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January 22, 2018
The First "Viral" Super Bowl Commercial
During Super Bowl XI in 1977, Xerox debuted perhaps the first “viral” commercial – one that featured “Brother Dominic” – and remains one of the most popular Super Bowl commercials to this day.
January 22, 2018
An Introduction to Digital Computers, 1969
January 22, 2018
Why the Flying Family Car Never Took Flight
In the late 1930s, a revolutionary new personal airplane hit the market. Designed to be as easy to fly as getting behind the wheel of the family car, the ERCO Ercoupe promised to democratize flying. Despite the Ercoupe’s intuitive controls and life-saving safety features, this little plane never
January 22, 2018
Bethlehem Steel: A French Hunt for Conspirators and Traitors during World War I
On April 17, 1918, convicted French traitor and German agent Bolo Pacha, originally known as Paul Bolo, was executed by firing squad in Vincennes, France.
January 22, 2018
This Inventor Played His Cards Right
While reading through the patent document for Andrew Dougherty’s Improvement in Registering Mechanism for Printing-Presses, I was surprised to find his claim that the invention was “especially serviceable in printing… playing-cards” (Patent No. 178,608).
January 22, 2018
It’s all Downhill from Here!
If I look out of the windows of the Hagley Library reading room, the long hill behind the building is covered in snow!  Even though Wilmington, Delaware only received four inches of snow, my thoughts turned to sledding!
January 22, 2018
Ken White’s designs for the Government Printing Office
This week while I was processing the Ken White collection I came across a box labeled “GPO Bookstore.” Although I had no idea what GPO stood for, I assumed it was nothing special - perhaps the initials of the bookstore owner?
November 20, 2017
New Digital Collection: Women's Handicraft in the 19th Century
Last month, the Audiovisual Collections & Digital Initiatives Department added a new collection to its digital archive.

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