In this plate from Benjamin Franklin's, Œuvres de M. Franklin, Docteur des loix . . . , 1773, "Portrait of Benjamin Franklin," the great man looks contemplative as a storm rages more »
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June is Rose Month. This 1899 seed catalog from Peter Henderson & Co., Manual of Everything for the Garden, is also part of the Libraries' Seed Catalogs digital collection. —Elizabeth Periale
During the run of the exhibition, Paper Engineering, Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn, the Libraries will be cross-posting on this and the Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn blogs . . more »
The game of tennis as we know it today caught on in the United States in the 1880s: In America in 1874 Mary Ewing Outerbridge, a young socialite, returned from more »
Born in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright is considered the greatest American architect of the last century. The magazine featured here, ReD. Revue Svazu moderní kultury Devětsil [ReD: Review of the more »
The Libraries has many images in both the National Zoological Park Library and Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History that we would like to feature during Zoo and Aquarium more »
Belt Life Preserver, Armed Forces History, Division of History of Technology, National Museum of American History, Master Tire and Rubber Company (Manufacturer) 50 Mission Crush Hat, Armed Forces History, Division of more »