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October 21, 2016
Impossible Project – Resurrecting Instant Photography
Do you yearn for the days when you could watch your snapshot appear magically before you, only moments after the exposure?  Do you still have a Polaroid camera collecting dust?  If so, you may be interested to learn about the Impossible Project. 
October 21, 2016
Audiovisual Collection: Magoon Collection on Produce Marketing
The Audiovisual and Digital Department is pleased to announce the acquisition of a collection that documents fruit and vegetable marketing in the United States from the 1880s up to the 1970s.
October 21, 2016
The Seagram Black Historical Calendar and Corporate Responsibility in the 1970s
By the end of the 1960s, the Seagram Company had established itself as one of the largest distillers of alcoholic beverages in the world.
October 21, 2016
DuPont Safety: Handrails and Rules
After graduating from college, I went to work for the DuPont Company at the Chambers Works, a plant built to make dyes following Germany’s embargo of those materials in World War I. If you have ever driven over the Delaware Memorial Bridge heading into New Jersey, then you’ve seen the Chambers Wo
September 22, 2016
Free with Purchase: The History of Promotional Items
Did you ever save your bubble gum wrappers or cereal box tops to send away for a special toy?  Or paste stamps into an album to exchange for a unique item for your home?  If so, you probably had a loyalty to a certain brand or store so that you could collect enough premiums to place an order.
September 22, 2016
Researching Conservative Philanthropy
In the summer of 2015 I spent one week at the Hagley collecting research on organized philanthropy, funded by an exploratory grant from the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society.
September 22, 2016
The Oriole Go-Basket
For many years, I have walked by an object in collections storage that I’ve wondered about. Our records say that it is an Oriole baby stroller which had been donated to Hagley by Charles H. Rutledge. Mr.
September 22, 2016
A Summer Internship at Hagley
A Recap of My 'Day Job'

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