For day three of the #ColorOurCollections challenge we ask you to give this Masonic Hall on Chestnut Street a whirl. Those window are calling, “color me, I am a made up of tiny squares, there are so many options!” 

To download the full res version visit :

http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/library-company-of-philadelphia-coloring-book/

Julio H. Rae. Rae’s pictorial directory & panoramic advertiser. Detail of Chestnut Street west of 7th. (Philadelphia, 1851)

It is day two of the #ColorOurCollections challenge. The original trade card advertising Mme. Demorest’s reliable patterns is a vibrant chromolithograph. Happy coloring!

You can find a high res version of this page here:

http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/library-company-of-philadelphia-coloring-book/

Mme. Demorest’s reliable patterns. The Richard and Rosaline Berman collection of Philadelphia trade cards. (Philadelphia, Late 19th Century).

It’s that time of year again! The 2018 #ColorOurCollections challenge kicks off today!!  

#ColorOurCollections is an annual social media challenge for special collections libraries with international participation. Launched by the New York Academy of Medicine in 2016, this week-long challenge encourages institutions to create coloring books using collection materials and share colored pages on social media. 

Our coloring book as well as the original material is also on display as part of #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections through Social Media. You can find a high res version of the book here:

 http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/library-company-of-philadelphia-coloring-book/

We encourage you to participate in the 2018 challenge, please color and share with us! 

Unidentified artist. [Two birds with flowers.] (Pennsylvania, ca. 1820-1830).

Our wallpaper is filling up with hearts! Which one will you choose?

The opening reception for #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections through Social Media is TONIGHT! If you live in the Philly area we’d love to see you. Stop on by and see your favorite posts in person. This exhibit couldn’t have happened without you, our followers. <3

For more info visit: http://www.librarycompany.org/giltypleasures

Social media encourages participation from viewers where likes and comments illuminate what materials and topics resonate most with our followers. For the #GiltyPleasures exhibition visitors can like their favorite post in person using sticker hearts on an image mosaic. In this video one of the exhibit curators chooses the first like on the wallpaper. We are most excited to see the mosaic transform over time with accumulated hearts. Which image will you choose?

For more information on #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections Through Social Media please visit www.librarycompany.org/giltypleasures/.

All that glitters is the #GiltyPleasures show!

It is installation week, and we are beyond excited to see our concepts coming together in the gallery. #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections through Social Media will be on display January 29 - April 9. Please visit and like your favorite post in person! To learn more and register for our opening reception please visit our event page HERE. 

#GiltyPleasures posters have arrived!! It isn’t long now until our opening on February 2nd. For more info visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/giltypleasures-tickets-4172636…#lcpgiltypleasures #iglibraries #lcpexhibits #lcpinsider#librariesofinstagram

Hello digital friends! Later this month we will be installing our next exhibition, #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections through Social Media, co-curated by the Library Company’s social media mavens and YOU, our followers. We are so excited to showcase our greatest hits and curators’ favorites, bringing our online story to the gallery! 

Also, who doesn’t love ephemera? We created these stickers as flyers to share our exhibition. 

#GiltyPleasures, on display January 29 - April 6, 2018. Join us for the opening reception February 2nd! For more information visit our event page HERE. 

Is it superficial to love this album for its shiny golden gauffered edges? We don’t think so. #giltypleasures 

We are also so excited to announce our upcoming exhibition,  #GiltyPleasures : Sharing Special Collections Through Social Media, curated by you, our followers as well as Library Company’s very own social media mavens. Come see the materials you’ve loved and followed in person, on display January 29 - April 6. More info coming soon!! 

Photograph Album P.2010.11.8 (ca. 1860s?)