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Photograph of paper wrapper used around folded records — Taking a Deep Dive into the Library Company’s Institutional Archives
May 31, 2023/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of William Rawle to next Library Company secretary about adding old papers to the archive — Library Company Awarded $350,000 from NEH to Process Institutional Papers
May 23, 2023/by Dana Dorman

Receipt for a Library Company share dated 1733 — Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Marshall (1768-1836)
May 15, 2023/by Dana Dorman

2-2-in-process-121136-d-c — Old News: A Further Exploration of Children’s Rights by Kate Douglas Wiggin
May 9, 2023/by Library Company

20230427_150123 — Lady Cake with Lemon Icing
May 2, 2023/by Library Company

Image 1-Parade in Chinatown — Chinatown: The History of a Philadelphia Neighborhood
May 1, 2023/by Library Company

almost done — Grandma Toppan’s Daguerreotype
April 19, 2023/by Library Company

Black and white version of portrait of Tench Coxe at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts — Shareholder Spotlight: Tench Coxe (1755-1824)
April 17, 2023/by Dana Dorman

ingredients — Parsnip Fritters
March 31, 2023/by Library Company

Photograph of medal with woman kneeling with raised arms in chains and text that reads Am I Not a Woman and a Sister 1838 — Shareholder Spotlight: Anna G. Hubbell (1801-1895)
March 20, 2023/by Dana Dorman

20230207_193752 — Cheese Cake with Plain Paste
March 2, 2023/by Library Company

Black and white photograph of exterior of Millbourne Mills in Upper Darby showing horse-drawn wagons lined up outside — Shareholder Spotlight: Abraham L. Pennock (1786-1868)
February 21, 2023/by Dana Dorman

whipped cream — Parkinson’s Strawberry Shortcake
February 2, 2023/by Library Company

cordeliasanders1 — Cordelia Sanders’ Ambrotype
January 25, 2023/by Library Company

Photograph of the title page of the first annual report of the managers of the Ladies' Depository in 1834 — Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Stott
January 17, 2023/by Dana Dorman

IMAGE 1 Duffield clock — Fixing the Time: An 18th Century American Clock Restored
December 19, 2022/by Library Company

Cultural Fieldwork Initiative Intern: Blake Hazell

December 6, 2022/by Library Company

1 high-res-Cased-P-9357-1-I — John Bouvier’s Daguerreotype
November 23, 2022/by Library Company

Photograph of print showing landscape of Belmont estate — Shareholder Spotlight: Benjamin Eastburn (1695-1741)
November 21, 2022/by Dana Dorman

fruit growers trade co-american cranberries — Preserved Cranberries
November 3, 2022/by Library Company

Photograph of blue and white plate depicting Library Company's Fifth Street Building — Shareholder Spotlight: Ann Bartram
October 17, 2022/by Dana Dorman

ready to eat — Mrs. Rorer’s Chicken Souffle
September 27, 2022/by Library Company

Interpreting 19th Century Documents: A Sample from the James Barton Longacre Collection
September 27, 2022/by Library Company

Shareholder Spotlight: Paul Busti (1749-1824)

September 19, 2022/by Dana Dorman

20220607_210510 — Centennial Pudding
August 31, 2022/by Library Company

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