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Lithograph of Birthplace of Benjamin Franklin, in Milk St., Boston, Jan. 6. 1705-6. O.S. as reproduced at the Fair of The Boston Young Men's Christian Association, Decr. 25 1858. J.H. Buffords lith., 1858.

Juneteenth Freedom Forum

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Friday, June 19, 2009 Reception at 5:30 p.m., program at 6:00. Join us at the Library Company on Friday, June 19th for our Juneteenth Freedom Forum, featuring three area scholars discussing the African American struggle for freedom in…

Lithograph of Birthplace of Benjamin Franklin, in Milk St., Boston, Jan. 6. 1705-6. O.S. as reproduced at the Fair of The Boston Young Men's Christian Association, Decr. 25 1858. J.H. Buffords lith., 1858.

New Exhibition

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On May 4 the Library Company unveiled its new exhibition, Mirror of a City: Views of Philadelphia Recently Acquired from the Jay T. Snider Collection. Mr. Snider, a former Library Company Trustee and avid collector of historical items, sold…

Detail depicting excited dogs.

Curator’s Favorite: Bergner & Engel’s Brewery

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Still displaying his fondness for costumes and props, Persifor sat for a cdv in the late 1860s while in Freiburg, Germany studying mineralogy.

Curator’s Favorite: Frazer Family Photograph Collection

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Compiled by the contractor’s son Paul, the palm-size booklet opens with a portrait of the recipient, “Old Faithful,” which is then followed by images depicting the offices, shops, yards, construction sites, completed jobs, and employees associated with Dinkelacker.

Curator’s Favorite: H.F. Dinkelacker Photograph Album

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[William Chamberlain, photographer] Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s Rocky Mountain Museum, albumen print stereograph, 1875. In this stereograph, Martha Maxwell poses with her specimens at her Boulder museum.

Curator’s Favorite: Martha Maxwell’s exhibit at Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition in 1876

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The central vignette showing a chauffeured carriage on a dirt road transporting a wealthy couple past an indigent man, presumably a victim of the Panic of 1893, epitomizes this sentiment.

Curator’s Favorite: Pioneer & Modern Scenes

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M. Nefferdorf, Library Company of Philadelphia--Last Tea, Sketch, New Jersey: November 28, 1939.

Curator’s Favorite: Library Company of Philadelphia — Last Tea

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Fig. 1. John H. Webster, Jr., [Stouton, Webster family residence, Kensington and Indiana Avenues, Philadelphia, Pa.], ca. 1890. Glass plate negative.

Curator’s Favorite: Webster Family Photographic Negative Collection

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Fairmount, (Philadelphia: Thomas S. Wagner’s Lith., 38 Franklin Place, ca. 1859).

Curator’s Favorite: Jigsaw Puzzles

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Lithograph of Birthplace of Benjamin Franklin, in Milk St., Boston, Jan. 6. 1705-6. O.S. as reproduced at the Fair of The Boston Young Men's Christian Association, Decr. 25 1858. J.H. Buffords lith., 1858.

Curator’s Favorite: Transforming Lithographic Print

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