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Monday, April 14, 2025

Still dawdling over those W-2s? 

Monday, March 17, 2025

Happy Saint Patrick's Day from your friends at Philco Corporation ...

Monday, February 3, 2025

We're bringing a little beauty to a gray February ...

Monday, January 27, 2025

We're sending a postcard this week from a digital road trip ...

Monday, January 6, 2025

Hagley Library is starting the week off with a snow day! 

Monday, December 23, 2024

We're decking the halls of the internet this week ....

Monday, December 2, 2024

Brr!! Winter weather has arrived ....

Monday, November 18, 2024

On this date, November 18, in 1963, Bell Telephone began offering the world's first commercial service ...

Monday, November 4, 2024

We're taking inspiration from this week's election and sharing a 1959 installment of 'The Ohio Story' featuring Victoria Claflin Woodhull ...

Monday, October 7, 2024

It's starting to feel like Fall on the Hagley grounds, and we love to see it ...

Monday, August 12, 2024

Sunny days are here again - don't forget that SPF! 

Monday, July 29, 2024

This beauty is reporting for duty today ...

Monday, January 15, 2024

Hagley Library is bringing you the car of tomorrow today ...

Monday, January 1, 2024

Let's make some noise for 2024!

Monday, October 2, 2023

What better way to start of a month made for bewitching ...

Monday, July 17, 2023

I feel ya' buddy ... we're all looking to beat the heat this month ...

Monday, May 8, 2023

This week marks a milestone in the history of textiles ...

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

We're posting this 1950 video promoting Bride Week at Strawbridge & Clothier's Philadelphia store as part of some exciting news ...

Monday, March 27, 2023

It's starting to feel like Springtime here at Hagley ...

Monday, March 6, 2023

The newest addition to Hagley Library's Digital Archive is small but mighty ...

Monday, February 20, 2023

The most wanted man in America is making a visit to the Hagley Vault today ....

Monday, February 6, 2023

Busted! These images are part of a undated a group of photographs that the Strawbridge & Clothier department store once used ...

Friday, January 6, 2023

On this date, January 9th, in 1951, Zenith Radio Corporation ...

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Our #WorkerWednesday visitors this week are employees of the DuPont company's Organic Chemicals Department ...

Monday, December 12, 2022

There's always room for pie, especially if you've got the Pastri Tower ...

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday post joins a November 1951 event celebrating employees of Strawbridge & Clothier ...

Friday, November 4, 2022

This ca. 1960s photograph offers a peek into the Bethlehem Steel Company's model ship room ..

Thursday, November 3, 2022

On this date, November 3, in 1952, the inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist Clarence Birdseye ...

Friday, October 28, 2022

We're heading into the Halloween weekend in good spirits ....

Thursday, October 20, 2022

On this date in 1906, inventor and electronics pioneer ...

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Today's #TechTuesday find shows employees of the Sperry UNIVAC division ...

Monday, October 10, 2022

Chunk would never ....

Thursday, October 6, 2022

On this date in 1956, Dr. Albert Sabin announced ....

Thursday, September 15, 2022

(Spoiler alert) The crisis is shoes ....

Friday, September 9, 2022

Today's #FashionFriday brings us a beach ensemble ....

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Today's post brings A Better Life for you (yes, you!)....

Thursday, August 18, 2022

It's been a long week, but that's ok ... we've got the Grit to get through it.

Monday, August 15, 2022

On this date in 1877, inventor Thomas Edison suggested "Hello" to the president ...

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday features a summer ready employee of the DuPont Company ...

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Glamorous as your favorite tv stars!

Friday, July 22, 2022

I know what my weekend plans are ...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Industrial design—the practice of optimizing the function, value, and appearance of products ...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Today's #TechTuesday brings us the beauty of color in monochrome ...

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Crisp, but oh so tender!

Monday, May 2, 2022

#MotorMonday brings you the cars of tomorrow today with this advertisement ...

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Everyone likes shapes, right?

Thursday, April 21, 2022

This December 19, 1950 1950 photograph ...

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Let's take it easy this #TechTuesday with this 1951 advertisement ...

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Feeling a little buried by work? This #WorkerWednesday post can relate ...

Friday, March 18, 2022

It's #FashionFriday! What are your weekend plans ?

Thursday, March 17, 2022

We're celebrating Saint Patrick's day today with Lukens Steel and ...

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

This 1954 comic book from the George W. Helme Snuff Company featured snuff salesman ...

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Today's #TrainTuesday finds us inside the a 1952 passenger car built by the Budd Company ...

Thursday, March 3, 2022

This image of Western Grebes and their grebettes ....

Friday, February 11, 2022

Today's #FashionFriday photo showcases a "little girl dress" in white nylon tulle ...

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

You have to see it to believe it ....

Monday, February 7, 2022

#MotorMonday brings you the cars of tomorrow today ...

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

This #TechTuesday, we're tuning into the Admiral Corporation's model 29X16 television console ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

We're turning our attentions westward today for this ca. 1955 poster from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ...

Monday, January 10, 2022

#MotorMonday brings you the cars of tomorrow today with this advertisement ...

Thursday, January 6, 2022

On this date, January 6, in 1954, the first commercially successful TV dinner ...

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Happy New Year! Hagley Library will be closed tomorrow ...

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Hagley Library will be closed on Friday, December 24th through Monday, December 27th ...

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Ready or not, #WinterWednesday is here ....

Thursday, December 16, 2021

The first U.S. patent for an automatic liquid vending machine ...

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

What's on #TechTuesday today? It's the Crosley Deluxe television console ...

Monday, November 29, 2021

The first U.S. patent for a traffic signal was issued on this date ...

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Hagley Library will be closed on November 25th and 26th ...

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Okay, so maybe some of our Halloween posts this week haven't been that scary ...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Our terrifying week of Halloween tricks and treats continues ....

Monday, October 25, 2021

Here’s a #MotorMonday for those of you getting into the Halloween spirit ...

Friday, October 22, 2021

The witchiest week of the year is just a weekend away ...

Thursday, October 14, 2021

This ca. 1955 photograph shows ...

Friday, September 24, 2021

It’s the first #FallFriday of the year ...

Monday, September 20, 2021

Oh my stars! On this date in 1859 .....

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Hagley Museum & Library is closed today ....

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Hello, September ....

Monday, August 30, 2021

Today's #MotorMonday vehicle is ....

Friday, August 20, 2021

The child is right, let's all have some chips ...

Friday, August 13, 2021

Here's a Mid-century modern #FashionFriday for the fellas ....

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Just where do you think you're going ...

Friday, August 6, 2021

The first Friday in August ...

Monday, August 2, 2021

It's almost a #MusicMonday ...

Friday, July 30, 2021

Here's to another summer weekend ....

Thursday, July 29, 2021

This 1952 Avon advertisement featuring star Ann Sothern is the perfect match ...

Friday, July 23, 2021

Summer fashions are just so hot right now ...

Friday, July 16, 2021

This #FoodieFriday may be as American as cherry pie, but ...

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Industrial design—the practice of optimizing the function, value, and appearance of products—is a central component in America’s culture of consumerism ...

Thursday, June 24, 2021

World UFO Day is as good an opportunity as any to share this out of this world activity book from the Borden Company ...

Friday, April 30, 2021

We say goodbye to April showers today, but before we turn our attention to May flowers ...

Friday, April 9, 2021

Nothing fishy to see here ...

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...

Thursday, March 18, 2021

March has been delivering both lion and lamb this week at the...

Friday, March 5, 2021

Happy Industrial Design Day! Industrial design the practice of...

Monday, February 22, 2021

Here's a #MotorMonday pitch I can get behind right now. This...

Friday, February 12, 2021

#ValentinesDay is this Sunday, \u00a0and this post goes out to our...

Monday, February 1, 2021

We're looking at a winter wonderland at Hagley Library. Or we...

Monday, January 25, 2021

On this date, January 25, in 1915, Alexander Graham Bell...

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Happy National Squirrel Appreciation Day! This bushy-tailed...

Friday, January 15, 2021

A tip of the hat today to theHeadwear Institute of America, the...

Thursday, January 14, 2021

On this date in 1954, the Hudson Motor Car Company merged with...

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

We're getting our Wednesday off to a smashing start with these...

Friday, December 18, 2020

We're getting a #FashionFriday visit today from Miss America...

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

We're posting this photograph from June, 1957 today in...

Monday, November 30, 2020

Be the envy of all this #MotorMonday with an Aerocar...

Thursday, November 5, 2020

We're raising a glass today to International Stout Day...

Thursday, October 29, 2020

This image was sourced from the 1956 Color Guide to Home Decoration...

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Today's #WorkerWednesday guest is a young Miss Georgiana Yvonne...

Monday, October 5, 2020

This #MotorMonday, we're taking a ride in a Berkeley...

Friday, October 2, 2020

I was going to make a post about salt this #FoodieFriday, but...

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Today's #WorkerWednesday post features Peggy Ward, a "yarn inspectress"...