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September 17, 2018
The One Man Gang, Towmotor Corp (1949)
The video of the month for September is an industrial film from 1949 produced by Caravel Films for the Towmotor Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio. 
September 17, 2018
Medieval to Modern: Guilds for Bookworkers
First established in the Middle Ages, craft guilds are associations of workers of the same trade for a mutual benefit.
September 17, 2018
Reading Company Employment and Real Estate Records Now Open for Research
On May 4, 1904, Michael Buckley, a machinist employed by the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company (P&RR), was approved and accepted into the company’s newly adopted pension system.
September 17, 2018
The Millrace Podcast: Exploring the History of the Brandywine Valley
In 1918, the world was at war, an influenza epidemic was ravaging the globe, and political movements for workers and women’s suffrage were gathering steam.
September 17, 2018
Hagley Library Announces Fund in Honor of Former Chief Curator Lynn Catanese
The Hagley Library has established a new fund honoring Lynn Catanese, chief curator of library collections, who passed away on July 1, 2018.
September 17, 2018
Dog Days of Summer: DuPont Company Watercolors
As I looked around for an article topic during the dog days of summer, I thought why not focus on dog artifacts in the museum collection?
August 20, 2018
Extra, Extra! Photojournalism on the Airwaves
As a recent gift, we received some examples of photographs received over the radio waves. These pictures depict events of the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, Norway. The photographs are captioned and include an “R.C.A.” ink stamp on the back.
August 20, 2018
Every Picture Tells a Story, Or Does It?: Examining the Train Station
Among the newly-processed Pennsylvania Railroad files from New Jersey are eight cartons describing the operation of New York’s Pennsylvania Station from its beginning to 1934. Unlike our other Penn Station files that have been opened for decades, they focus, not on the initial design and construc

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