. . . 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 »
Category: Art and Design
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Tiger and China On Feb. 14th, Chinese will be celebrating the lunar New Year of the Tiger all over the globe. In China, the tiger is considered the king more »
Fortune Magazine was created as part of Henry Luce’s Time, Inc. publishing empire in February 1930, four months after the Stock market crash that started the Great Depression. It was more »
Maria Sibylla Merian, Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, 1730 Don't worry, cherry blossoms will be featured this month, too . . . But this beautiful engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian was more »