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“We Fight For Democracy” -- and the ballot box is still at the center of the struggle
Ralph, Adeline, and Martha posed for this photograph in 1918, during the final months on World War I. More information about the occasion for their patriotic cosplay on VCU Libraries’ Social Welfare History Image Portal.
Happy Fourth of July!
Opening Day!
Players from the 1940 Intercity Semi-Pro League: Rufus Mitchell, RHP for Master Sales, Linwood “Bubber” Donner, 3rd base for Coca Cola, Zeb Finlayson, LHP for DuPont, and Dutch Bottoms, umpire.
Photographed in Richmond, Va. Images from the Hank Wolfe papers, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
From the Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
Emily loved books.
J.J. Lankes bookplate, 1925 from the Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library. A Lankes’ sketch for this bookplate may be found online.
Bring us some figgy pudding!
“Buying the Christmas Pudding” from the Charles E. Brownell Collection of Architectural and Decorative Arts Ephemera, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
[Image Description: Three kittens wearing bows around their necks, one carrying a basket, another with a holly sprig. “Hub Ranges & Heaters. World’s Best by Every Test.”]
“The Star Wars That Never Was”
including a female droid reminiscent of both C-3PO and Maria from Metropolis.
May the 4th be with you!
Mediascene Issue 26, July-August, 1977 (Section 1) available in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library
They’ve got the urge for going
Nineteenth-century trade card from the Charles E. Brownell Collection of Architectural and Decorative Arts Ephemera, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
[Image Description: Winter scene of 3 geese in melting snow as other geese fly overhead.]
Still a few days left for sending holiday cards and packages!
“Christmas Post” -- Illustration from Thomas Nast’s Christmas Drawings for the Human Race, 1890. From VCU Libraries Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library.
