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It is finally Spring, and with that we are hearing nature waking up from its wintry slumber. This uncut sheet of chromolithographs showing pastoral and natural scenes illustrates some of the joys of being outdoors when weather starts to warm, including lots of baby animals!

[Uncut sheet of four chromolithographs of children and animal scenes. [Philadelphia? ; ca. 1880] 4 prints (1 sheet): chromolithograph; overall 34 x 24 cm.(13.5 x 9.5 in.)

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Philadelphia-born artist Mary Vaux Walcott captured this beautifully composed pastoral scene in the early 1900s. Known primarily for her botanical illustrations, Mary was also a passionate field photographer and active mountain climber. Mount Mary Vaux in Alberta, Canada, is named for her. #LambsintheLibrary

Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940, photographer. [Sheep grazing near trees] [graphic] Philadelphia ca. 1900 1 photographic print : platinum ; 18 x 24 cm. (7 x 9.5 in.) 

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This week’s #LambsintheLibrary feature is a circa 1877 trade card titled “The Truant Boys” that includes a challenge on its verso:

“Let the curious observer find 20 boys which the picture contains. Then reveal the true spirit of the landscape by finding the ‘Ghost of the Valley,’ who is stalking abroad.”

Can you help us find the boys and the “Ghost of the Valley”?

The truant boys. [graphic]. [Buffalo, N.Y.] : E.C. Abbey c1877. 2 prints : lithograph ; 8.5 x 14 cm. (3.25 x 5.5 in.)       

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Marriott C. Morris was given this ram-shaped gingerbread cookie in February, 1885, when he was a student at Haverford College #LambsintheLibrary 

Morris was a member of a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family who took his first photographs during his freshman year at Haverford College. Morris continued to document his life through photographs of his large extended family and network of friends, his Germantown neighborhood, and his many travels across the East Coast and even Bermuda. #MorrisMonday

Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. Gingerbread sheep, [given by fellows, Haverford College] February 27, 1885 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.