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Posted by: Kristi Finefield
A piece of Hardanger embroidery in a recent Flickr album on needlework inspires a deeper dive into the collections for more images of this regional style of embroidery, specific to the Hardanger area of western Norway.
Posted in: Photographs, Prints
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
Fans of art nouveau design may be surprised to learn that the Prints & Photographs Division has more than a dozen striking images by the man widely credited as the originator of the style -- Czech artist Alphonse Mucha -- in the collections. See some examples in this blog post.
Posted by: Melissa Lindberg
Join Reference Specialist Ryan Brubacher online on Wednesday, July 16 at 03:00pm EDT as she explores school-related images from the collections. Showing a variety of perspectives and spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the shared images will feature buildings and classrooms, sports, naptime, students engaged in artistic and scientific learning, and more. The images in this post provide a preview.
Posted in: News & Events, Photographs, Webinars
Posted by: Kate Phillips
Continuing in the same vein as last week’s post, today we are looking at the people, technologies, and skills involved with making ice cream. The post will incorporate both photographs and printed matter from the collection and will focus on home production of ice cream.
Posted in: Photographs, Prints