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September 23, 2019
Con-men of the labor movement: Communists and labor unions
I periodically come across folders that peak my interest more than others. Sometimes it is the visual appeal, other times it is the topic or titling, and sometimes it is a combination.
September 23, 2019
Conservation: Restoring painted lantern slides
September 23, 2019
James Zellner photographs of Mauch Chunk
After the recent processing and digitization of the William H.
September 22, 2019
Du Bois Infographics Expose the American “Color Line” at 1900 Paris Fair
An earlier post this year explored the engaging process of data visualization through a recent acquisition entitled
August 19, 2019
Museum Collection: This Inventor Worked Like a Dog!
Would you believe me if I told you that the pet food industry we know today likely wouldn’t be in existence if it wasn’t for lightning rods? Before you run off, exclaiming that the staff at Hagley have lost their minds – hear me out!
August 19, 2019
An Eye Toward the Future from 1970
With growing prosperity at home and a lack of competition abroad, U.S. corporations seemed to enter a golden age after WWII. But by the 1970s, all that appeared to be changing.
August 19, 2019
History of product packaging in film and video
This month we feature a film produced by Fenton McHugh Productions of Evanston, Illinois for Milprint Inc. Milprint started business in 1899 as the Milwaukee Printing Company.
August 19, 2019
Album des Célébrités Contemporaines
One of the more beautiful items among our published collections is Album des célébrités contemporaines, publié par Lefevrè-Utile, Nantes, circa 1910. It was acquired in 2000 through the Seagram Fund, to augment our strong collection of World’s Fair materials.

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