New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in January
Make sure you check out the newest Digital Commonwealth collections, including images of popular Boston politician James M. Curley and a new medieval manuscripts from the BPL! Boston Public Library Books from the Boston Public Library – 144 items John D. Merriam Collection – 6 items Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts Collection – 3 items Jamaica…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in December
Happy New Year! These awesome new collections were added to Digital Commonwealth in December. Check them out! Boston Architectural College Library Original works by Boston Architectural Club Members : 1 item Publications of the Boston Architectural Club : 32 items Boston Athenaeum Boston Athenaeum, Cartographic Collection : 6 items Boston College University Libraries 27 collections…
Special Christmas Dinners
Here are two photographs from the Digital Commonwealth of special Christmas dinners for people who would not be home for Christmas. This 1921 photograph by news photographer Leslie Jones and shows Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan loading his Christmas dinner onto the ship Bowdoin before sailing for the frozen North. It’s from the Leslie Jones Collection…
Internet Archive Images on Flickr
Many of these books in the Internet Archive include photographs, pictures, maps and other images but since the books are treated primarily as text, there has never been an easy way to find them.
New Collections added to Digital Commonwealth in September and October
Check out all of the wonderful content now available in the collections added to the Digital Commonwealth since September! Atwood House Museum of the Chatham Historical Society Nautical Chart Collection of the Chatham Historical Society : 40 items Boston Public Library Charles C. Perkins (1823-1886) Collection : 36 items Charles H. Woodbury (1986-1940). Prints, Drawings,…
October, 1942: National Scrap Metal Drive
During World War II, the United States government promoted scrap drives to reduce shortages in basic materials such as metal, rubber and paper. In September, 1942, the War Production Board announced that scrap metal was urgently needed, and promoted a National Scrap Metal Drive in October. For three Saturdays, there were local scrap drives were…