Did you know that the National Air and Space Museum Library (NASM) collects historical children's books on aeronautical themes? Yes, there are picture books and juvenile readers about balloons and planes and more »
Month: November 2009
This month’s featured S.I. Libraries exchange partner is the 120-year-old Japan Academy in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan founded in 1897 by Yukichi Fukuzawa under the name Tokyo Academy. The Academy’s more »
In a previous post, we featured candy recipes from the 1907 Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide. As you can tell from the title, the guide also has an more »
Believe it or not, clocks played a very important role for the foreign missionaries in opening the door to China in the 16th and 17th centuries. Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo more »
In this 1892 catalog from the Libraries' trade literature collection, located in the National Museum of American History Library, Sylph Cycles, a product of the Rouse-Duryea Cycle Co., promotes their more »
In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be more »
From Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn: Yellow Square: a pop-up book for children of all ages. David A. Carter. New York: Little Simon, c.2008. David A. Carter , a pop-up book more »