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Rare Z271 .W621 1987

Photograph taken at the Ridgway branch of the Library Company, from LCP's archives.

These little Chanukah books are part of a remarkable series by Jewish writers & publishers in Berlin between 1933-1938. They began publishing 6 months after the Nazi book burnings, and continued until Kristallnacht. Schocken Verlag published 83 titles, 30 of which comprised the Jüdische Lesehefte series. Here at Special Collections, we have 5 of those 30. [Ehrmann, Eliezer L. Chanukka. Berlin, 1937. CA 15718 no.25 In den Tagen Mattitjahus: ein Chanukka-Büchlein. Berlin, 1937. CA 15718 no.24] #chanukah #chanukka #hanukkah #schockenverlag #jüdische #specialcollections #iglibraries #oldbooks (at University of Wisconsin-Madison) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1TUx7JB9b/?igshid=hu6a1b24y5fp

This photograph, captioned “Nurse at home, Jackson, Miss”, features an African American woman standing before a residence dressed in a clean, pressed nurse’s uniform and hat. She also wears a fashionable long coat with fur trim details. Behind her, a hand-painted sign mounted to the exterior wall reads “Clara Humes, Obstetric Nurse and Nursing”. Welty focused her lens on a diversity of people and classes throughout this period, but her photographs of the emerging African-American middle class are incredibly powerful. 

Some #pridemonth appropriate library boxes found in the wilds of our stacks! #rainbowbookshelf #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #ahtl https://www.instagram.com/p/Bync3daJYoy/?igshid=lyucnyjjcrj9

This engraving sure makes us feel a little closer to Halloween! It comes from the 1725 edition of "Todten-Tantz," or Dance of Death. A common allegory in Christian Europe, the Dance of Death was meant to serve as a reminder that death comes for all people, no matter their social rank, age, or devoutness. The engravings in this book were originally made by Matthaeus Merian in the early 1600s, and each one depicts death leading off a different type of person, including a pope, a king, a merchant, a heathen, and a painter. Death with the Abbess is shown here. [N7720 .M47 1725] #SpineTingling #rubensteinlib #iglibraries #librariesofinstagram #rarebooks #danceofdeath https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUnwSzFVQL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17tqwu598g9qb

This week’s #SpineTingling entry is a book about the war against demons. We pulled out this spine from the shelf because its innocuous binding, combined with its mystical, grave subject matter (in Latin) made us think of a movie prop. This book is something a character like Van Helsing would peruse for guidance in vanquishing evil. Printed in Bologna in 1623, this title comes from the Lea collection. Philadelphia publisher, historian, and civic reformer Henry Charles Lea collected an extensive amount of works on ecclesiastical history, magic, and witchcraft. Follow this link to see the full digitized collection: http://ow.ly/Zjao30m48Vx Call number: PA8585.V225 D34 http://ow.ly/ZnNF30m491B * * * #wednesdaychallenge #bookspines #iglibraries #libariesofinstagram #rarebooks #demon #vanhelsing #demonology #pennlibraries #kislakcenter #specialcollections https://www.instagram.com/p/BpChCmlAq6w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eenscpzxddsy

Day 4 of #libraryloveisloveislove is lookin’ a little green...we’re particularly fond of this shade, as seen on our copy of Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses. Written by William Ernest Henley and published by Harper & Brothers in 1901, we’re quite mesmerized by the symmetry on this cover! Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re running out of time to figure the answer to out that age-old question - what is the difference between indigo and violet?!