Snuffbox which Benjamin Franklin gave to Georgiana Shipley in 1779. (Gift of Stuart Karu to the Library Company in 2009)

In fall 2012 the Library Company unveiled one special item each week in New Yorker magazine ads inspired by the old Burma-Shave campaign (some of you may remember the little signs at the edge of the highway that each had one small piece of a message). See the whole series here as individual blog posts, or visit the online exhibition HERE, to learn more about the collections and programs of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Resources

Treasures from the Library Company of Philadelphia Online Exhibition

Treasures from the Library Company of Philadelphia Series

“At the Instance” Illustration Collection