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Monday, June 23, 2025

Oops! This Hagley Vault post is a bit belated ....

Monday, May 12, 2025

Here's to making falling asleep on the bus look classy.

Monday, April 28, 2025

Some famous architecture is celebrating an anniversary this week ...

Monday, December 9, 2024

We're in the midst of some of the busiest travel days of the year, so it seems a fine time to share this 1930 travel footage ...

Monday, November 25, 2024

This week, we're observing the upcoming holiday (and all the accompanying labor in the kitchen) ...

Monday, September 30, 2024

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

Monday, September 2, 2024

Hagley Library is closed for the Labor Day holiday, so we're posting today to celebrate ...

Monday, June 24, 2024

It's hot out there! That's why we're staying cool this week ...

Monday, May 6, 2024

Don't forget about the moms in your life this Sunday!

Monday, March 18, 2024

Saint Patrick's Day has come and gone, but good fortune may still await ...

Monday, December 4, 2023

This coming week will include Repeal Day, an annual event celebrating the repeal of thirteen years of Prohibition ...

Monday, October 16, 2023

According to the internet, we'll be celebrating International Roller Skating Day this week ...

Monday, September 4, 2023

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

Monday, April 17, 2023

Hey there, procrastinators!

Monday, April 10, 2023

Today, Arbor Day is recognized on the last Friday of April ....

Thursday, February 16, 2023

On this date, February 16, in 1937, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. was granted U.S. patent ...

Friday, December 16, 2022

This post is for all our pals out there ...

Monday, December 5, 2022

Happy Repeal Day! On this day, December 5, in 1933, the repeal of thirteen years of Prohibition ...

Monday, November 21, 2022

Today's photograph is being posted in recognition of World Television Day ...

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

We've got a full house this #TrainTuesday ...

Monday, October 24, 2022

Today's post comes courtesy of a little extra coffee on a Monday morning ...

Monday, October 17, 2022

The internet says that today International Roller Skating Day ...

Monday, October 3, 2022

This #MovieMonday clip is a promotion from Kodak Cinegraphs & Kodascope Libraries for 1930s feature films ...

Friday, September 16, 2022

It's a #FoodieFriday for the fellas ...

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Here's to the start of a new school year!

Monday, August 29, 2022

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

Monday, August 22, 2022

Here's hoping that this pamphlet helps manifest an easy commute ...

Monday, August 8, 2022

Today, we're joining the women of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (W.O.N.P.R.) ....

Thursday, July 14, 2022

We're posting this 1930 catalog for bedroom furniture today on account of Sarah Elisabeth Goode ...

Monday, July 11, 2022

This photograph shows Maj. William Kepner, Lorena Berry ....

Thursday, July 7, 2022

This photograph, taken #OTD in 1931, shows June Croll ...

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

This 1930 #TextileTuesday cartoon was created for the 'The Eddystone Print and Dye-Jest' ...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

On this date, May 24, in 1938 ....

Monday, May 23, 2022

I don't know about you, but I heard a man there pays folks money to sing into a can ...

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 ...

Thursday, April 7, 2022

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

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday shows employees of the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co.'s ...

Thursday, March 24, 2022

April showers have turned up early to Hagley this year ...

Monday, March 14, 2022

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

Thursday, February 24, 2022

On this date in 1938 ...

Monday, February 14, 2022

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

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

The first observance of Groundhog Day in Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania ...

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 ...

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

This 1939 #TextileTuesday photograph is from the public debut of nylon hosiery ...

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Talk about a bright idea ...

Friday, October 15, 2021

Working on that sweater weather body ....

Monday, October 4, 2021

I'm spending some time this week doing metadata cleanup in Hagley Library's fabulous Digital Archive ...

Friday, October 1, 2021

Gowns of rayon, stockings of nylon, plastic jewelry ....

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Du Pont has the best leg show at the fair ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian Consulate in Siam ...

Thursday, August 26, 2021

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

Thursday, August 12, 2021

On this date, August 12, in 1851 ....

Thursday, July 15, 2021

On this date, July 15, in 1916 ....

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Today’s #WetNoseWednesday is going to the dogs ...

Monday, May 24, 2021

While I have been considering my Adam's Apple lately ...

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

This film from Cinecraft documents the General Electric Company's 1935 corporate retreat in Cleveland, Ohio's Nela Park ...

Friday, May 7, 2021

Don't forget about the moms in your life this Sunday!

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Cinco de Mayo

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Today's #WorkerWednesday post takes us to the floor of the Budd Company ...

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

As anyone who knows me can tell you this #TechTuesday ...

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Hagley Library's John Gordon Rideout papers(Accession 2701)...

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Spring has sprung and love is in the air this...

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

In 1924, Colonel J. (John) Victor Dallin (1897-1991)founded...

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

We're celebrating Mardis Gras today with this ca. 1940 postcard...

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

On this date in 1883, the first electric lighting system used...

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

I'm feeling udderly delighted to have this bucolic duo stop by...

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began on this date,...

Monday, January 4, 2021

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

Monday, December 14, 2020

It's a drizzly day at Hagley Library but, like much of the...

Friday, December 11, 2020

This December 12th marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of...

Monday, November 23, 2020

On this day in 1899, San Francisco's Palais Royale...

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

On this brisk fall day, we're getting on board #TrainTuesday...

Thursday, November 5, 2020

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

Friday, October 23, 2020

We're staying tidy and offering no admittance to dirtiness...

Friday, October 16, 2020

This arresting photograph was taken on this day, October 16th,...

Friday, October 9, 2020