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Category Archives: History
A Christmas Miracle (Almost)
The Guardian newspaper has reported a holiday story with a “twist” in “true Dickensian style”. While the staff of the Dickens House Museum in Clerkenwell, London, were preparing their Christmas decorations, news arrived of a minor Christmas miracle. No, Ebenezer … Continue reading
Just Your Typical NYC Station
The old City Hall Station, built in 1904 and decommissioned in 1945, is unlike any other New York City subway station. Filled with beautifully tiled vaults and arches, skylights, brass fittings and stained glass, it was once the terminus of … Continue reading
Help Save The Pages
London’s The Victoria and Albert Museum has sent out a public plea for funds to preserve the original manuscripts of three novels by Charles Dickens. It’s seeking a total of £25,000, of which half has already been raised, to properly … Continue reading
A Prairie Home Celebration
This guest post and the accompanying photographs were provided by the acclaimed Minnesota photographer Valérie Jardin. For more information on Valerie’s marvelous work, visit her website and blog on our links list. St Paul, Minnesota: The Fitzgerald Theater is celebrating … Continue reading
The Great Wall (You Never Heard Of)
Everyone knows all about the Great Wall of China, but who has heard of Croatia’s Great Wall of Ston ? Although it’s just 35 miles from Dubrovnik, the medieval fortress-wall complex is one of Europe’s least visited historic sites. The … Continue reading
Before Kodachrome There Was Photochrom
While doing research at the Library of Congress, I stumbled upon this extraordinary collection of richly colored photographs taken in Europe, the Middle East and in North America between 1890 and 1910. The 6000 amazing photolithographs in the catalog come … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, History, Photography
Tagged Latvia, Norway, Paris, Switzerland, Warsaw
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Memorial De La Shoah
The central Paris Memorial de la Shoah on Wednesday launched a moving exhibition in tribute to the French -Jewish writer Irène Nemirovsky.The extensive collection includes a series of letters she sent months before her arrest and deportation to Auschwitz and … Continue reading
Is This NYC’s Quirkiest Museum?
The City Reliquary is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Through permanent display of New York City artifacts, rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events, The City Reliquary connects visitors to both the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, History, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, New York City
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The 19th Century Kindle
Lighthouses were often time located in remote areas and as such had no access to city services such as libraries, bookshops, entertainment, etc. that most people enjoyed who lived in a town or city. As light keeping was a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, USA
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Why Not Moby-Dick ?
Inspired by Zak Smith’s Gravity’s Rainbow project and the Blood Meridian project, artist/illustrator/librarian Matt Kish has created the Every Page of Moby-Dick blog, where he posts one drawing per day illustrating each of the 540 pages of the Signet Classic … Continue reading
