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Illustration from Willughby, Francis. De Historia Piscium Libri Quatuor. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1686.

Early Natural Philosophy at the Library Company: Francis Willughby Gets his Due

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Exhibition Opening: Stylish Books: Designing Philadelphia Furniture

Stylish Books: Designing Philadelphia Furniture

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Wm. A. Selser, Bee Farmer and Breeder of Italian Bees & Queens. Blossom Nectar and Beeswax. Jenkintown, Pa. (Philadelphia: Craig, Finley & Co., ca. 1900).

A Bee Farmer’s Ode to Summer

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August 15, 2018
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This image drawn by Frank H. Taylor shows a canal boat packed with passengers upon a horse-drawn railcar that was making its way through Philadelphia to points west. The scene was at Dock Street, by the Merchant’s Exchange Building.

LCP Collections Featured in Hidden City Philadelphia: Riding The Rails On Pennsylvania’s Original Turnpike

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We have 300 years' worth of the stuff that gets thrown away...

Treasures from the Library Company of Philadelphia: Ephemera

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We have more than 4,000 delicacies from the "Book-Eater" (See New Yorker Feb. 5, 2001), including the especially tasty New Jersey Devil.

Treasures from the Library Company of Philadelphia: Michael Zinman Collection

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Mementos of our founder include 435 of his imprints, aproximately 2,400 books from his personal library, equipment used in his electrical experiments- and this "most perfect" likeness commissioned for a young admirer.

Treasures from the Library Company of Philadelphia: Franklin Snuff Box

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Outing Early America, That's So Gay. February 10-October 17, 2014

Treasures from the Library Company of Philadelphia: That’s So Gay

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"Mother of all the N American Subscription Libraries" which "improv'd the general Conservation of the Americans" and "perhaps...contributed...the the Stand so generally made throughout the Colonies in Defense of their Privileges," Benjamin Franklin

Treasures from the Library Company of Philadelphia: The Junto

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Need to see some forward motion? Our collections include some of America's earliest photography.

Treasures from the Library Company of Philadelphia: Photograph Collection

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