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    States Helping States. It Has Happened Before.(Post)

    In response to the medical disaster unfolding in New York, the governors of Oregon, Washington and California sent ventilators. Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots football team, sent 300 ...

    Research Locates Site Of Salem Witch Hangings(Post)

    From the Boston Globe: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/01/12/researchers-confirm-site-salem-hangings/ReOusTREuXUo8RdxARGLNI/story.html ...

    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 gam ...

    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 trea ...

    The American Library Association’s Library War Service(Post)

    “In the ability to reach, educate and affect the adult population the library occupies a position of great responsibility and is a great power for national defense.”  - Charles B. Alexander ...

    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 ma ...

    Press(Page)

    Press Release, June 2024 On Nostalgia: An Essay, by Michael John Simpson The maps' intricacy is remarkable given the relatively low level of the technology available when they were done. Pittsb ...

    City Searches(Page)

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

    Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map Source: "The Panoramic Maps of Cities in the United States and Canada", 2 nd ed, John R. Hebert, rev. by Patrick E Dempsey, 1984, Library of ...

    History of the Company(Page)

    History of the Company Historian Michael J. Simpson has written an article On Nostalgia describing the role Snapshots of the Past has played in the growing demand for nostalgic material on th ...

    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, w ...

    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 Whenever I am on the ...

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