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It's #CowAppreciationDay! Here in America's Dairyland, of course we have to celebrate cows with a party! Or at least a book titled 'Cow's Party'! Learn more about the book here: https://t.co/Sut7w4xQRb

Our fashion tour of history via 'Costumes of the World' brings us to mid 17th century England and the reign of Charles I. Don’t be fooled by the dates on the fashion plates, Charles I reigned from 1625 until his execution in 1649. #FashionFriday https://t.co/GUoQfaXvfd

As for the bald eagle, Franklin wrote "He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree... too lazy to fish for himself..." Read more here: https://t.co/60sTRkXgHv

Yesterday was the #FourthofJuly! Did you know that Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the United States' national bird? He wrote that the turkey is "a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his farm"

This week's #WednesdayBouquet comes from the July 1905 issue of 'Flora and Sylva: A Monthly Review.' See more images on our Tumblr site: https://t.co/Onz2S5p7t2

A handsome assortment of costumes for productions such as Merry Widow, King Lear, and Richard III. All plates in this selection are from volume 8 of the 'Costume Design' portfolio of the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. Learn more here: https://t.co/udjMBliNe2

This is 'Natura Morta' a boxed set of poetry & photographs by Waswo X. Waswo that was released as a limited edition of three. The illustrations were hand painted by Wawso’s friend and colleague Arvind Sharma in Rajasthan India. Learn more: https://t.co/2crfvtBXz1 #FinePressFriday

A few weeks ago, we posted several plates from 'Costumes of the World' that illustrated some fashions of Elizabethan England. We just haven’t been able to get those ruffs & collars out of our minds. We went in search of a few more and 'Le Costume Historique' did not disappoint!

This week’s #Feathursday post is all about the vulture! We have four colorful vultures to share from the 'Album of Abyssianian Birds and Mammals' with paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, published as a portfolio by the Field Museum in 1930. https://t.co/pgjuWuA57q

'Waiting for Wings' by the award-winning Milwaukee author and illustrator Lois Ehlert was published in 2001 by Harcourt and is a celebration of butterfly pollinators & gives instructions for growing a butterfly garden! Learn more about Ehlert here: https://t.co/Cxswmdfawb #flora