1919 Woman standing on a pile of books for an American Library Association War Service drive to collect books for the thousands of American soldiers still in Europe. New York City History and Memories, FB.
Crocus illustrations taken from ‘A Monograph of the Genus Crocus’ by George Maw. Published 1866 by Dulau.
New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
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On this day in 1776, the publication of “Common sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America” by Thomas Paine.
“The 48-page pamphlet was the fuel that the colonists needed to have courage to rise against the British Empire, an astonishing contemplation for a common, non-militarized people to consider. Writing during a time when Kings and Monarchs ruled, Paine advocated for a government by the people, a highly innovative idea at the time. The colonists, still very much connected to the King and English ways, had not publicly voiced ideas of independence, and perhaps had not even brought the idea into consciousness; nevertheless, thoughts of independence were not far below the surface.”
Image and text courtesy Brandeis University Special Collections. The full text can be read at the Bill of Rights Institute.
Forecast for today: extremely cold with a chance of Tintin.
Hergé.
#TBT, ca. 1945 at the old Syracuse Public Library. Can we make #UnitedThroughBooks a thing in 2019? We’d love to see that as a trending hashtag. 🌎📚
We’re on board, call the ALA!
Poster credit: Gertrude Howe, ‘United Through Books’ Book Week poster, 1945, the Children’s Book Council.
From our Artists’ Book Collection, Ode to a Grand Staircase by Julie Chen (N7433.4 .C48 O34 2001).
“Ode to a Grand Staircase (For Four Hands) is a visual dialog created by Julie Chen and Barbara Tetenbaum, who found their inspiration in the work of composer Erik Satie. The text is derived from the musical directives and silent librettos which accompanied his scores.”
Feel free to ask a library staff member at either desk to see anything in our special collections.
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This Travel Tuesday is going DIY with a homemade Avanti, as spotted by industrial designer
Raymond Loewy
(1893-1986) on a Moscow street in 1973. Loewy noted the inclusion of two
motorcycles used in parallel into this contraption’s design; the rest is a mystery.
This image is part of the Hagley Library’s
Raymond Loewy Archive (Accession 2251). To view more images
from the career and life of Raymond Loewy, an inventor, engineer, and designer whose work covered everything from automobiles and airplanes to
Lucky Strike cigarette packaging, dinnerware, and corporate branding, visit this collection’s page in our Digital Archives by clicking here.
