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April 19, 2022
George May Phelps and the Magic of Smartphones
Are smartphones magic?  As you hunch over your smartphone and scroll through your social media feed, do you ever stop for a moment and think just how in blue blazes does this thing work?  Probably not.  That is until it doesn’t work.   
April 19, 2022
Can I have a wordle with you?
Have you been caught up in the Wordle craze yet? Wordle is a simple word game that was created in 2021 by a Brooklyn engineer named Josh Wardle for his partner to enjoy.
March 23, 2022
The Best of the Cinecraft Productions collection....so far
The Cinecraft collection has been at Hagley for almost three years and we have completed a significant amount of work since it arrived. We processed all of the paper collection, digitized all of the scripts, and digitized nearly 400 films.
March 16, 2022
More Campbell Soup found in the Archives
On a rainy Friday morning in the stacks of the Library's Soda House, I came across a set of interesting boxes from the Penrose R. Hoopes collection.
March 16, 2022
Gestetner Cyclostyle Office Duplication Machine Design by Raymond Loewy
The vast array of document copying methods and machines is a testament to human ingenuity. I am constantly learning about different contraptions.
March 16, 2022
Salute to Black Inventors
As primary sources of information on new ideas, patents offer inquiring minds an immediate connection with an historic act of discovery.
March 16, 2022
The Work Is Never Done: Fighting Discrimination on the Pennsylvania Railroad
March 16, 2022
Alphonse Normandia, cartoonist and comedian
Alphonse Normandia was a man who looked like he was wearing the fake glasses, nose, and mustache disguise and embraced it, turning it into humor with co-workers and interviewees.

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