Uncle Sam's Treasures

Some things really are free

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Secretary Kerry, Energy Secretary Moniz Stand With Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif and Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy Salehi Before Meeting in Switzerland by U.S. Department of State Via Flickr: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif chat while flanked by U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, far left, and Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy and President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, far right, on March 16, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before a discussion about the future of Iran's nuclear program. [State Department Photo/Public Domain]

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Bienvenue, President et Madame Macron! Photo by Shealah Craighead, from President Trump’s Paris visit last summer. US State Dept (#publicdomain).

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Presenting a new addition to the #houseofwindsor! #congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Engraving from the @wellcomecollection, CC License 4.0.

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Your grandfather knew where the best record store in town was. This was the Commodore Record Shop in #nyc in 1947. #PublicDomain photo at the #libraryofcongress, taken by William Gottlieb. #recordstoreday

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Happy Birthday to an American hero, #johnmuir born 180 years ago. Here he stands beside his friend #teddyroosevelt In the Park they created: #yosemite. #PublicDomain image courtesy of the #libraryofcongress.

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Mrs. Barbara Bush by U.S. National Archives Via Flickr: First Ladies Conference at the LBJ Library in Austin Texas. Nov. 15 , 2012. LBJ Library photo by David Valdez.

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I love when they don’t overpromise, don’t you?

It'll Do Motel office, Jonesborough, Tennessee (LOC) by The Library of Congress Via Flickr: Margolies, John,, photographer. It'll Do Motel office, Jonesborough, Tennessee 1987. 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format). Notes: Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Motel offices; Lodging. Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation. Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008). Subjects: Motels--1980-1990. United States--Tennessee--Jonesborough. Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110 General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00181 Call Number: LC-MA05- 181

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Can you hear me now??

Melba & wireless phone (LOC) by The Library of Congress Via Flickr: Bain News Service,, publisher. Melba & wireless phone [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.30836 Call Number: LC-B2- 5242-11A

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Just a reminder: the FBI is not your friend. These clippings were collected by the great conductor (and Civil Rights supporter) Leonard Bernstein, who donated the to the Library of Congress.

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Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Rock-strewn Freeman Brook in Warren, Vermont. Vermont Warren, 2017. -09-29. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017882668/. (Accessed April 11, 2018.)