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Welcome to the Library Company of Philadelphia's Tumblr page! Founded by Ben Franklin in 1731, we are an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. This page highlights materials from LCP's extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.
The gilt-lettered back wrapper on this 1868 pamphlet is our mane attraction for #WrapperWednesday
Sarah A. Chevalier’s Treatise on the Hair is an advertisement for a hair growth product that includes six pages of testimonials, as well as a list of places in 21 cities- from Boston to Paris- where the author’s product can be purchased. We were not able to gather much information about the author, but if she was indeed an M.D., she was one of the first women after Elizabeth Blackwell to earn a medical degree.