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John Mackie Falconer, Fulton House, No. 121 South Second Street, Philadelphia. Watercolor, 1861.

Stolen and Recovered, or the Wandering Watercolor

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February 12, 2021
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Wilkinson after John Singleton Copley, [The Wretched State of the Nation] (Philadelphia, January 20, 1766). Etching. Pierre Eugene Du Simitière Collection.

Minding the Gaps

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January 14, 2021
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Photo-Illustrators, [Interior of a medical clinic], ca. 1930. Gelatin silver print.

Exploring Racism in Medicine through LCP Graphics

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January 14, 2021
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Interior of Library Company of Philadelphia, Locust Street Branch, ca. 1885. Platinum print in Library Company of Philadelphia scrapbook, ca. 1865-ca. 1971.

Upstairs, Downstairs at the Library Company of Philadelphia

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January 14, 2021
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Marriott Canby Morris, Midway Plaisance-Dahomans, 1893. Lantern slide.

Seeing Double

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January 14, 2021
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“The Irrepressible Conflict” or the Republican Barge in Danger (New York: Currier & Ives, ca. 1860). Lithograph.

One Lithograph, Two “Readings”

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January 14, 2021
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Miss Barton, Unidentified landscape, early 19th century. Watercolor.

Women Makers and Caretakers

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January 14, 2021
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Joseph Pennell, Water Street Stairs (Philadelphia). Etching. Two shadowy figures stand at the top of an alley stairway in background, alley has many bills posted, man in sailor outfit in the bottom foreground.

My Beginnings at the Library Company

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January 14, 2021
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Edward Williams Clay, The Smokers (New York: H. R. Robinson, 1837). Lithograph.

Wanting to Kick Myself: My First Days in the Graphic Arts Department

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June 16, 2020
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John L. Magee, Death of George Shifler in Kensington. Born Jan 24 1825. Murdered May 6 1844 (Philadelphia: William Smith, after 1850). Hand-colored lithograph.

Working with Graphics is Not Just Fun

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June 16, 2020
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