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  2. 3 minutes ago

    Like maps? Well here are 16 on forests of North America from 1884 via

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    9:54 AM - 2 Dec 2015 · Details
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  3. 3 hours ago

    On our blog: A proposal to change publishing economics - The staff at the Max Planck Digital Library released a...

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  4. 19 hours ago

    Found pic of Mark Twain the day *after* his 180th bday. He must have a quote for this...

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  5. 20 hours ago

    If holiday music isn't your thing, may we suggest this ditty about a female pirate?

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    2:18 PM - 1 Dec 2015 · Details
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    "Sometimes an absence of something can be as informative as the presence of material" Lesley Parilla on

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  7. 21 hours ago

    Go for it! Whatever shapes make you happy :)

    Animal cookies...no. What we need is cookies shaped like planets and possibly comets.
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  8. Dec 1

    It's Cutter Week! Use your favorite holiday shapes w/ these recipes from 1920 Good Housekeeping cookbook

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    8:45 AM - 1 Dec 2015 · Details
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  9. Dec 1

    Free event 5pm 12/2: Dibner lecture on portrayals of 's emotions

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  10. Nov 30

    The Zoetrope image viewer for kids was sold by Milton Bradley as the "Wheel of Life."

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    11:05 AM - 30 Nov 2015 · Details
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  11. Nov 30

    Building blocks for youngsters are never old-fashioned. See this 1889-90 Milton Bradley ad.

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    10:05 AM - 30 Nov 2015 · Details
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  12. Nov 30

    Some of our libraries have , if you want to get us something nice this year...

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  13. Nov 30

    It's after Thanksgiving - can we officially start making our holiday now??

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    8:35 AM - 30 Nov 2015 · Details
  14. Nov 30

    Catalogs - how people used to shop from home before the Internet

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    7:50 AM - 30 Nov 2015 · Details
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  15. Nov 30

    On our blog: Burpee Foundation Funds “Cultivating America’s Gardens”

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  16. Nov 30

    Aw, thanks! We do have some great stuff in our collections...

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    You probably won't find these books at your local branch. Grateful for !
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  17. Nov 27

    Pretty sure physiology has come a long way since this 1892 abdominal kneader!

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    8:30 AM - 27 Nov 2015 · Details
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  18. Nov 27

    Want to avoid madness? Adopt one of our books from the comfort of your home!

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    8:00 AM - 27 Nov 2015 · Details
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  19. Nov 27

    On our blog: November twenty-six, nineteen hundred sixty-three.

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  20. Nov 26

    You're cordially invited to James Smithson’s Birthday ball, 12/4

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    2:33 PM - 26 Nov 2015 · Details
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