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Happy Thanksgiving! This gussied up turkey is from the Charles J. Fyffe greeting card collection.* *
As a part of Archives Month Philly, we present *Behind the Scenes* next Tuesday, October 17th. Join
Currently on exhibit in the Leon Levy Dental Medicine Library is *Thomas Evans and Félix Nadar*. Nad
In this book of hours from the mid to late 1400s, an elegantly illuminated initial letter P contains
A beautiful painting of Saint Francis of Assisi before a vision of the Virgin Mary standing atop a d
From the Caroline Schimmel Collection, this framed miniature photograph of a deceased young woman is
Join us next week for the conference *Jonathan Swift in the 21st Century*, of the 2018 Jay I. Kislak
A compelling moment with Ella Fitzgerald, as recorded by dentist and amateur photographer Allen J. W
Cheers! We recommend celebrating tonight Savoy-style: dancing in the arms of your best friend, possi
*A Raging Wit: The Life and Legacy of Jonathan Swift* is our new exhibition! In honor of the 350th a
The image for this month in the Kislak Center wall calendar comes from an 1865 edition of *Gulliver’
It seems that this title belonged to a chained library, a method which began to appear in the Middl
Stewart Culin (1858-1929) was a Philadelphia-born ethnographer and author who collected many things,
Penn’s holdings of Indic manuscripts is the largest in the Western Hemisphere with more than 3,000 i
This intricately illustrated bookplate is from a bound selection of texts and chants for use in a Fr
Map of Antarctica, taken from volume one of “The South Pole” by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1
Indian clubs were a popular method of exercise in the 19th century. Some fitness enthusiasts are rev
*Labeculae Vivae: Building a Reference Library of Stains for Researching Medieval Manuscripts* is cu
The circulatory system of a cow, as found in Andrew A. Gardenier’s *Handbook of Ready Reference.* Th
Frank Lloyd Wright, father of Organic Architecture, was born on this day in 1867. The design of this
Detail from a French textbook on physics created between 1787 and 1788. This work includes diagrams
This is a bound collection of works about scholastic philosophy created by a student in early 18th-c
Hooray! Economist Clement Wilson likely drew this giraffe as the personification of his relief at an
A tufted ring-necked budget pecker is a rare breed indeed, conceived in the mind of economist Clemen
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