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Jaime Mears

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Jaime Mears @jaimemears.bsky.social · Jan 28

Nominations due Feb.5th!

To read more, check out her post on The Signal ✨ - blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...

Should Anywhere Adventures Come to Your Town? | The Signal

The following is a guest post by 2025 Innovator in Residence Vivian Li, an illustrator, comics artist and web developer from Macomb, Illinois who currently lives in Seattle. As someone who has lived ...

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Jaime Mears @jaimemears.bsky.social · Jan 28

If youre from a small town like me, try searching at the county level, or ask our staff to help at ask.loc.gov

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Jaime Mears @jaimemears.bsky.social · Jan 28

Vivian is a comics artist who lives in Seattle & she's been illustrating stories from Seattle history that she's found on loc.gov.

If you put in a nomination, maybe she can do this about your hometown as well?

Vivian as comic illustration says "Here's a treasure I found about Seattle. When I first moved to Seattle from Illinois, the first thing I noticed were the hils. Cars would roll backwards, my knees hurt, and biking got a LOT harder. But Seattle used to be much, much hillier."

"In the beginning of the 20th century, Seattle went through a series of regrading projects. Hills were torn down to make the downtown more easily accessible (the horses were getting tired). However, I didn't know how the hills were being torn down..."

"Until I saw this photo of them just blasting the hills with water. WA-BAM! Isnt that wild? the goal of Anwhere Adventures is to see what stories can be found in the Library about the places people live. The first stop is Seattle, Washington. Where should we go next? Nominate your twon today to have custom stories and activities created especially for you!"

Jaime Mears @jaimemears.bsky.social · Jan 28

LC Innovator Vivian Li is looking for nominations for where to take Anywhere Adventures in 2025. I want to hear stories about people's adorable hometowns, and i'm curious if you can find any items on loc.gov about yours?

Collage comic with girl waving and saying "Hi! I'm Vivian Li, and I'm the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. My project is Anywhere Adventures, and I'm creating activities and finding stories about local history within the Library's digital collections. So the Library is coming to you! The question now is.... where should we go?" Sign posts say "Find an item, post it on instagram, tag the Library, or comment here by February 5th".

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