Maybe Katherine Hepburn was talking about calla lilies, but this image from E.L. Sturtevant's Catalogue of Rare Water Lilies, 1881, from the trade literature collection at the National Museum of American History Library more »
Category: History and Culture
In the spirit of Earth Day, the Libraries is "recycling" its Earth Day post from last year. Enjoy! Straw bale building: an old technology in a new environment Reading Art Molella’s more »
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes, and a Trip around it. Trans. by Louis Mercier and Eleanor King [De la terre more »
Since word of the RMS Titanic's sinking on the night of April 14, 1912, the legend of this "unsinkable" trans-Atlantic liner has grown into mythology and has been immortalized in print, more »
Parker and Wood, Seeds, Plants, and Bulbs, 1892, Back Cover Everything is flowering, there are still a few cherry blossoms to see, so I might as well wisp downtown to more »
Put away the vacuum cleaners and put down the dish rags—it's National No Housework Day. So kick back and enjoy the day! No one is sure when it started, or more »
Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, MA. The 1917 Party Book, 1917, Easter gifts ; basket ideas. From Valentine’s Day to the 4th of July, The 1917 Party Book, a trade catalog by more »