Library Company of Philadelphia
Library Company member Robert Eskind brought our attention to a map of Santo Domingo that appeared at a time when the U.S. was considering the annexation of the island as an American territory. Read more about the map’s origins, and its recent conservation treatment, on our blog.
The Library Company’s Hurford Center 2017 Summer Intern, Juliana Benitez discovers the appeal of ephemera and writes about her work with our WWI poster and trade card collections on the Library Company blog. Juliana learns that these materials that seemed unfamiliar to her represent an American culture she still relates to. You can read the whole article HERE.
L. Shoemaker & Co., “Swift-Sure” Super-Phosphate, Venango St. and Delaware Ave., Philadelphia (Philadelphia, ca. 1880).