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Monday, March 24, 2025

This week will mark the March 22, 1895 anniversary of the Lumière brothers' Paris premiere of Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory ...

Monday, March 10, 2025

Signs of Spring abound on the grounds of Hagley Museum & Library today ...

Monday, October 21, 2024

Oops! We're a little late updating the Hagley Vault this week ...

Monday, September 30, 2024

September 30th marks the anniversary of the publication of U.S. Patent No. 9020702A, granted in 1902 to chemists ...

Monday, May 13, 2024

In need of some hats that capture boyhood's fancy? You're in luck this week ...

Monday, April 22, 2024

Spring is springing up new growth everywhere we look ...

Monday, February 5, 2024

We're looking at a week of sunshine and relatively warm winter weather today ...

Monday, January 22, 2024

This week's Hagley Vault image is from a series of photographs taken on January 22, 1921 documenting the aftermath of a wheel mill explosion ...

Monday, September 25, 2023

We're making a visit today to this display booth by Francis Bannerman Sons ...

Monday, September 4, 2023

Hagley Library is closed on Monday, September 4th in observation of the Labor Day holiday ...

Monday, August 7, 2023

This week will mark the anniversary of America's first full-time appointment of an Inspector of Milk, a position created in the city of Boston ...

Monday, July 24, 2023

We're revisiting the summer fashions of 1925 this week ...

Monday, June 19, 2023

This ca. 1925 cartoon shows an unidentified employee of the DuPont Company ...

Monday, June 5, 2023

This past weekend marked a historic highlight in aviation history ...

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Red poppies have been associated with Memorial Day since 1920 ...

Friday, April 7, 2023

In anticipation of this weekend's Easter holiday, here's a 1926 department store window display ....

Friday, March 31, 2023

April is just one day away and we're looking forward ...

Monday, March 20, 2023

Lots of things can be U.F.O.s if you're just not that curious about aircraft ...

Monday, February 13, 2023

Happy Galentine's Day, ladies!

Thursday, February 9, 2023

We're doing our part to muster up some Super Bowl spirit ...

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

This photographic negative of a docked boat was taken in Beach Haven, New Jersey ...

Friday, January 20, 2023

It's sometimes said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day ...

Friday, November 18, 2022

It’s iconic and ionic …ranging from literature on salt mining to theses on halophilic enzymes ...

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Brr!!! We're off to a chilly start at Hagley Library this morning ...

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Absolutely nobody was asking for a #TallowTuesday, but here it is anyway ...

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Today's #TechTuesday post features Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt

Monday, November 14, 2022

We're starting off a new week with this atmospheric photograph of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse ...

Thursday, November 10, 2022

On this date, November 10, in 1885 the 17 year old son of the German inventor and engineer Gottlieb Daimler ...

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday excursion takes us inside the machine shop of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation ...

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Today's #TradeCardTuesday is brought to us by the Columbia Perfume Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday guests are the 1929 officers and directors of the Westinghouse Athletic Association ...

Friday, September 30, 2022

This page advertising oral hygiene products is from a 1927 California Perfume Company catalog ...

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

These women meant business - I wouldn't want to run into them in a dark (bowling) alley....

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Here's a #TechTuesday post to get your morning moving ...

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

On this date, August 31, in 1836 ...

Monday, August 29, 2022

We're having a ball today with the Wilson Lines ....

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

On this date, August 24, in 1869 ....

Thursday, August 11, 2022

This photograph from September 17, 1929 shows a class of women learning about airplane motors ...

Friday, July 8, 2022

Today's #FashionFriday brings us some delightful frocks for informal wear ...

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The Vulcan Iron Works was founded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1849 ....

Friday, July 1, 2022

Hagley Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday ...

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Roll up the rugs! Today, we're celebrating the invention of the saxophone, patented #OTD in 1846 ...

Friday, June 17, 2022

A summer weekend lies on the other side of the workday ....

Friday, June 10, 2022

We're so excited for Hagley Museum's big fireworks show tonight ...

Monday, May 16, 2022

Once upon a time ....

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

I know that it doesn't look like we're excited ....

Thursday, April 28, 2022

This ca. 1930 lantern slide was once used to illustrate ...

Monday, April 25, 2022

It's a perfect day for a walk here at Hagley ....

Friday, April 15, 2022

Today's #FashionFriday selection sees us in season for Spring ....

Friday, April 8, 2022

Bring on those spring blooms!

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Some seasonal and adorable little visitors are waddling their way into our feed ...

Monday, March 28, 2022

I was so pleased to see some early Spring flowers on the Hagley grounds ...

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

This 1921 photograph has us joining some #TechTuesday luminaries ....

Monday, March 21, 2022

Spring is here and love is in the air ....

Monday, March 14, 2022

This ca. 1930 lantern slide was once used to illustrate the elements of the Munsell Color System ...

Friday, March 11, 2022

We're joining these veggies on parade for #FoodieFriday ...

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

It's a tiny #TrainTuesday kind of day today ...

Friday, February 25, 2022

It's Friday! We're getting into a weekend mood a little early today ...

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

For 2/22/22, here's a two-tube #TechTuesday ...

Monday, February 14, 2022

We're crushing hard on every last one of you today ...

Thursday, February 10, 2022

The first U.S. patent on a fire extinguishing system for buildings was granted on this date ...

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday goes inside the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company's factory in Coatesville, Pennsylvania ...

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Today's date, January 27th, marks the anniversary of the death of the English plumber and inventor Thomas Crapper ...

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday goes to the motion picture squad ....

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

On this date in 1896 ...

Friday, January 7, 2022

If you're also starting out your morning with the shovel and salt, here's a little snow inspo to get you going ...

Monday, December 6, 2021

We all know that parents have a favorite child ...

Friday, November 19, 2021

Nice try, salads ...

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

It’s #TextileTuesday, bringing you the greatest and (not so) latest on the textile industry ...

Friday, November 5, 2021

Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend and, as the days get darker and chillier ...

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

This photograph shows the crashed U.S. Air Mail flown by a 24-year-old Charles Lindbergh ...

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

We’re bringing you a quality tube this #TechTuesday ...

Friday, October 29, 2021

Here’s wishing all of you who celebrate a happy Halloween weekend!

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Here’s a creepy half-truth for Halloween . . .

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Built like a skyscraper!

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Bonjour! Welcome to our #TravelTuesday ...

Monday, October 11, 2021

In recognition of this year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day ...

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Today’s #TravelTuesday image takes us all the way to Jīzah, Egypt ...

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

This photograph shows a class of engineering cadets ...

Thursday, August 26, 2021

As we get ready to say goodbye to August ....

Monday, August 23, 2021

Ahoy! It's #MaritimeMonday ...

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Here's a photograph that's absolutely ....

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Here's a #TechTuesday for the tots ...

Friday, June 4, 2021

We're welcoming the return of tomato season today with this illustration of "three luscious tomatoes" ...

Thursday, May 27, 2021

On this date, May 27, in 1927, the Ford Motor Company ceased manufacturing its iconic Ford Model T automobile ...

Friday, May 21, 2021

Looking for some #FashionFriday inspiration for Spring?

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

We're expecting beautiful weather here at Hagley today ...

Monday, May 17, 2021

Today, we marking the anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Let's go shopping this #TechTuesday ...

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Here at Hagley, we love inventions, big and small ...

Friday, April 23, 2021

When you work in a library, choosing a single book for World Book Day can be like trying to choose a favorite child ...

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

We're riding the rails this #TravelTuesday all the way to the Cleveland Union Terminal ...

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the...

Friday, March 19, 2021

Today's #FashionFriday post sees us preparing for tomorrow's...

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Today's #TechTuesday brings us a Pallo-Photo-Phone, a device...

Friday, March 12, 2021

We've been happily welcoming the early signs of Spring this week...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

This #WorkerWednesday, we're paying a visit to the staff of the...

Monday, March 8, 2021

International Women's Day is being observed around the world...

Monday, January 11, 2021

The second Monday in January is National Clean Off Your...

Friday, January 8, 2021

Winter is here, and that means trading in #FloralFriday for...

Monday, January 4, 2021

As a little celebration of the new year, here's engine #2021,...

Thursday, December 17, 2020

On this day, December 17, in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright's...

Monday, December 7, 2020

The chill in the air this morning leaves no doubt that winter...

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

The Ford Model A became commercially available on this day in...

Monday, October 19, 2020

Fret not; finding a subject for today's #MusicMonday post was no...

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

In the 1920s, building on the success of the government's WWI...

Tuesday, September 29, 2020