Tag: Medford MA
New Collections added to Digital Commonwealth in March
The best, totally unique item added to the Digital Commonwealth in March was the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s The grand panorama of a whaling voyage ‘round the world. The section above does not do it justice. The full panorama is divided into four sections. To get the full affect, you need to click on each…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in November
This month we welcome AgitArte, an organization of working class artists and cultural organizers, who added the scroll, one of their community art projects, at left. Almost unbelievably, the Medford Historical Society & Museum has added several hundred more Civil War photos and the Chicopee Public Library has allowed the harvest of two more collections.…
New Collections Added to Digital Commonwealth in October
As we pack away the ghosts and goblins of Halloween and prepare for Thanksgiving, let us give thanks: …to the Annisquam Historical Society for sharing a lovely sketch of the I Am Here schooner amongst its 86 historical documents. …to the Boston Public Library – and especially to the Leventhal Map Center – for continuing…