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Scorcher Sheet Music Cover Image

Featured Acquisition: The Scorcher (1897)

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December 4, 2020
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Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of Honble. Image 3

Another Hamilton in Philadelphia

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March 30, 2020
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Reader Spotlight: Michele Navakas on the Cultural History of Coral

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May 8, 2019
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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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December 20, 2018
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Exhibition Opening: Stylish Books: Designing Philadelphia Furniture

Stylish Books: Designing Philadelphia Furniture

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September 28, 2018
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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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February 21, 2018
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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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February 21, 2018
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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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February 21, 2018
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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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February 21, 2018
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