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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.
![Ketterlinus Printing House illustrates their printmaking abilities featuring a feisty feline friend.
Compliments of Ketterlinus Printing House. Philadelphia. [graphic]. [Philadelphia]: Ketterlinus Printing House] [ca. 1875]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e1b058defa8a44a375902e4f7983cc93/tumblr_obgaaiTRza1u23qdao1_250.jpg)
Ketterlinus Printing House illustrates their printmaking abilities featuring a feisty feline friend.
It’s #PublishersBindingThursday and we couldn’t resist this buffoon blowing bubbles of boisterous babble.
Printed during the Civil War, this book, which is full of comics and humorous illustration, may have been a moment of lightheartedness during harder times.