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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.
![This maze has two puzzles, can you solve them? One is to reach the center, the other is a hidden message. If you solve the latter please share your answer in comments!
The charmed circle of good dressers [graphic]. [United States]: [no publisher...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e4ac030e2cad288f97919fafda8ced69/tumblr_pay0rapbtr1u23qdao1_250.jpg)
This maze has two puzzles, can you solve them? One is to reach the center, the other is a hidden message. If you solve the latter please share your answer in comments!
Our current Ben’s Lens shows a Philadelphia area hotel photographed in the mid-1870s. Does anyone recognize this no-longer extant structure?
Please submit your answers to: printroom@librarycompany.org
Visit the Ben’s Lens Archive to see answers to past challenges.
Sarah J. Weatherwax
Curator of Prints and Photographs
To celebrate #BlackCatAppreciationDay we present this c. 1880 trade card for West Chester, PA booksellers and stationers J.A. Ladd & Son.
J.A. Ladd & Son, booksellers and stationers. Holiday cards a specialty. 37 West Gay Street, West Chester, Pa. [c. 1880]