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In this week's #TypographyTuesday post, Head of UWM Special Collections Max Yela takes a look at the typography of 'Harry Potter'! Read about it here: https://t.co/pkHMos9gQP

Here's your exam week #MondayMotivation! I know we're all feeling like drowsy little owls at the end of the semester, but let this Eurasian Eagle Owl serve as an example!

These lil fellas are from Bewick's 'A History of British Birds.' More here: https://t.co/kgaXqeG2Tg

This week's post from 'The Golden Hind' features the bookplates of Austin Osman Spare. Learn more about Spare and 'The Golden Hind' here: https://t.co/TIGv05dlDc

Tomorrow, May 12th is the birthday anniversary of Florence Nightingale, who is recognized as the founder of modern nursing. To celebrate, we present 'Florence Nightingale’s Pet Owl, Athena: A Sentimental History' by Parthenope, Lady Verney. More here: https://t.co/jIglq62Ssa

This week's #WednesdayBouquet is full of spring colors, even though our day here in Milwaukee has gotten off to a gloomy start. hand-colored lithographs from volume 2 of Asa Strong’s 4-volume work 'The American Flora.' Learn more here: https://t.co/5GtYRXbqTT

It's #Feathursday a day late but no birds short! These lovely Mimidae come from our favorite, Rex Brasher's 'Birds and Trees of North America.' Learn more here: https://t.co/DOvIaSyrbA

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.