1. We just had to share this with you! While taking a look at the Library’s Timothy Leary archives with our good friends at The Verge (piece coming to a computer near you later this winter), we discovered that Mr. Leary had a nintendo wrist controller  Power Glove (immortalized in the 1989 film The Wizard aka A 100 Minute Long Commercial for Super Mario Brothers 3)… and Adidas sneakers. Very clean, red-laced Adidas sneakers. This made us very happy.

    We just had to share this with you! While taking a look at the Library’s Timothy Leary archives with our good friends at The Verge (piece coming to a computer near you later this winter), we discovered that Mr. Leary had a nintendo wrist controller  Power Glove (immortalized in the 1989 film The Wizard aka A 100 Minute Long Commercial for Super Mario Brothers 3)… and Adidas sneakers. Very clean, red-laced Adidas sneakers. This made us very happy.

  2. What did we do before Google and the phone book? A history of city directories in the United States and New York City →

  3. Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819. Happy birthday, you poet of the people! Explore the NYPL’s collection of Whitman Manuscripts here: http://ow.ly/bgLIN

    Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819. Happy birthday, you poet of the people! Explore the NYPL’s collection of Whitman Manuscripts here: http://ow.ly/bgLIN

  4. Happy birthday Brooklyn Bridge! Today in 1883 our lovely bridge opened to the public. The NY Times has the short history of the day. Or, come over to the Manuscripts and Archives Division, where you can pour over the architectural plans and drawings of parts of the Bridge, including images of the Brooklyn anchorage and tower, derricks, and other equipment used in the bridge’s construction.

    Happy birthday Brooklyn Bridge! Today in 1883 our lovely bridge opened to the public. The NY Times has the short history of the day. Or, come over to the Manuscripts and Archives Division, where you can pour over the architectural plans and drawings of parts of the Bridge, including images of the Brooklyn anchorage and tower, derricks, and other equipment used in the bridge’s construction.

  5. Re-blogging our friends at the Smithsonian for today’s Mustache Monday. Besides his full mustache, we also enjoy this fellow’s dapper suit and way with a silky tie. smithsonianlibraries: Cartes de visite of French artist Charles Herrmann-Leon (1838 - 1908) (also known as Leon-Charles Herrmann) painter of dogs, and gentleman who could wear a mustache with the proper attitude.

    Re-blogging our friends at the Smithsonian for today’s Mustache Monday. Besides his full mustache, we also enjoy this fellow’s dapper suit and way with a silky tie.

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    Cartes de visite of French artist Charles Herrmann-Leon (1838 - 1908) (also known as Leon-Charles Herrmann) painter of dogs, and gentleman who could wear a mustache with the proper attitude.

  6. The entomologist and writer E.O. Wilson came to LIVE from the NYPL yesterday and got to view what look like drawings of frogs from our Rare Books and Manuscripts division… livefromthenypl: E. O. Wilson at Special Collections in the NYPL. See more photos from last night here..

    The entomologist and writer E.O. Wilson came to LIVE from the NYPL yesterday and got to view what look like drawings of frogs from our Rare Books and Manuscripts division…

    livefromthenypl:

    E. O. Wilson at Special Collections in the NYPL. See more photos from last night here..