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Friday, March 17, 2023

This 1872 lithograph depicted a domestic scene of Saint Patrick's day celebrations in 19th century America ...

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

On March 15, 1892, the American inventor and engineer ....

Thursday, December 23, 2021

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

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

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

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

On this date in 1860 ...

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Cocaine was first used as a local anesthetic on this date in 1884 ...

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Today's #WorkerWednesday post ....

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Today's #WorkerWednesday takes us to the grounds of ....

Thursday, August 5, 2021

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

Friday, July 30, 2021

Here's to another summer weekend ....

Monday, June 21, 2021

It's official! ...

Friday, June 4, 2021

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

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

On this date, June 2, in 1940, over 160,000 people gathered in Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium for Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty’s Golden Jubilee Mass...

Monday, May 10, 2021

On this date in 1876, the Centennial International Exhibition opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

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

Thursday, March 18, 2021

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

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

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

Monday, February 15, 2021

We're observing ENIAC day today and the people that made IT...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

As the snowflakes continue to fall on the scenic grounds of the...

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Today's #TradeCardTuesday brings us this ca. 1880? advertisement...

Friday, January 8, 2021

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

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Someday soon we all will be together If the fates allowUntil...

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Today's #TechTuesday invention is a solar engine from the 1907...

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

On this date in 1963, Bell Telephone began offering the world's...

Friday, November 6, 2020

James Naismith, the Canadian-American gym teacher who invented...

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Thomas Edison's Edison Electric Light Company began operations...

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

On this day, October 14, in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King,...