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1960-1969AMERICANA
THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA MOVING TO A NEW MODERN BUILDING, 1960s
IMPORTANT ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS SHOWN. EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY. RARE BOOKS

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EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. COLUMNS, RELIEF IN PEDIMENT BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS. STATUE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. DOCUMENTS OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE GREEK REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE
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CU HAND OPENING RARE HISTORICAL BOOK
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NARRATOR SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA. TROMPE LOEIL PAINTING OF BOOKS IN BOOKCASE IN BKGD
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EXTERIOR OF LIBRARY COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. GREEK REVIVAL BUILDING
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INTERIOR LIBRARY. LIBRARY ARCHIVAL MATERIALS. CU EARLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPER "THE AMERICAN WEEKLY MERCURY" ONE OF ONLY TWO COPIES IN EXISTENCE. DATED DECEMBER 22, 1719.
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CU EARLY MAP OF PHILADELPHIA DATED 1794, WHEN CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES
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CU CIVIL WAR BALLADS JOHN BROWN'S MARCHING SONG. MAN-
OF-WAR REFLECT ISSUES AND ATTITUDES OF THE DAY
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CU 1773 POSTER "TO CAPT. AYRES" WARNING DELAWARE RIVER PILOTS NOT TO TO GUIDE AN ENGLISH TEASHIP TO PORT
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CU BOOK FROM 1622 FIRST PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS IN NEW ENGLAND. MAYFLOWER.
MILES STANDISH.
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CU VELVET BOUND DOCUMENT COPY OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND OUTLAWING SLAVE TRADE WITH AFRICA, 1824
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PAINTING OF CITY LIFE AT FIRST AND WALNUT STREETS MID-19TH CENTURY, LIBRARY COMPANY BUILDING
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CU PLAYBILL LISTING PLAYS 1833, PHILADELPHIA'S THEATRICAL CULTURE. "RHYME & REASON" "KING LEAR AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS"
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CU IMPORTANT HISTORICAL LETTERS WRITTEN BY JOHN PAUL JONES, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JAMES MONROE
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CU HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN OUTLINING THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM FOR THE SLAVES LEADING UP TO EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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LIBRARIAN EDWIN WOLF II IN HIS OFFICE INTERVIEWED TALKS ABOUT LIBRARY FORMATION HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY COMPANY. HISTORICAL DISCUSSION. MAN SWINGS IN HIS CHAIR AS HE TALKS
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CU SARCOPHAGUS, COFFINS, MONUMENTS TO DR. JAMES RUSH AND HIS WIFE BURIED IN THE LIBRARY.
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CU STATUE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DRAPED IN A ROMAN TOGA
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LIBRARIAN EDWIN WOLF SHOWS INTERVIEWER RARE BOOKS COLLECTION IN THE LIBRARY COMPANY RARE BOOK ROOM.
PULLS OUT BOOK BY THOMAS JEFFERSON "SUMMARY REVIEW OF THE RIGHTS OF BRITISH AMERICA" 1744. JEFFERSON'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. CU JEFFERSON'S OWN CORRECTIONS AT PAGE BOTTOM. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL DOCUMENT
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WOLF SHOWS WOMAN A PRIVATELY PRINTED PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION 1787 JOHN DICKENSON'S COPY WITH NOTES OF THE CHANGES
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LIBRARIAN SHOWS "LOGIC OR THE ART OF THINKING" A BOOK GIVEN BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1733. CU BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S SIGNATURE
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LIBRARIAN SHOWS COPY OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN GAZETTE.
SEPTEMBER 25, 1729. LIBRARIAN TRACES WORDS WITH FINGER, READS FROM NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. NEWSPAPER FROM THE COLONIES
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LIBRARIAN SHOWS RARE BOOK "THE HISTORY OF LOUISIANA"
1774 OWNED BY BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON, BOTANIST "FATHER OF AMERICAN BOTANY" LIBRARIAN TRACES WORDS WITH HIS FINGERS. READS FROM THE BOOK. CU MERIWEATHER LEWIS SIGNATURE. THE BOOK CROSSED THE CONTINENT WITH LEWIS AND CLARK
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LIBRARIAN EXPLAINS OLD PAPER WAS NOT MADE WITH SULFITE ACID WHICH DETERIORATES PAPER WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THE BOOKS ARE IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION. TALK ABOUT PRESERVING PRESENT HISTORIC DOCUMENTS MADE WITH PULP PAPER WITH SULFURIC ACID WHICH STARTED ABOUT 1870.
ACID DETERIORATION
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LIBRARIAN SHOWS A BOOK FROM THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS BELONGING TO JAMES LOGAN, IMPORTANT FIGURE OF THE 18TH CENTURY IN PENNSYLVANIA. CU BOOK ON ASTRONOMY PRINTED IN 1580.
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RARE BOOKS ROOM. RARE BOOKS ON BOOK SHELVES "COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF EUROPE" "CATESBY'S NATURAL HISTORY" COLLECTION OF CATESBY'S BOOKS.
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SCHOLAR DR. ROY F. NICHOLS, DEAN OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENTISTS INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE RARE BOOK LIBRARY. ACADEMIA.
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HOLDS UP POSTER ACCOUNT OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE. CIVIL WAR RECRUITING POSTER. COL. RUSH COMMANDER PHILADELPHIA LIGHT CAVALRY.
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CU LIBRARY'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. CU BEN FRANKLIN SIGNATURE
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LIBRARIAN INTERVIEWED IN HIS OFFICE. TALKS ABOUT THE LIBRARY'S MOVE TO A MORE MODERN BUILDING.
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TILT DOWN MODEL OF NEW MODERN LIBRARY BUILDING ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING
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PAINTING OF PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY COMPANY, MID 19TH CENTURY PAINTING
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CU HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, CONSTITUTION
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