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Voter Education
Are you registered to vote? Here is just one example of many posters put out by different unions' campaign committees and education departments. The one below was, like the others, designed to increase union members' awareness of their right to vote, but also of the necessary steps they need to take before doing so.
📸 Collection 6227 G Kheel Center Poster Collection
Candy Cane Menorah?
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the electric menorah, or “electric Hanukkah lamp,” is here to stay. And many Hanukkah observers, when pressed, may admit to having a relative who proudly displays one (or more) in a window...
LED Rope Light Menorah Motif Kit from AQ lighting, online here.
From Shutterstock via Tablet Magazine.
Given the interest in our cowboy-themed menorah post, today we share two electric menorah patents.
Sixth in our first-ever 8 days of Hanukkah Tumblr series of surprising Hanukkah-related National Archives records. By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs.
Design Patent Case File No. D185,199 - Design for an Electric Hanukkah Lamp, submitted by Ernest Goldberg, NARA ID 167821649. filed 8/13/1958, patented 5/19/1959.
“Electric Hanukkah Lamp” - rejected, then approved
Ernest Goldberg’s menorah featured the Magen David, Star of David, as the key design feature, to be viewed from front or back, and illuminated “by a new method of wiring, that of distributing the wires through the side arms and then connecting it with the nine individual sockets."
Goldberg’s initial patent application was rejected. He was instructed to:
Remove the words “utilizing the Jewish Star of David”
Change the description to “electric Hanukkah lamp”
Redo his messy drawings.
The “Chief Draftsman” criticized the drawing’s “pale, blurred and indistinct” lines, and demanded a better drawing:
Goldberg resubmitted his design and it was approved. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Records (RG 241), nearly 5 million files, are held at the National Archives at Kansas City. Explore highlights from his incredible collection in the National Archives Catalog online.
CANDY CANE MENORAH?
Candy cane menorah US20060044790A1. “The illumination members include a translucent fixture having the shape and appearance of a candy cane.” Application submitted by John Crawley, 2004.
Happy 7th Night of Hanukkah!
Please note: the National Archives does not endorse or recommend any particular Menorah, electric or otherwise.
ICYMI:
1st Night: 1956 patent application for an unusual menorah with cowboys, horses, tassels, and perhaps mistletoe.
2nd Night: 1926 Sefer Sipur Nes Hanukkah from Baghdad.
3rd Night: the White House Hanukkah party invite with a Xmas tree!
4th Night: mention of Hanukkah in Rosenberg Trial Grand Jury testimony.
5th Night: 1st Pandemic Hanukkah, 1918.
6th Night: Hanukkah speech tips to NSC staffer Blinken 1998!
From here.
Happy #ThrowbackThursday! Please enjoy these old photos of several nearby places and keep saving your own old photos of Escondido so that we can digitize them someday! #escolibrary #escondidoca #librariesofinstagram #pioneerroom #archivesofinstagram #oldphotos #localhistory #palomarmountain #julianca #fallbrookca #paumaca #sanmarcosca #vistaca https://www.instagram.com/p/CBB2In1jplo/?igshid=3w8nc92aggfz
Colgate students attired in suits and ties drink Coca-Cola in the campus store, May 1949. The campus store moved from the basement of Stillman Hall to the basement of East Hall in the late 1930s. It provided students with necessities like ice cream, coffee, and cigarettes, and services such as button-sewing. It was a hub for card games -- and one of the only places on campus where the all-male student population could interact with women 😬 The store moved to the O'Connor Campus Center when it was opened in 1967. We're pretty keen on the Colgate penguin shown here... new mascot @colgateraiders !? #colgatescua #colgate200 #colgateuniversity #archivesofinstagram #universityarchives #sideeye (at Colgate University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwIEGuzBWJH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pxxemllr3w8x
soooo -#ExLibris! should I #recycle #11years of #filofax #diary #archives from #1990 - #2001 first discovered at @remogiuffre's #RemoStore #decade of #paper #refills #howdiligentami ? #archivesofinstagram #ithinkigaveupatsomepoint #papergoods
HBS pioneered the case method, and our first case was one page on the General Shoe Company, written by Professor Bittle in 1921. Today you can find it in the Baker Library historical collection. #LifeatHBS #archivesofinstagram (at Harvard Business School)
#OnThisDay January 10, 1860 the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, MA collapsed, becoming the worst industrial accident in Massachusetts history. Between 90 and 145 people were killed and another 166 were injured. The mill was five stories high and was built by the Essex Company before being sold to George Howe and David Nevins in 1857 who put even more machines in the factory to boost profits. At the time of the collapse, the mill turned a profit of $1.5 million a year for its owners. When it collapsed, the mill had 800 workers, mostly women and children, inside. Rescuers helped more than 200 people out of the building, but between 9:30-10pm a lantern held by a rescuer broke and a fire broke out in the rumble. It was reported at the time that 14 people were burned to death as a result. A jury found architect Charles Bigelow responsible for the collapse because he allowed malformed cast-iron columns to be used. However he argued the original owners were at fault and he just used the material they provided. In the end, he did not go to prison, and no one received any sort of punishment for the disaster. #CornellRAD #LaborArchives #LaborHistory #ArchivesOfInstagram #KheelCenter #ILRSchool #LaborRights #Strikes #WorkingWednesday #PembertonMill #Massachusetts @Cornell_Library @CornellILR @ILRSchool @CornellTextileIndustry @CornellFashionCollection https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPgTYcu7I5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Today, we're talking about a different kind of voting! The midterms are coming up this November, but you need to register to be able to vote! Even though it's not a presidential election, every election needs to hear from you. Exercise your American right this November by celebrating #NationalVoterRegistrationDay with us. Click here to register: https://www.vote.org/register-to-vote/ #CornellRAD #Vote #RegisterToVote #LaborArchives #LaborHistory #ArchivesOfInstagram #MidtermElections @cornell_library @cornellilr https://www.instagram.com/p/Ciuyf6HuVeV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
