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For the first Wednesday in May, we present wood engravings and chromolithographs from the May 1904 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review for Lovers of Gardens, Woodland, Tree or Flower." Learn more here: https://t.co/LkuBZVzRCX

Eight hours for work! Eight hours for rest! Eight hours for what we will!
Have an empowering #InternationalWorkersDay!

Laborers in Milwaukee demonstrated for reasonable working conditions on May 5th, 1886, the day after the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago.

It looks like Spring might actually stick around for a little while, so today we share with you this happy bird-and-flower motif from the Milwaukee Handicraft Project of the WPA. Learn more here: https://t.co/uIKYV1Dt1a

Spring is in full force and that can only mean that it is time to don your bonnets and shoulder wraps! The May 1855 issue of Godey’s Lady's Book offers a full range of the season’s most sought-after bonnet styles as well as detailed illustrations of the newest trends in shawls.

This #Feathursday we submit for your consideration a strolling Dodo, a chortling Swift, and some dancing dainties from the 1864 'Album des Bêtes à l'usage des gens d'esprit texte,' with caricatures by Jean-Jacques Grandville. Learn more here: https://t.co/iNKSEVnFAe

Parallel Botany by Leo Lionni, translated from Italian by Patrick Creagh, is a field guide to imaginary plants that Lionni presents with the authority of an scholarly textbook. Learn more here: https://t.co/B0KTqxbAfQ

#WednesdayBouquet?

This week's post on 'The Golden Hind' focuses on pen drawings by John Austen—a British illustrator influenced by the work of Aubrey Beardsley, as was Alan Odle, who we focused on last week! Learn more here: https://t.co/mQkiPcWE8I

This week's #WednesdayBouquet is less of a bouquet than it is tree clippings... These pretty willows are found in François André Michaux’s 'The North American Sylva.' Learn more here: https://t.co/Mx3Y5N7jYt

This week's #Caturday post features original wood engravings by Alan James Robinson from his printing of 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe, produced at Cheloniidae Press in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 1984. Take a look here: https://t.co/J3KiBMHVXr

This week's #WednesdayBouquet comes from 'Flower Fables' by Louisa May Alcott, published by The Henry Altemus Company in 1898 as part of the popular "Young People's Library" series. See more here: https://t.co/YmuP7x4PJD