Tag: postcards
Greetings from Lebanon, Penna.
LebTown, an independent media organization in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has discovered Digital Commonwealth – big time! In a posting entitled, Wish You Were Here: Lebanon County postcards of decades past, LebTown uses over 20 postcards from the Boston Public Library’s Tichnor Brothers Collection. This collection includes approximately 25,000 office proof postcards from across the United States.…
A Closer Look: “The Devil” will smile
Written by Patricia Feeley, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, Boston Public Library This eerie optical illusion postcard (left) comes from the Fall River Public Library’s Historic Postcards, c. 1880-1970 collection. It advertises a production of Ferenc (Franz) Molnar’s play, The Devil. With Halloween coming up, I think it deserves A Closer Look. The title leads us to see the…
New Collection Added to Digital Commonwealth in October
As is appropriate for this autumn season, a lot of the collections added to Digital Commonwealth in the past month have been harvested (pun, obviously, very much intended). Don’t miss out on exploring all of the wonderful new items added to the site! Boston Public Library Anti-Slavery (Collection of Distinction) – 1819 items Charlestown Lantern Slides –…