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Carriers' Addresses: The Holiday Gratuity, With a Little Flair

Carriers' Addresses: The Holiday Gratuity, With a Little Flair

December 30, 2011
Written by Mariam Touba, Reference Librarian It still happens at this time of year, a holiday greeting is slipped under the door from a service provider offering good wishes and a subtle hint to be remembered with an end-of-the-year gratuity.  The practice is an old one, but was, in the 18th and 19th centuries, carried off most artfully by newspaper deliverers. Newspaper workers were literate, clever, and had access to a printing press, so it is fitting...Read More
"Happy New Year" from the Battlefields of World War I

"Happy New Year" from the Battlefields of World War I

December 31, 2010

In the Society's manuscript collections is a cache of letters sent by former sign-painter, Pvt. Salvatore Cillis of the 306th Field Artillery from Camp Upton, Long Island and France. Written between 1917 and 1918, Cillis' good-natured, humorous observations are complemented by several pen and ink and watercolor sketches enlightening his former co-workers about camp life. Shown here is one of his festive and typically light-hearted letters. He discusses the snowball fight depicted in his hand-drawn...Read More

The South Shoots First

The South Shoots First

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The camera, that is: Western Barracks and Parade, Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861 (Civil War Photograph File, PR 164) Southern photographers took very few of the thousands of photographs that document the Civil War, especially as the war dragged on and union blockades cut off Southern access to the necessary photographic supplies. However, with the camera, no less than the cannon, the South was the first to shoot. Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861 (Civil War Photograph File, PR...Read More

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