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This month's is all about which can be found in all their glory in Robert Hooke's 1665 Micrographia - the first important work on microscopy. The detailed illustrations give beauty to the smallest of creatures under his own design microscope

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2021-05-07

We couldn’t bear sitting out the Good thing Titian Ramsay Peale produced a whole lot of

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2020-09-05

We don't have much in Athens, Ohio, but we do have these beautiful 1773 botanic watercolors from the 1st edition of Flora Londinensis by William Curtis. See more in our Mss & Printed Leaves Online at https://t.co/qssrZyBpGl

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2020-09-05

Starting the event with Ernst Sorge and Johannes Georgi catching up on correspondence from loved ones c1930. Both members of the German Greenland Expedition. Photos from Fritz Loewe Collection https://t.co/f2i4DC2EPz https://t.co/lTq1KBpOMR

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2020-04-03

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

The Bears Carol was definitely made for This whimsical card was designed for greeting card company by

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2019-12-07

speaking of here's Paul Bunyan combing his beard with a pine tree
- from our Mead Corporation Paul Bunyan Campaign Collection https://t.co/E0K8wr3LW2

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2019-11-02

We're joining the and this month's theme is

Several carte de visite portraits from the Hart Papers feature varying degrees of stubble. More recognizable subjects include a heavily decorated Samuel Morse and sculptor Randolph Rogers.

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2019-11-01

Can you patent a living thing? The podcast team went looking to answer that question while putting together this story of the Oncomouse. https://t.co/cVlcJ7FVPZ

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2019-09-06

Believe it or not, California coastal bathhouses were big in the 19th-century. This photo captures swimmers enjoying the indoor pool at North Beach Bath House, just steps from the Pacific Ocean. https://t.co/9iG667Tx5Z 🌊🤽‍♀️

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2019-06-08

When offered physicist Richard Tousey a position in Washington, DC, he didn't hesitate to relocate - partly because of his admiration of the DC region's foliage. Tousey had a lifelong interest in nature.
https://t.co/HsX0XbStQF

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2019-05-03

Boars! Why not?

Feeling boorish? Boars!

Bored this week? Boars!

Thanks to Boar’s Head Press, we have this delightful image of people riding a boar to cure any sort of mood!

https://t.co/TD8lNSjF75

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2018-12-15

An 18thC account of the process of harvesting cochineal dye in New Spain via steam bath.

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2018-11-03

Resolve to break the glass ceiling and apply to your dream job! When Candy Torres was told women and Latinas couldn't work in STEM jobs, she persisted and was one of the 1st hired at !

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2018-01-12