May 2012
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Victorian Era Fangirl Guide: Bizarre Victorian... →
vicfangirlguide: The Victorians had a great obsession with ferns. Spurred on by discoveries made in the study of paleontology wealthy individuals began to compete to collect rare and exotic varieties of ferns. Fern patterns were included in wallpapers, architecture, clothing and porcelain. The craze became so extensive it received the name pteridomania. Hothouses called ferneries, specifically...
May 7th
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April 2012
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Hidden in the Open: A Photographic Essay of... →
Historian Trent Kelly has collected 146 rare vintage photographs of black male couples from the past 150 years. Although the large majority of the pictures depict gay couples, the collection also includes images of families and friends but they all have one thing in common: they capture images of love. Below is a snippet of why Kelly started the collection along with a few photos from his...
Apr 26th
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an online library of over 400 free courses in the... →
For all of the autodidacts out there.
Apr 20th
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Titanic: 100 years - a library guide. →
For those of you interested in the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, this excellent libguide from Southeastern Oklahoma University has a wealth of free information, online exhibits, and reference materials for you to explore.  Enjoy!
Apr 13th
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So I made yet another blog. Real Canadian History.... →
Reblogging in case any of my followers are interested 
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Unicorn cookbook found at the British Library →
dead-men-talking: A long-lost medieval cookbook, containing recipes for hedgehogs, blackbirds and even unicorns, has been discovered at the British Library. Professor Brian Trump of the British Medieval Cookbook Project described the find as near-miraculous. “We’ve been hunting for this book for years. The moment I first set my eyes on it was spine-tingling.”
Apr 1st
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March 2012
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Japanese fart wars(屁合戦) of 1885 (15p)
loveslight: Source Today in important history reblogs: fart jokes.
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"Badass" is a feminine word.: Jeanne de Clisson,... →
badasswomen: (1300-1359) Jeanne married her first husband, 19-year-old Geoffrey de Ch â at the age of 12. She bore two children by him, but the marriage ended with his death in 1326. Four years later, she married Olivier de Clisson, a wealthy noble. The pair had four children. Olivier de Clisson began…
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February 2012
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ofanotherfashion: Maybe the most stylish librarian ever - check out that fascinator! Lucille Baldwin Brown was the first Black public county librarian in Tallahassee, Florida. This photograph is part of the collection at the State Library and Archives of Florida.
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