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Happy Hanukkah Stamp Season to Those Who Celebrate
Some people call this the “holiday season,” but to me it’s “Pick Out the Prettiest Stamp Season,” the one time… (Read more)
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Federal Workers
Pane of 2013 Hanukkah Stamps; Art director: Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD; Photographer: George E. Brown of Alexandria, VA. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection
Honorable Discharge certificate from the United States Navy for Herbert Harold Houser, Aviation Radioman Second Class, January 23, 1946. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Staci Houser.
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“In Grateful Recognition of Outstanding Service:” An Ode to Certificates
We collect a lot of certificates here at the Capital Jewish Museum. In fact, according to our database, we have over 150 of them! These certificates are made… (Read more)
Card, Leave for Federal Employees, 1961. | Gift of Harold Wallace in memory of Elliot Sivowitch
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Go Team Blue!
Sleepaway camps are giving way to back-to-school season, but I’m clinging to August even as it slips through my fingers… (Read more)
Color photograph of Wendy Schumacher at the train station she took to work for the Peace Corps in Casablanca, Morocco, 2001. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Wendy Schumacher
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Spotlight On: Wendy Schumacher’s Federal Career
With government funding in the news a lot lately, we’re taking the opportunity to learn some new stories about the… (Read more)
Naomi Biron and co-workers in offices of legal section of Federal Register, 1947. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Naomi Biron Cohen.
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Doing the Work of the Nation
The future of the US Civil Service has been in the news a lot lately. But beyond the headlines, who… (Read more)