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It is day two of the #ColorOurCollections challenge. The original trade card advertising Mme. Demorest’s reliable patterns is a vibrant chromolithograph. Happy coloring!

You can find a high res version of this page here:

http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/library-company-of-philadelphia-coloring-book/

Mme. Demorest’s reliable patterns. The Richard and Rosaline Berman collection of Philadelphia trade cards. (Philadelphia, Late 19th Century).

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For day three of the #ColorOurCollections challenge we ask you to give this Masonic Hall on Chestnut Street a whirl. Those window are calling, “color me, I am a made up of tiny squares, there are so many options!” 

To download the full res version visit :

http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/library-company-of-philadelphia-coloring-book/

Julio H. Rae. Rae’s pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Detail of Chestnut Street west of 7th. (Philadelphia, 1851)

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Today is the last day of the #ColorOurCollections challenge. We are sad for this week to end, but coloring isn’t over for us. As part of #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections through Social Media we created a coloring station and display wall for this year’s coloring book! To download the full res version of the coloring book visit: http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/library-company-of-philadelphia-coloring-book/

David Heston, manufacturer of advertising cards. (Philadelphia, late 19th Century)

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Is it superficial to love this album for its shiny golden gauffered edges? We don’t think so. #giltypleasures 

We are also so excited to announce our upcoming exhibition,  #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections Through Social Media, curated by you, our followers as well as Library Company’s very own social media mavens. Come see the materials you’ve loved and followed in person, on display January 29 - April 6. More info coming soon!! 

Photograph Album P.2010.11.8 (ca. 1860s?)

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#GiltyPleasures posters have arrived!! It isn’t long now until our opening on February 2nd. For more info visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/giltypleasures-tickets-4172636…#lcpgiltypleasures #iglibraries #lcpexhibits #lcpinsider#librariesofinstagram

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Today is the very last day of our exhibition #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections through Social Media and our visitors have spoken! This trade card of an adorable kitty received the most love with 15 hearts! 

We are happy to say that every image on our wallpaper has at least one heart and we thank everyone for participating in bringing something most of us engage with daily through digital means to the analog. This exhibition was a treat to put together and we loved the inspiration our followers provided! 

Joe Freedman Collection of Philadelphia Trade Cards. 1870-ca.1900. P.2015.55

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What is your strategy for love? Visitors to the #GiltyPleasures exhibition are not only filling our wallpaper up with hearts but having fun with placement. .

#GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections through Social Media is on display through April 6th. For more info please visit www.librarycompany.org/giltypleasures  

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Our current exhibtion, #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections through Social Media, is getting some press! Check out what Fine Books & Collections Magazine has to say here. 

#GiltyPleasures is up through April 6, 2018, free and open to the public.

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