Posts Tagged 'Archives'

Ellis Island Lantern Slides

This lantern slide is labelled “Italian girl” by amateur photographer Augustus Sherman, who took images of immigrants dressed in traditional…

Imagine trying to learn how to use this. It’s a music typewriter from the 1930s.

Culture

Growing your mustache for #Movember? Here’s some vintage inspiration.

Culture

It seems remarkable today that civil defense officials advised ducking under a schoolroom desk or covering the head with a…

Children

State Library of Queensland, Australia. Undated, uncredited.

From the Australian National Maritime Museum, circa 1930, these children are at a party hosted for the sons and daughters…

Before magazines had sophisticated food stylists – or healthy eating recipes – the pages of publications such as The Ladies…

Outdoors

Winter has always produced great images, as these shots from Australia, Canada, the U.S. and other places show.

Featured

This just released video is a well done summary of what a public archive is, and why it matters.

Crime

The prisoner ledgers for Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario are filled with details of criminal life in the early 1900s. These…