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Exterior view of Wyck house in Germantown — Shareholder Spotlight: Reuben Haines III (1786-1831) and Jane Bowne Haines (1790-1843)
September 18, 2023/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of illustration in Clarkson memoir of portrait of Matthew Clarkson — Shareholder Spotlight: Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800)
August 21, 2023/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of bookpates from Association Library, Amicable Library, and Union Library Company — Comparing 18th-Century Subscription Libraries in Philadelphia
August 2, 2023/by Dana Dorman

20230627_203601 — Baked Tomatoes
July 31, 2023/by Library Company

Photograph of silhouette of Elizabeth Bordley Gibson pasted inside 1865 biography — Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Bordley Gibson (1777-1863)
July 14, 2023/by Dana Dorman

Photograph of detail from March 31, 1732 minutes — Following the Early Evolution of the Library Company Month by Month
June 29, 2023/by Dana Dorman

Print of black and white portrait photograph of Edward Drinker Cope — Shareholder Spotlight: Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897)
June 20, 2023/by Dana Dorman

20230427_173303 — A Rabbit that is Not Welsh
June 2, 2023/by Library Company

20230427_181206 — Cucumbers Fried in Batter
June 2, 2023/by Library Company

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: Kate Douglas Wiggin’s Children’s Rights and Modern Anti-trans Legislation
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

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LCP News

Shareholder Spotlight: Reuben Haines III (1786-1831) and Jane Bowne Haines (1790-1843)

Shareholder Spotlight: Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800)

Comparing 18th-Century Subscription Libraries in Philadelphia

Baked Tomatoes

Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Bordley Gibson (1777-1863)

Following the Early Evolution of the Library Company Month by Month

Shareholder Spotlight: Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897)

A Rabbit that is Not Welsh

Cucumbers Fried in Batter

Taking a Deep Dive into the Library Company’s Institutional Archives

Library Company Awarded $350,000 from NEH to Process Institutional Papers

Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Marshall (1768-1836)

Old News: Kate Douglas Wiggin’s Children’s Rights and Modern Anti-trans Legislation

Lady Cake with Lemon Icing

Chinatown: The History of a Philadelphia Neighborhood

Grandma Toppan’s Daguerreotype

Shareholder Spotlight: Tench Coxe (1755-1824)

Parsnip Fritters

Shareholder Spotlight: Anna G. Hubbell (1801-1895)

Cheese Cake with Plain Paste

Shareholder Spotlight: Abraham L. Pennock (1786-1868)

Parkinson’s Strawberry Shortcake

Cordelia Sanders’ Ambrotype

Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Stott

Fixing the Time: An 18th Century American Clock Restored