Category Archives: History

A Flowering of Affection

Posted on January 31, 2007 by

Valentine’s day is coming, so it’s better I start posting something about it. And I found something nice about it: A Flowering of Affection: A Victorian Valentine Cards at the Lilly Library. A selection of nineteenth century Valentine cards, from … Continue reading →

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Russia and Eastern Europe in Rare Photographs

Posted on January 30, 2007 by

From the collection of the New York Public Library, Russia and Eastern Europe in Rare Photographs, 1860- 1945. A huge collection with thousands of images, photos and political cartoons, in more than 150 albums. Many were originally part of Romanov … Continue reading →

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America in Caricature 1765 – 1865

Posted on January 29, 2007 by

Political Cartoons of the Lilly Library: America in Caricature 1765 – 1865. The caricatures depict times of turbulence in American history and range in date from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 and to the presidential elections of … Continue reading →

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American Social Hygiene Posters

Posted on January 29, 2007 by

The fabulous collection of American Social Hygiene Posters (ca. 1910-1970) from the University of Minnesota has everything girls and boys need to know for a healthy sexual life (or maybe not): The social hygiene movement of the early twentieth century … Continue reading →

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Posters of Japanese Labor and Social Movement

Posted on January 27, 2007 by

OISR.ORG Poster Exhibition: Images of Japanese Labor and Social Movement in the Post-1945 Japan, is a great on-line exhibition by the Ohara Institute for Social Research. Hundreds of vintage posters of confederations, industry federations and enterprise unions, Mayday and youths, … Continue reading →

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Bestiaire du Moyen Âge

Posted on January 22, 2007 by

I don’t know about you, but bestiaries always amuse me. It’s incredible see how the imagination of artists work, registering the images of animals very known of us and imaginary creature very diffuse in the Medieval age through manuscripts as … Continue reading →

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Save the Girls

Posted on January 18, 2007 by

American Airpower Heritage Museum’s Save the Girls is a project to preserve, restore and display the world’s largest collection of original World War II aircraft nose art. Pin-ups paintings on airplanes: 33 original nose art panels that represent the artistic … Continue reading →

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Bound for Glory

Posted on January 9, 2007 by

The Guardian Unlimited Do not adjust your screen talks about the excellent exhibition Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943 from Library of Congress. Bound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color … Continue reading →

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Canadian War Poster Collection

Posted on June 26, 2006 by

A fabulous collection: Canadian War Poster Collection – The holdings of the Print Collection in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division include some 250 Canadian posters from the two World Wars. During the First World War, the imagery of … Continue reading →

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Books for Cooks

Posted on June 14, 2006 by

Are you searching for new recipes? Try Books for Cooks! Book images, information, history and, of course, recipes, from the Medieval food until the 1900s food. This unique collection of cookery books will transport you back in time. It will … Continue reading →

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