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It is the first day of May, and we are celebrating with Morris family May Day merriment! Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. [Unidentified May Day Celebration] n.d. 1 photograph: gelatin silver print; 1.5 x 4.5 in.

It is the first day of May, and we are celebrating with Morris family May Day merriment! 

Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. [Unidentified May Day Celebration] n.d. 1 photograph: gelatin silver print; 1.5 x 4.5 in.      

— 4 years ago with 11 notes
#MayDay  #maypole  #MorrisMonday  #MorrisMondays  #photography  #gelatinsilverprint  #diptychs  #lcpprints  #MorrisCollection  #MarriottCMorris  #SpecialCollections  #BensLibrary 
This week’s publishers’ binding is elegant in its simplicity. We love the delicate gold ferns against the green cloth, and the bevelled edge boards create a luxurious hand-feel. Notice also the type on the gold-stamped title. This spare and...

This week’s publishers’ binding is elegant in its simplicity. We love the delicate gold ferns against the green cloth, and the bevelled edge boards create a luxurious hand-feel. Notice also the type on the gold-stamped title. This spare and understated design is consistent with the aesthetic trend in American publishers’ bindings in the 1860s.

Browse the Library Company’s database of 19th-Century Cloth Bindings to see more! 

1867, May-day, and other pieces.  Emerson, Ralph Waldo.  Boston : Ticknor and Fields. 

— 5 years ago with 10 notes
#BensLibrary  #PublishersBindingThursday  #GreenPublishersBindingThursday  #GreenBooks  #Ferns  #19thCenturyBooks  #1860s  #ralph waldo emerson  #Tumblarians  #MayDay  #Gilt  #GoldStamp  #SpecialCollections  #RareBooks 
Happy May! Though yesterday was May Day, we decided to wait a day so we could celebrate with the Morris Family on this #MorrisMonday. [Unidentified May Day Celebration] Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. 1 photograph: gelatin silver...

Happy May! Though yesterday was May Day, we decided to wait a day so we could celebrate with the Morris Family on this #MorrisMonday. 

[Unidentified May Day Celebration] Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.  1 photograph: gelatin silver print; 1.5 x 4.5 in. 

— 5 years ago with 7 notes
#BensLibrary  #MorrisMonday  #MorrisMondays  #gelatin silver print  #PhiladelphiaHistory  #MayDay  #photography  #Tumblarians 
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