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Development of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) from the PSFS collection

The use of cash during the pandemic has plummeted in many countries.

April showers bring May flowers? : Seed Catalogs at Hagley

In 1802, the du Pont family came to the banks of the Brandywine River and built their home, which came to be called Eleutherian Mills. Along with his work to establish the business of making gun powder, E.I. du Pont was an avid botanist who ordered seeds and plants from France.

“Strike a pose, Bessie!” Dairy’s celebrity photographer

Upon pursuing a personal connection in Hagley’s collections, I stumbled across the life of Henry A. (Harry) Strohmeyer: dairy cattle photographer to the stars. While growing up in Texas, I participated in 4-H, like many other children from rural areas. My specialty was dairy judging.

Leisy Light Beer TV Commercial, 1952

Among the Cinecraft Productions collection at Hagley are TV commercials dating back to as early as 1948.

BBDO: Promoting Progress at the New York World’s Fair, 1964

World’s Fairs or International Expositions highlight technology, agriculture, and other innovations of national or cultural significance. The 1964 World’s Fair, while no exception, did have its differences from previous fairs.

Crowninshield Garden Discoveries: Part One

When people ask me what a Museum Registrar does, I say that instead of managing people's records like a Patient Registrar or School Registrar does, I manage object records.

Punch Card Imagination

My research first brought me to the Hagley Library for their materials on early IBM and Remington Rand history. As I am working on a cultural history of punch cards, I was especially interested in Geoffrey D.

Altemus & Co.: A 19th Century Book Maker for Business, Not Bets

Hagley’s archives house many thousands of volumes of business books, ledgers, and stock transaction records.

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