Oct 3, 2018
Globus Waldseemüller’s von 1507
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Globus Waldseemüller’s von 1507
We are excited to be leading an #ArchivesPHL social media challenge! Bring your collections to life by publishing GIFs every Wednesday of October using the hashtag #animatedarchive.
This circa 1880 trade card features some playful bubbles that needed a little help to find their bounce.
Yates & Co. Clothing. circa 1880. Newbold Trade Card Collection.
We are excited about the #animatedarchive challenge this month! Today’s GIF contribution is in honor of our new and current exhibit: Artistic Printing in the Nineteenth Century: Graphic Design before Graphic Designers curated by Loyola printmaking professor Bill Kitchens. This gorgeous exhibit displays Kitchens’ vast collection 19th century trade show cards and discusses the history of letterpress and lithographic printmaking in early American graphic design. We are thrilled to host this collection of colorful cards, books, and printmaking apparatuses in our Booth-Bricker Reading Room through the Fall 2018 semester. Come see it for yourself during our open hours: T-Th, 9-12 and 1-4pm.
The Mystic Oracle…Mysterious, Amusing, Mystifying, Baffling!
The Mystic Oracle…Mysterious, Amusing, Mystifying, Baffling!
According to front of this promotional card, The Mystic Oracle “answers questions by wireless.” Simply open the card, spin the wheel to your chosen question, and the answer appears on the front of the card. Questions include, “Who invented photography,” “What elements make air,” “When was Shakespeare born,” as well as others. Presented by the Railway Devices Co. in St. Louis, MO., this card design is patent pending since 1923. Visit HSP’s Digital Library https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/ to browse various promotional cards, theater posters, political cartoons, and more.
We have extended the #AnimatedArchive challenge in hopes you will join us this evening for the opening of our latest exhibition-- Stylish Books: Designing Philadelphia Furniture. Curated by Linda August, Curator of Arts & Artifacts and Reference Librarian, Stylish Books features books, periodicals, and advertisements spanning the 18th through 19th century that influenced furniture and interior design, demonstrating how taste and style changed over time.
We hope you can join us for food and drinks 5-7 this evening. Click here for more information and to register for this free event!
We are continuing our Animated Archive challenge for Archives Month. This week we have a balancing act. It’s goat to know how strong Brook’s thread can be.
Ballin & Co., printer. Brook's prize medal spool cotton. Hand & machine sewing. New York : Ballin & Co. lith., [ca. 1885]. 1 print : chromolithograph ; 7 x 10 cm. (2.75 x 4 in.)
“Remembrance” St. Valentine’s Day card
From the HSP collection of greeting cards (1553) https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/collections/1553
This grim looking metamorphic picture trade card is for a reaping company. We love this visual pun and its spooky illustration of life and death... and harvesting supplies. Happy Halloween!
The beginning and the end of life (hold the picture 1 foot away for life and 20 feet for death.) Presented by William Deering & Co. Chicago, Ill. Grain & grass machinery. [United States] [ca. 1890] 1 print : lithograph ; 16.5 x 10.5 cm. (6.5 x 4 in.)