Edwin H. Land introduced the Polaroid instant camera on February 21, 1947. The Libraries has a great and varied assortment of polaroid trade catalogs in its trade literature collection. Being more »
Month: February 2010
Polar bears (family name Ursus maritimus) are the largest land carnivore in the world today. Males typically reach an adult weight of between 880 lbs to over 1300 lbs; females more »
Certainly, Mussoff’s strong design sense, punchy draftsmanship and gritty, rebellious social attitude make her one of the more interesting representational artists to come down the pike in recent years.”—Joe Shannon, more »
Now that it’s melting we can all laugh . . . Right? Right? —Elizabeth Periale
. . . was yesterday – but it's never to late to read about man's best friend! Robert Laurent, Sleeping Dog, 1920, crayon and pencil, 17 1/16 x 22 1/8 more »
February is International Friendship Month. What better way to illustrate friendship between nations than a depiction of Napoleon signing the Louisiana Purchase? the fact that this little slice of history more »
I wonder if our nation's first president ever witnessed as snowy a winter—in Washington, D.C., the capital city that bears his name—as we have this winter, the capital he helped more »