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July 24, 2017
The 'Spirit of Invention' Travels to China
The thrill is on, here we come China! For nearly thirty years the Objects Conservation Laboratory at the Hagley Museum has worked to preserve nineteenth-century patent models in the museum’s collection.
June 28, 2017
The Largest Item (so far) in the NAM Collection
During the late 1930s and 1940s, the National Association of Manufacturers created a public information program to be broadcast across the country.
June 19, 2017
Reading Jane Austen: the du Ponts
Jane Austen’s Emma, first published in the United States over 200 years ago, remains a beloved classic to this day. It was this novel that brought me to Hagley in a quest to uncover how nineteenth-century Americans read and understood Austen’s work.
June 19, 2017
The History of Making Toast
Toast is a quick and easy breakfast that can be eaten on the go, but it wasn’t always so.
June 19, 2017
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company and Latrobe’s 1801 Susquehanna River Survey
In the records of the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company – well-known as the dominant electric supplier for central eastern Pennsylvania since the early twentieth century – is a 17-foot long by 22-inch wide map of the Lower Susquehanna River originally created 216 years ago.
June 19, 2017
Patent Models – Were they ever manufactured?
This is a question I get all the time about patent models. It is difficult to answer mostly due to the lack of information we have about each model. Due to targeted research, every day we learn more about these wonderful one-of-a-kind treasures. Today, there are more and more that I can positivel
June 19, 2017
The DuPont Story (1950)
This month’s video is a 1950 production titled “The DuPont Story” produced by the DuPont Company and the Apex Film Corporation.
June 19, 2017
Doing Your Part to Win: WWI Propaganda Posters
2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the United States entering World War I. Until 1917, the United States had remained neutral.

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