which caption to choose (Khrushchev? Nipper? Kodak?) we decided to ask for help. We put in a request for assistance from Miriam Nisbet, who is the Director of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). When she isn't sorting out FOIA requests, she's working with guide dogs, so … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
Did you miss us? We were on a brief hiatus, but we're back with more bizarre and baffling photographs from our holdings, ready for your cleverest captions! So who won the winning caption for our last photo? We turned to the newest member of our team, writer Victoria Yue (you may remember her post about … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
Last week's photo may have sparked some of our funniest captions yet! As soon as we started reading about the ill-fated Florence in Apple Jacks, cereal killers, and the Shotz Brewery, we knew choosing a winner would be tough. So we turned to Denise Henderson, who blogs about her finds in the records over at … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
We had a hard time choosing this week between captions that suggested ill-fated monkey-navigated flights or included the phrase "monkey hairdo." Finally we turned to a man of impeccable taste, Brian Barth, who is the man behind the art direction and graphic design of the recipe book Eating with Uncle Sam: Recipes and Historical Bites from the … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest–August 11
Congratulations to Andrew P, who won the approval of our guest judge Samuel Rushay, senior archivist at the Truman Presidential Library. Your caption gave us much-needed insight into the hearts of political mascots whose vote lies with other party. Check your email for a code to use for 15% in the eStore! Sam recently appeared … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
I am excited to introduce this week's guest judge, Dominic McDevitt-Parks, who is working on several projects as our Wikipedian-in-Residence this summer. Surprised that we support Wikipedia? Well, it turns out that the Archivist is a big fan of the web site and its work! Congratulations to Andrew P! Check your e-mail for 15% off in our eStore. … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
Choosing the winner was as easy as falling off a log for our guest judge Andrea Matney, who has experience balancing guest speakers and programming for the Know Your Records series. Congratulations to the excellently named Ryan Tickle! Your caption tickled our funnybone and--combined with the oppressive heat this week--made us all long to be at … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
Congratulations to Hugh Ryon, whose caption suggested both the possibility of danger and the silliness of the pose! Check your email for a discount code for 15% in the eStore. Your suggestions of spinning and vomit were not far off, gentle readers. And like Dorothy, this young man was probably trying to wish himself home when the … Continue reading Thursday Photo Caption Contest
