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Leafing Through the Mid-19th Century with Cartes de Visite
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Li Hongzhang and Chinese Representation in America
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Chinatown: The History of a Philadelphia Neighborhood
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Fixing the Time: An 18th Century American Clock Restored
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Interpreting 19th Century Documents: A Sample from the James Barton Longacre Collection
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The Three-Scrapbook-Long Saga of Horace Howard Furness
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Imperfect History Comes to a Close with Symposium
All News, Graphic Art Department News, Imperfect History, LCP News, VCP News![The Antiquarian (Boston: Senefelder & Co., 1830 or 1831). Hand-colored lithograph. American Antiquarian Society.](https://librarycompany.org/wp-content/uploads/TheAntiquarian-495x400.jpg)
![William Jennings, Jamaican Belle, ca. 1920. Lantern slide.](https://librarycompany.org/wp-content/uploads/jamaicanbelle-495x400.jpg)
A Philadelphia Photographer’s Visions of Race and Empire
All News, Graphic Art Department News, Imperfect History, LCP News![Benjamin Ridgway Evans, North Side of Chestnut St., Extending from Sixth to Seventh St., 1851 (Philadelphia, ca. 1880). Watercolor.](https://librarycompany.org/wp-content/uploads/evans-p-2298-44-495x400.jpg)
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Imperfect History Online Exhibition is now live!
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Uncovering Hidden Narratives in American Art
All News, Graphic Art Department News, Imperfect History, LCP News![Life & Age of Man. Stages of Man's Life from the Cradle to the Grave (New York: N. Currier, ca. 1847). Hand-colored lithograph.](https://librarycompany.org/wp-content/uploads/gc-allegories-p-2004-14-1-495x400.jpg)
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Virtual Close Looking: The Library Company’s First Visual Literacy Workshop
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The Imperfect History: Digital Catalog is Now Live!
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Albums as/in Archives: Whose Identity is Preserved?
All News, Featured Collections, Graphic Art Department News, LCP News, VCP News![John Mackie Falconer, Fulton House, No. 121 South Second Street, Philadelphia. Watercolor, 1861.](https://librarycompany.org/wp-content/uploads/ldw-falconer-p-2021-1-495x400.jpg)