OMEKA Helps Bring WWII Collection to Life

SC&A created its first OMEKA project this summer, and demonstrated it for the first time at the 29th Annual Reunion of the 43rd Bomb Group of the 403rd Bomb Squadron of the 5th Air Force in San Antonio, Texas this past weekend. On Saturday, September 26th,  group of about one hundred veterans from the 43rd […]

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From the Archives: PE Building History

With the opening of the Recreation Athletic Complex, it is a great time to reflect on the construction of the original Physical Education Building from 1970-1972. All of the images are reproductions from the George Mason University Archives, University Relations Records. Groundbreaking and Construction Press Release, 1970 Groundbreaking Schedule and Building Images, 1970 Construction Photographs, […]

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What am I?

This unidentified object, part of the Alexander Haight Family Collection, was found alongside a broken handcuff and chisel in western Fairfax County, Virginia. Speculation is that a fugitive, possibly a slave, possibly a captured soldier, hid in the woods and used the chisel to break through the handcuff, leaving this object behind with them. Please […]

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Newly Recovered Music and Voice Recordings from the 1950s Arts Scene

During the 1950s the United States and Russia not only competed in terms of military might, they also vied against each other for world influence. Though America may have been on the leading edge of manufacturing, technology, and popular culture; the Soviet Union and its satellite countries in eastern Europe were the generally accepted leaders […]

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The Good Humor Man

It’s summertime, and I can’t think of anything better than ice cream on a warm summer night, so today we have some photographs from a feature Ollie Atkins worked on about Good Humor ice cream. The images were for a story in the Saturday Evening Post titled The Pied Piper of Ice Cream that appeared […]

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