“A Real American Beauty--Santa Clara Pueblo Indian Girl.”
Public Ledger, Color Supplement, August 31, 1919, p. 2.
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Happy birthday to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, born on February 14, 1847! Dr. Shaw was a leader of the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. as well as being a physician and one of the first women ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
A cover illustration of Dr. Shaw appeared on the January 1913 issue of The Fra and the issue contains an article about Dr. Shaw and other American suffragists.
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The art of kissing: curiously, historically, humorously, poetically considered (1902).
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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Are you ready?
How to Write Love Letters.
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This week is another round of #ColorOurCollections! Check out the website and/or follow the hashtag across social media to find lots of cool coloring pages from cultural heritage institutions!
You can find all of our coloring pages here.
Happy coloring! :)
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Spooky Halloween cover for the Chicago Ledger, October 28, 1916.
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How to give hypnotic exhibitions: with history of hypnotism by Prof. L. A. Harraden (1900).
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How to tell fortunes: containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the key to work it: also tells fortunes by cards, lucky and unlucky days, signs and omens (1902). Also available as an ebook on Project Gutenberg.
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"In the were wolf's claws" cover illustration, Chicago Ledger, Aug. 24, 1918.
All month long, libraries and archives are celebrating Halloween by posting spooky, creepy, and/or weird images from their collections using the hashtag #PageFrights. Follow the tag on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook, or visit pagefrights.org for an aggregated view of posts.
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Two girls playing a clapping game on this letterhead from 1897.
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Can you find "Villa Nova" on this property map from 1881?
See Plate 14 in: Atlas of Bryn Mawr and vicinity: or of properties along the Pennsylvania R.R. including 1 1/2 miles each side of the road and from City Line to Malvern Station: from official records, private plans, and actual surveys (1881).
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"An exciting polo moment" on the cover of the Public Ledger, Color Supplement, September 21, 1919.
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Autographs of C.S.A. prisoners taken during the Civil War and held at Johnsons Island, 1863-1865. Entries contain signatures as well as dates and places of capture.
For more on the history of Civil War prisoners at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, visit the Johnson’s Island Preservation Society.
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Chasuble, sewn and embriodered by Mother Euphemia, O.S.B.M.
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A rather fabulous fairy godmother in an 1888 Cinderella illustrated by R. Andre.
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How to get married, although a woman, or, The art of pleasing men by a Young Widow (1892).
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