Link to Exhibit, The Hook and the Book: The Emergence of Crochet and Knitting in Early American Popular Culture
Political Fest volunteer tee-shirt.
Pope Joan
Portrait of William Buchan
Fashioning Philadelphia: The Style of the City, 1720-1940. On view July 20, 2015 to March 4, 2016. Free and Open to the Public.
Catalogue of the Museo Torlonia (1876) and detail from p. 78.
Trade card showing influence of Oscar Wilde’s 1882 tour of North America.

Fashioning Philadelphia – The Style of the City, 1720-1940

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The Library Company of Philadelphia presents over 200 years of fashion history in its newest exhibition, which opened July 20. Fashioning Philadelphia – The Style of the City, 1720-1940 tells the largely unheralded story of Philadelphia’s…
Trade card showing influence of Oscar Wilde’s 1882 tour of North America.

2015 Juneteenth Freedom Symposium with Dr. Danielle Allen

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The Program in African American History (PAAH) welcomed political theorist Dr. Danielle Allen for our annual Juneteenth Freedom Symposium on June 18. PAAH hosts an annual symposium to recognize Juneteenth, one of the oldest known celebrations…
Trade card showing influence of Oscar Wilde’s 1882 tour of North America.

Mellon Scholars Summer Programs

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In June, the Program in African American History (PAAH) held its second annual Mellon Scholars Internship and Workshop under the direction of Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar, PAAH Director, and Krystal Appiah, Curator of African American History.…