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This week’s Caturday is a 1938 illustration by Clyde A. Copson from Morris Wilson’s children’s book, A Day With Bum: and, The Smart Little Dish. The book is currently in the Library’s Rare Books Division. Enjoy!
The Billy Rose Theater Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts recently received as a gift the stunning Stanley Stark collection. The collection includes 50 detailed drawings by Mr. Stark of New York City theaters, past and present, commissioned by Playbill for the publication and by noted New York City theater historian Mary Henderson. If interested in looking at this collection feel free to reach out to The Library for the Performing Arts.
In honor of the royal wedding, here’s a regal-looking image of Puss In Books from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. Doesn’t the little guy on the right look a little like the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones? Anyway, happy caturday!
NYPL Wire officially has 1,000 followers, and it happened in less than two months! Woohoo! This fun little illustration called “The Toast” from The Mid Manhattan Picture Collection showcases our mood. Cheers! Thanks to everyone who has followed us - spread the word! And thanks to BlueAllez for being our 1,000th follower!
We’re so happy that the good folks at Tumblr fixed their technical difficulties and brought us back to life that we figured we’d toast them with this fairly absurd cigarette card from between 1934 and 1938. It’s from the Library’s George Arents Collection. Cheers!
