The bicycle is “a money and time saving proposition. It appeals so strongly to the hundreds of thousands of working people who are making practical use of it every day more »
Category: History and Culture
May is a month of many things, including asparagus. The Libraries features seed catalogs, all from 1898.—Elizabeth Periale Livingston's Seed Store, 11th Annual Seed Catalogue, 1898, Front Cover F.C. more »
The Libraries' trade literature collection has many fantastic examples of catalogs that give a glimpse into how advertising has shaped this country, including these two bicycle catalogs, one which is more »
Happy Arbor Day from Smithsonian Libraries. Hieronymus Bock, Kreütterbuch darin unterscheidt Nammen und Würckung der Kreütter [Herbal], 1587. Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition…, 1845. Oscar H. more »
Leonardo da Vinci was born today in Vinci, Florence in 1452. The Libraries has books throughout its many locations featuring this unique artist and inventor's interests in art, science, architecture more »
Thomas Jefferson was born today in Shadwell, Virginia in 1743. The Libraries has a variety of interesting titles about this former governor of Virginia, minister of France, Secretary of State, more »
The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library includes a catalog from the company that first created a popular Easter candy called Marshmallow Peeps. The trade more »