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“A Real American Beauty--Santa Clara Pueblo Indian Girl.”

Public Ledger, Color Supplement, August 31, 1919, p. 2.

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Happy birthday to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, born on February 14, 1847! Dr. Shaw was a leader of the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. as well as being a physician and one of the first women ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

A cover illustration of Dr. Shaw appeared on the January 1913 issue of The Fra and the issue contains an article about Dr. Shaw and other American suffragists.

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The art of kissing: curiously, historically, humorously, poetically considered (1902).

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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Are you ready?

How to Write Love Letters.

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This week is another round of #ColorOurCollections! Check out the website and/or follow the hashtag across social media to find lots of cool coloring pages from cultural heritage institutions!

You can find all of our coloring pages here.

Happy coloring! :)

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Skaters in Le vrai patineur, ou principes sur l'art de patiner avec grace : Précédé de réflexions et de remarques critiques sur la manière de quelques Patineurs inélégans, ainsi que sur les différantes formes de Patins, le choix que l'on doit en faire, et les variations dont cette chaussures est susceptible / par Jn. Garcin (1813).

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Spooky Halloween cover for the Chicago Ledger, October 28, 1916.

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How to give hypnotic exhibitions: with history of hypnotism by Prof. L. A. Harraden (1900).

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How to tell fortunes: containing Napoleon's Oraculum and the key to work it: also tells fortunes by cards, lucky and unlucky days, signs and omens (1902). Also available as an ebook on Project Gutenberg. 

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"In the were wolf's claws" cover illustration, Chicago Ledger, Aug. 24, 1918.

All month long, libraries and archives are celebrating Halloween by posting spooky, creepy, and/or weird images from their collections using the hashtag #PageFrights. Follow the tag on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook, or visit pagefrights.org for an aggregated view of posts.

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Two girls playing a clapping game on this letterhead from 1897.

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Can you find "Villa Nova" on this property map from 1881?

See Plate 14 in: Atlas of Bryn Mawr and vicinity: or of properties along the Pennsylvania R.R. including 1 1/2 miles each side of the road and from City Line to Malvern Station: from official records, private plans, and actual surveys (1881).

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"An exciting polo moment" on the cover of the Public Ledger, Color Supplement, September 21, 1919.

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Autographs of C.S.A. prisoners taken during the Civil War and held at Johnsons Island, 1863-1865. Entries contain signatures as well as dates and places of capture.

For more on the history of Civil War prisoners at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, visit the  Johnson’s Island Preservation Society.

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Chasuble, sewn and embriodered by Mother Euphemia, O.S.B.M.

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A rather fabulous fairy godmother in an 1888 Cinderella illustrated by R. Andre.

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How to get married, although a woman, or, The art of pleasing men by a Young Widow (1892).