1920s
Monday, October 21, 2024
Oops! We're a little late updating the Hagley Vault this week ...
Monday, September 30, 2024
September 30th marks the anniversary of the publication of U.S. Patent No. 9020702A, granted in 1902 to chemists ...
Monday, May 13, 2024
In need of some hats that capture boyhood's fancy? You're in luck this week ...
Monday, April 22, 2024
Spring is springing up new growth everywhere we look ...
Monday, February 5, 2024
We're looking at a week of sunshine and relatively warm winter weather today ...
Monday, January 22, 2024
This week's Hagley Vault image is from a series of photographs taken on January 22, 1921 documenting the aftermath of a wheel mill explosion ...
Monday, September 25, 2023
We're making a visit today to this display booth by Francis Bannerman Sons ...
Monday, September 4, 2023
Hagley Library is closed on Monday, September 4th in observation of the Labor Day holiday ...
Monday, August 7, 2023
This week will mark the anniversary of America's first full-time appointment of an Inspector of Milk, a position created in the city of Boston ...
Monday, July 24, 2023
We're revisiting the summer fashions of 1925 this week ...
Monday, June 19, 2023
This ca. 1925 cartoon shows an unidentified employee of the DuPont Company ...
Monday, June 5, 2023
This past weekend marked a historic highlight in aviation history ...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Red poppies have been associated with Memorial Day since 1920 ...
Friday, April 7, 2023
In anticipation of this weekend's Easter holiday, here's a 1926 department store window display ....
Friday, March 31, 2023
April is just one day away and we're looking forward ...
Monday, March 20, 2023
Lots of things can be U.F.O.s if you're just not that curious about aircraft ...
Monday, February 13, 2023
Happy Galentine's Day, ladies!
Thursday, February 9, 2023
We're doing our part to muster up some Super Bowl spirit ...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
This photographic negative of a docked boat was taken in Beach Haven, New Jersey ...
Friday, January 20, 2023
It's sometimes said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day ...
Friday, November 18, 2022
It’s iconic and ionic …ranging from literature on salt mining to theses on halophilic enzymes ...
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Brr!!! We're off to a chilly start at Hagley Library this morning ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Absolutely nobody was asking for a #TallowTuesday, but here it is anyway ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Today's #TechTuesday post features Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt
Monday, November 14, 2022
We're starting off a new week with this atmospheric photograph of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse ...
Thursday, November 10, 2022
On this date, November 10, in 1885 the 17 year old son of the German inventor and engineer Gottlieb Daimler ...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday excursion takes us inside the machine shop of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Today's #TradeCardTuesday is brought to us by the Columbia Perfume Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday guests are the 1929 officers and directors of the Westinghouse Athletic Association ...
Friday, September 30, 2022
This page advertising oral hygiene products is from a 1927 California Perfume Company catalog ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
These women meant business - I wouldn't want to run into them in a dark (bowling) alley....
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Here's a #TechTuesday post to get your morning moving ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
On this date, August 31, in 1836 ...
Monday, August 29, 2022
We're having a ball today with the Wilson Lines ....
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
On this date, August 24, in 1869 ....
Thursday, August 11, 2022
This photograph from September 17, 1929 shows a class of women learning about airplane motors ...
Friday, July 8, 2022
Today's #FashionFriday brings us some delightful frocks for informal wear ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
The Vulcan Iron Works was founded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1849 ....
Friday, July 1, 2022
Hagley Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Roll up the rugs! Today, we're celebrating the invention of the saxophone, patented #OTD in 1846 ...
Friday, June 17, 2022
A summer weekend lies on the other side of the workday ....
Friday, June 10, 2022
We're so excited for Hagley Museum's big fireworks show tonight ...
Monday, May 16, 2022
Once upon a time ....
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
I know that it doesn't *look* like we're excited ....
Thursday, April 28, 2022
This ca. 1930 lantern slide was once used to illustrate ...
Monday, April 25, 2022
It's a perfect day for a walk here at Hagley ....
Friday, April 15, 2022
Today's #FashionFriday selection sees us in season for Spring ....
Friday, April 8, 2022
Bring on those spring blooms!
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Some seasonal and adorable little visitors are waddling their way into our feed ...
Monday, March 28, 2022
I was so pleased to see some early Spring flowers on the Hagley grounds ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
This 1921 photograph has us joining some #TechTuesday luminaries ....
Monday, March 21, 2022
Spring is here and love is in the air ....
Monday, March 14, 2022
This ca. 1930 lantern slide was once used to illustrate the elements of the Munsell Color System ...
Friday, March 11, 2022
We're joining these veggies on parade for #FoodieFriday ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
It's a tiny #TrainTuesday kind of day today ...
Friday, February 25, 2022
It's Friday! We're getting into a weekend mood a little early today ...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
For 2/22/22, here's a two-tube #TechTuesday ...
Monday, February 14, 2022
We're crushing hard on every last one of you today ...
Thursday, February 10, 2022
The first U.S. patent on a fire extinguishing system for buildings was granted on this date ...
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday goes inside the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company's factory in Coatesville, Pennsylvania ...
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Today's date, January 27th, marks the anniversary of the death of the English plumber and inventor Thomas Crapper ...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday goes to the motion picture squad ....
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
On this date in 1896 ...
Friday, January 7, 2022
If you're also starting out your morning with the shovel and salt, here's a little snow inspo to get you going ...
Monday, December 6, 2021
We all know that parents have a favorite child ...
Friday, November 19, 2021
Nice try, salads ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
It’s #TextileTuesday, bringing you the greatest and (not so) latest on the textile industry ...
Friday, November 5, 2021
Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend and, as the days get darker and chillier ...
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
This photograph shows the crashed U.S. Air Mail flown by a 24-year-old Charles Lindbergh ...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
We’re bringing you a quality tube this #TechTuesday ...
Friday, October 29, 2021
Here’s wishing all of you who celebrate a happy Halloween weekend!
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Here’s a creepy half-truth for Halloween . . .
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Built like a skyscraper!
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Bonjour! Welcome to our #TravelTuesday ...
Monday, October 11, 2021
In recognition of this year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day ...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Today’s #TravelTuesday image takes us all the way to Jīzah, Egypt ...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
This photograph shows a class of engineering cadets ...
Thursday, August 26, 2021
As we get ready to say goodbye to August ....
Monday, August 23, 2021
Ahoy! It's #MaritimeMonday ...
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Here's a photograph that's absolutely ....
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Here's a #TechTuesday for the tots ...
Friday, June 4, 2021
We're welcoming the return of tomato season today with this illustration of "three luscious tomatoes" ...
Thursday, May 27, 2021
On this date, May 27, in 1927, the Ford Motor Company ceased manufacturing its iconic Ford Model T automobile ...
Friday, May 21, 2021
Looking for some #FashionFriday inspiration for Spring?
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
We're expecting beautiful weather here at Hagley today ...
Monday, May 17, 2021
Today, we marking the anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Let's go shopping this #TechTuesday ...
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Here at Hagley, we love inventions, big and small ...
Friday, April 23, 2021
When you work in a library, choosing a single book for World Book Day can be like trying to choose a favorite child ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
We're riding the rails this #TravelTuesday all the way to the Cleveland Union Terminal ...
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the...
Friday, March 19, 2021
Today's #FashionFriday post sees us preparing for tomorrow's...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Today's #TechTuesday brings us a Pallo-Photo-Phone, a device...
Friday, March 12, 2021
We've been happily welcoming the early signs of Spring this week...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
This #WorkerWednesday, we're paying a visit to the staff of the...
Monday, March 8, 2021
International Women's Day is being observed around the world...
Monday, January 11, 2021
The second Monday in January is National Clean Off Your...
Friday, January 8, 2021
Winter is here, and that means trading in #FloralFriday for...
Monday, January 4, 2021
As a little celebration of the new year, here's engine #2021,...
Thursday, December 17, 2020
On this day, December 17, in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright's...
Monday, December 7, 2020
The chill in the air this morning leaves no doubt that winter...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
The Ford Model A became commercially available on this day in...
Monday, October 19, 2020
Fret not; finding a subject for today's #MusicMonday post was no...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
In the 1920s, building on the success of the government's WWI...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020