The 20th century saw the advance of many labor-saving appliances. Vacuum cleaners were particularly targeted to women, becoming more portable by the 1920’s and emphasizing the increased importance attributed to hygiene and health. In more »
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recto: Rembrandt Peale (born Bucks County, PA, 1778; died Philadelphia, PA,1860) verso: Carte-de-visite photographer: H. G. DeBurlo, Philadelphia, PA Rembrandt Peale was born into a family of artists during the more »
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 Cooper Union Building, Astor Place. New York City c. 1869-70. The Kubler Collection, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Roma Korris, 85, is one of the Cooper-Hewitt’s Library’s most valued volunteers. more »
Libraries trade literature, Cord Cabriolet – Open, Cord Automobile Company The application due date for the 2010 Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program and the Baird Society Resident Scholar Program is more »
The Libraries features the Album Mexicano. The portrait in the upper left is famous general Santa Anna.—Elizabeth Periale Plate 15, Album mexicano : retratos de los personages ilustres de la 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 »