Historic Newton’s Early Photograph Collection
Written by Patricia Feeley, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Boston Public Library Historic Newton’s Early Photograph Collection has something for everyone who loves photographs: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes, hand painted miniature portraits and cartes de visite. You can see the fashionable cases of the day as well. Many of Newton’s historically prominent families are included. The poses struck…
Wellesley Free Library maps go high tech
The Swellesley Report of September 19, 2017 chronicled Wellesley Free Library’s addition of 19 local maps to the Digital Commonwealth – with a little help from the New England Document Conservation Center (NEDCC). The maps of Wellesley and surrounding communities span the years from 1853 to 1999. After NEDCC took high quality photos…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in August
Strike up the band, fire the confetti cannon and release the balloons! Digital Commonwealth is celebrating the half million item mark. Thanks, in part, to the large and small collections below, Digital Commonwealth by the end of August was able to offer access to 529, 444 items. On August 23, you could commemorate the 90th anniversary…
Westborough images now available in the Digital Commonwealth
The Community Advocate published a brief article on the Westborough Public Library’s “Westborough: Your Town – Your History” collection being added to Digital Commonwealth as noted in our New Collections in July post.
Leominster’s 1915 time capsule now available online
Leominster Public Library got a little ink from the Leominster Champion for their 1915 Municipal Building (City Hall) time capsule digitization, which was among the new collections added to Digital Commonwealth in May. If you have been in the news for your digitization project, be sure to send us a link so we can…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in July
Put on your comfy travel shoes, it’s time to play tourist! If you can’t actually take a trip to faraway places, Digital Commonwealth has got you covered. From Sir David Young Cameron’s delightful watercolor of Robin Hood’s Bay in England (Boston Public Library) to the postcard of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Springfield College Archives and Special…