Category: Spotlight
Spotlight On…Frank Cousins Collection of Glass Negatives
Written by Anne Berard, Reference & Outreach Services Librarian, Milford Town Library The Frank Cousins Glass Plate Photography Collection, containing over 2500 images, became accessible via the Digital Commonwealth in June. Simply put, it is incredible. Frank Cousins (1851-1925), a merchant and
Spotlight on…Peter Simon Collection
Written by Anne Berard, Reference& Outreach Librarian, Milford Town Library Peter Simon, prolific photographer, author, chronicler of Martha’s Vineyard, and brother of singer Carly Simon, died in November 2018. Digital Commonwealth (via the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Massachusetts,
Spotlight on…American Art Posters 1890-1920
American companies took notice when French art posters became extremely popular in the 1880’s. A new lithography process had made economical printing of large editions of posters possible. American companies commissioned prominent illustrators like Edward Penfield, Will Bradley, Ethel Reed and Maxfield Parrish