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 »
Tag: Elizabeth Periale
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 »
I wonder if our nation's first president ever witnessed as snowy a winter—in Washington, D.C., the capital city that bears his name—as we have this winter, the capital he helped 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
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