Mark Twain on the Danube(Post)

    Acclaimed novelist, lecturer, humorist, journalist, and travel writer—Mark Twain (1835-1910) received a celebrity’s welcome when he arrived in Vienna in September 1897. Bookstores could not keep up

    The Tractor Rumbles To Life (Post)

    The scene of a farmer astride a John Deere tractor, the sun beating down as he moves through rows of fields, seems a familiar part of the American landscape. But the iconic and seemingly ubiquit

    The Coast Guard’s Forgotten History(Post)

    Too often overshadowed by its similarly sea-faring cousin, the Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard has a far longer history, and one that’s just as action-packed.Officially formed on January 28, 1915, the Co

    It Came From Above: A Visual History of Astronomy(Post)

     By Leah Dearborn When NASA's New Horizons probe hurtled past Pluto in 2015, it provided hundreds of new images of the far corners of the solar system.  Artists, however, have been creating detailed

    Baseball's Bloomer Girls(Post)

    You have probably seen the movie “A League of their Own” starring Madonna and Geena Davis.  Women’s baseball teams, belonging to the All-American Girls Baseball League (AAGBL) brought the game back

    The Stories Of Monhegan Island(Post)

    Monhegan Island is a wild, sometimes harsh place. Native Americans roamed here fishing its waters and exploring its rocky wooded terrain. Pirates landed on its shores, some say leaving buried treas

    Testimonials(Page)

    I recently purchased a copy of Gen Timothy Ruggles' portrait - Gen Ruggles is my 6th great grandfather. Can you tell me were the original portrait can be found? - D. Tolstrup<

    Elephants On The Brooklyn Bridge(Post)

    It was an audacious project from the start. Fourteen years in the building, the Brooklyn Bridge easily catapulted itself into the ranks of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial Age. The Bridge was a t

    Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map(Page)

    Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map

    Information About the Collections(Page)

    AMERICAN MEMORY A great revolution in the history of poster prints was the development of printing techniques that allowed for inexpensive, mass production. The most notable of these, lithography,...

    Edward Penfield And The American Poster(Post)

    Edward Penfield’s first poster for Harper’s in 1893 shows a man in a green coat absorbed in reading a magazine while being splashed by raindrops; the display type accompanying the figure is as mat

    On Nostalgia - An Essay(Page)

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