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Monday, June 23, 2025

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

Monday, March 17, 2025

Happy Saint Patrick's Day from your friends at Philco Corporation ...

Monday, February 24, 2025

Let's go on a holiday in Philadelphia this week.

Monday, November 11, 2024

Could it really be Monday? How strange ...

Monday, July 22, 2024

This week, we're sharing a 1900 catalog of sales premiums from L.H. Parke & Company ...

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, January 8, 2024

This undated collage based on a cartoon by Frederick Burr Opper ...

Monday, January 1, 2024

Let's make some noise for 2024!

Monday, December 25, 2023

Just for you, darling ...

Monday, December 11, 2023

After a relatively snowless winter last year, we're hoping for some scenic winter wonderland days ...

Monday, November 20, 2023

We're starting off what's going to be a short work-week for Hagley staff with this seasonally-themed cover ...

Monday, September 11, 2023

It might feel like beach weather outside, but school is back in session ...

Monday, July 24, 2023

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

Friday, April 7, 2023

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

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Today's #WorkerWednesday has us joining the employees of ....

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 ....

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

This ca. 1892 advertisement for Hires root beer was produced by the Charles E. Hires Company ...

Monday, February 6, 2023

Busted! These images are part of a undated a group of photographs that the Strawbridge & Clothier department store once used ...

Friday, January 20, 2023

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

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

We're back! And we're returning to the stacks with this clipping ...

Friday, December 16, 2022

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

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

'Tis the season for shopping, but we could all use a break ...

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday post joins a November 1951 event celebrating employees of Strawbridge & Clothier ...

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Today's #TechTuesday post features Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt

Monday, October 31, 2022

Happy Halloween!

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Here's a special sneak peek ....

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Today's #TechTuesday find shows employees of the Sperry UNIVAC division ...

Friday, August 12, 2022

Today's post is an homage to summer weekends at the shore ....

Monday, July 25, 2022

On this date, July 25, in 1946 the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering completed work on ....

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Today's #WorkerWednesday photograph is a real catch ...

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

It's #TradeCardTuesday and we're stuck on this advertisement for cement glue ...

Friday, July 8, 2022

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

Thursday, June 23, 2022

This ca. 1890(?) trade card is from Hagley Library's Fingerman ephemera collection ...

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The Centennial International Exhibition, the first major U.S. world's fair, opened #OTD ...

Friday, May 6, 2022

It may be a rainy day out there today ....

Friday, April 15, 2022

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

Friday, April 1, 2022

Philco News's editorial team must have been as excited for springtime as we are ...

Friday, March 4, 2022

Remember kids, don't do what Dazzy does ...

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

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

Thursday, February 3, 2022

This ca.1900 photograph looks west along West Chester Pike in Millbourne borough ...

Monday, January 31, 2022

In 1875, the inventors, photographers, photochemists, and brothers ...

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

On this date in 1896 ...

Monday, January 3, 2022

It's our first post of 2022! And it struts!

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 ...

Monday, September 13, 2021

Here's a little fun for a Monday morning ....

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Today's #WorkerWednesday post ....

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

This photograph shows a class of engineering cadets ...

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, May 21, 2021

Looking for some #FashionFriday inspiration for Spring?

Monday, May 10, 2021

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

Friday, March 19, 2021