Library Company of Philadelphia
The back of a photograph can give us a lot of important information about it, especially when the sitters are unidentified!
Photographs (albumen prints and tintypes) from the Louisa A. White Album, ca. 1878.
Raise your hand if you wish your houseplants were as lively and abundant as these ones!
In honor of #batappreciationday, our tiniest (3 cm!) and arguably cutest bat here reminding you to keep dark!
Illustrated mini seals containing admonitions.] [ca. 1860] 1 of 9 prints: color wood engravings.
This grumpy frog must not realize that not only is it Friday, but it’s national #DayoftheMushroom! And on a #FungiFriday no less! Put away that skull and crossbones, Mr. Frog, it’s time to celebrate!
Image from: T. McCandless & Son, fancy & staple grocers. [Philadelphia, ca. 1880]
In case you need a few ideas for that garden. (We know we sure do!)
Kemp, Edward. How to lay out a garden. New York : Wiley & Halsted, 1858
Happy #NationalGardeningDay! April is the perfect time to start some seeds if you haven’t already! Do you have plans for your summer garden?
Dreer’s garden calendar 1899. Henry A. Dreer 714 Chestnut St. Philadelphia. [ca. 1898]
Pawson & Nicholson was founded by James B. Nicholson and James Pawson in 1848. This photograph, which was kept in an album that belonged to Nicholson, shows the staff of the Philadelphia bookbinding firm.
From James B. Nicholson’s Photograph Album, compiled between ca. 1853 and ca. 1880.
There’s nothing like a big bouquet of flowers to celebrate the fact that springtime is here to stay!
Here’s hoping your weekend is as nice as this fancy gilt and gauffered foreedge!
Behm, Jean. Chronologica Manuductio…Frankfurt am Main, 1619.
We are loving all the buzz and activity on this beautiful blue publishers cloth binding.