Here are some of the creations that came out of last Sunday’s Family Activity at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. More can be viewed on the Libraries' Flickr page. The purpose more »
Month: July 2010
To keep the holiday mood going, a patriotic-themed seed catalog from 1898, Vaughan's Seed Store Autumn Bulbs and Plants. —Elizabeth Periale
. . . this hall took about $15.00 to complete, according to the caption of this illustration from The 1917 Party Book by Dennison Manufacturing Co. Besides American flags and more »
Dingee & Conard Co., Our New Guide to Rose Culture (1898), West Grove, PA, United States As the dog days of summer begin (or continue, depending on from where you are reading this), more »
Mrs. E. Stevens Tilton, Home Dissertations, 1890, 'Eat at your own table as you would that of a king' said Confucius. July is National Picnic Month—no surprise there. This gay more »
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Inscription on Main Post Office, New York City, adapted more »