This lithograph displays machine-made embroidery from the 1876 and 1878 World's Fairs. The Libraries has many wonderful items from World's fairs in its collections. Many other wonderful images can be more »
Month: February 2010
All this snow is making Washington's cherry blossoms seem very far away . . .—Elizabeth Periale Ernest Thompson Seton, Bird portraits, 1901
In 1917, those wanting ideas for party decorations could turn to The 1917 Party Book from the Dennison Manufacturing Company of Framingham, Massachusetts. Included are ideas for hall and table more »
Now that the festivities are over, here's a bit of history of Mardi Gras. Meaning "Fat Tuesday" in french, this festive day came to America in 1699 with with French more »
BIREME Headquarters In the afternoon of February 11 I visited the headquarters of BIREME and met with technical and library staff. BIREME is an important technical and library project in more »
Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil Along with Abel Packer and Marcia Barretto of BIREME, I paid a visit to the library and director of the Instituto Evandro Chagas. The Institute more »
For Presidents' Day, we'd like to re-run a post from November 19, 2009: During July 1-3, 1863, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War took place around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. more »