1940s
Monday, November 27, 2023
These industrial design drawings were created on November 29, 1949 ...
Monday, October 9, 2023
These early Tex-Mex recipes come from 'Mexican Cookery for American Homes' ...
Monday, September 11, 2023
It might feel like beach weather outside, but school is back in session ...
Monday, June 12, 2023
This clip comes from the 1948 industrial film "The Talking Hoist" ...
Monday, May 22, 2023
We're presenting you with a little mystery this week ...
Monday, May 15, 2023
We're back in the stacks this Monday and offering some belated Mother's Day wishes ....
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Our guest this #WorkerWednesday is an employee of the Jackson Lab at the DuPont company's plant ...
Monday, April 3, 2023
This photograph shows the christening of the freighter Cape Race ...
Friday, March 10, 2023
This ca. 1943 poster was produced and distributed by the National Association of Manufacturers as one of ten posters ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
We're sharing our commute this #WorkerWednesday with three employees of the Hanford Engineer Works ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
We're saying "love" the modern way today with a Valentine's Day radiogram post ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
This photograph was taken on October 21, 1943 at the launching of the S.S. U.S.O., a Liberty Ship ...
Friday, January 6, 2023
On this date, January 9th, in 1951, Zenith Radio Corporation ...
Monday, December 12, 2022
There's always room for pie, especially if you've got the Pastri Tower ...
Friday, December 9, 2022
It's not Saturday just yet ...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
sts this #WorkerWednesday are the women of the Sperry Gyroscope Company ...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
The Railway Labor Executivess Association (RLEA) is joining you at the polls this Election Day ...
Monday, November 7, 2022
Today's #MotorMonday image features the cover of a brochure advertising the 1941 line of Nash automobiles ...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
It's a new month, and today November brings with it the November/December 1948 cover of Better Living magazine ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Today's #TrainTuesday post has us visiting a safety meeting ....
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
This #WWIIWednesday, we're sharing a poster from the Seagram Company ...
Friday, September 2, 2022
Hagley Library will be closed on Monday, September 8 ....
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
We're turning up the heat this #TechTuesday with a ca. 1947 pamphlet ....
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn’t enjoy a good sit?
Monday, August 15, 2022
On this date in 1877, inventor Thomas Edison suggested "Hello" to the president ...
Thursday, August 4, 2022
I've always said that the worst thing about having to do household chores is ....
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
This September 1948 pamphlet was number 200 in a series ....
Monday, August 1, 2022
We're saying goodbye to July and hello to August ...
Friday, July 29, 2022
Move over pink sauce ....
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Got some extra fat lying around? Feeling patriotic and practical?
Monday, July 25, 2022
On this date, July 25, in 1946 the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering completed work on ....
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Your hosts this #WorkerWednesday are the men and women of New Zealand Ford ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday visitor is ....
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Our labors are eased this #WorkerWednesday ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday post takes us inside the Hotel DuPont ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
We're celebrating International Museum Day today with this photograph ....
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
I know that it doesn't *look* like we're excited ....
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday image shows DuPont employees performing a check inspection ....
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Some seasonal and adorable little visitors are waddling their way into our feed ...
Thursday, March 31, 2022
This is an exciting time of year for the green thumbs of the northeast ...
Friday, March 25, 2022
Yee-haw! Here's to horsing around on the weekend ....
Thursday, March 10, 2022
On this date in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell conveyed the now-famous line ...
Friday, March 4, 2022
Remember kids, don't do what Dazzy does ...
Monday, February 28, 2022
#MakeupMonday? Do we dare?
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Today's #WorkerWednesday post has us joining T. A. Morgan, president of the Sperry Corporation ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
I always did say that about Joe Vaughn. Knows his onions.
Monday, January 24, 2022
Ain't no Christmas party like an Amalgamated Leather Companies party, because an Amalgamated Leather Companies party's got CHAIRS.
Thursday, January 20, 2022
On this date in 1964 ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
On this date in 1896 ...
Monday, January 3, 2022
It's our first post of 2022! And it struts!
Friday, November 12, 2021
For those of you that prefer your household shopping to come with a touch of noir ...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
On this date in 1860 ...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
This ca. 1940 photograph shows workers assembling Chrysler roofs ...
Friday, September 17, 2021
We're feeling rather dapper this #FashionFriday ....
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Happy birthday, California!
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Here's a little midweek celebration of summer weekends!
Monday, July 12, 2021
We're starting the week off on the right track today with this photograph of steam-powered Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive traveling over the Elkview Viaduct near Oxford, Pennsylvania.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
It's a *little* late to arrange for a Radiogram (a portmanteau of radio telegram), but a telephone call would be nice ...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
We're taking flight this #TravelTuesday and brushing up on our airline etiquette after a long year on the ground ...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
On this date, June 2, in 1940, over 160,000 people gathered in Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium for Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty’s Golden Jubilee Mass...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Today's #WorkerWednesday post features Helen Anderson, a crane operator at DuPont's Wilmington Shops
Monday, April 19, 2021
We're flashing back to 1900 in celebration of Bicycle Day...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
After having to drop out of high school to help financially support his family ...
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Today's #ThursDIY post has us sharing this cover for a brochure...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
On this date in 1822, the U.S. Congress merged the recently...
Friday, March 5, 2021
Happy Industrial Design Day! Industrial design the practice of...
Thursday, February 25, 2021
The National Society of Professional Engineers has been...
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
We're celebrating Mardis Gras today with this ca. 1940 postcard...
Monday, February 15, 2021
We're observing ENIAC day today and the people that made IT...
Friday, February 5, 2021
New desserts, pea soup, and noodle dishes ... we're hungry...
Thursday, February 4, 2021
On this date (February 4) in 1941, Kinetic Chemicals, Inc., a...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
We're taking a #WWIIWednesday trip to the Ballistics Labof...
Monday, January 4, 2021
As a little celebration of the new year, here's engine #2021,...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
On this date, December 29, in 1845 the United States annexed the Republic of Texas...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
No ugly Christmas sweaters here...
Monday, December 21, 2020
Still struggling with last minute gift ideas? Have all the...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
As we wait to find out whether today's snow storm will be a...
Monday, November 30, 2020
Be the envy of all this #MotorMonday with an Aerocar...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Whatever your Thanksgiving looks like this year...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Today's #TechTuesday post comes from a February 1941 issue...
Monday, November 23, 2020
On this day in 1899, San Francisco's Palais Royale...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
We're observing Veterans' Day today with this 1943 catalog...
Thursday, November 5, 2020
We're raising a glass today to International Stout Day...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Today's #WorkerWednesday photo dates to around 1945...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Feeling the call of the open road this #TravelTuesday?
Tuesday, October 13, 2020