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A visual spectacle to behold, Special Collections at Illinois State U. has a huge Circus/Allied Arts collection, along with many other rare and fine materials.
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That gaze showcases quite the Pictured here is the famous circus performer Tom Thumb with his family. The image shows a detail from a lithograph on a cabinet card mount.

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2020-02-08

Another feature, these eagle rays appear in one volume of the expansive 1843 Naturalist's Library.

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2020-01-19

Bringing order to chaos, we present the humble label sticker. This workhorse lets us quickly and easily see anything from collection names to box contents & numbers. They may be small, but they’re a huge part of our organization.

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2020-01-14

We're starting our first week back to work in style. This illustration from the early Victorian era showing three women chatting appeared in the July 1839 volume of The Lady's Book.

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2020-01-03

What better way to view A Christmas Carol than through the art of the incomparable Arthur Rackham? This 1915 edition perfectly captures the darker unsettling aspects of the story in the depictions of Ebenezer Scrooge moving through a wintery landscape.

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2019-12-19

Trained doves placed perfectly on the arms of this performer in a show publicity

Image from the Herbert Ueckert Collection.

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2019-12-15

A riot of color characterizes this marbled paper book cover. We love the repetition of the large swirls and the flecks of orange that offset the base colors.

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2019-11-26

For we bring you some plates from our favorite book, The of Great Britain & Ireland. These life size prints were created using the 18th century nature printing process, which the book author is keen to note is the ONLY accurate type of scientific illustration.

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2019-11-16

Beetles abound in this plate from the 1843 Naturalist's Library.

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2019-11-10

We’re going to kick off the new with this plate from one of our absolute favorite books, The Ferns of Great Britain & Ireland, Nature Printed. The plates show full size leaves in exquisite detail!

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2019-11-06