"N is for Noodles," and is also a very fun illustration from David Pelletier's The Graphic Alphabet. This image is part of Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration, which is more »
Category: Collection Highlights
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 »
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 »
Now that it’s melting we can all laugh . . . Right? Right? —Elizabeth Periale
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 »
All this snow is making Washington's cherry blossoms seem very far away . . .—Elizabeth Periale Ernest Thompson Seton, Bird portraits, 1901