a group of boys running, paper in hand

Last week’s Vault dive into the psychological secrets of Fascinating Womanhood, or, The Art of Attracting Men was certainly engaging, but don’t think we forgot about the fellas.

This ca. 1905 pamphlet aimed to recruit “live boys” (what?) to assist General Motors in a viral marketing campaign for their Oldsmobile Runabout, Touring car model, delivery vehicles, and Wagonette. Successful children would be eligible for cash prizes and the most successful child was promised a Runabout of their very own.

Cover of a pamphlet titled "Secrets of Modern Womanhood" with a portrait of a woman on it.

Is the modern girl bold and immodest? Girls! Could you attract this man?

True to the stereotype of library professionals, Hagley Library's staff is naturally charming, fascinating, and were just born with the promise of love and glamour. But if you're not so lucky, and you just don't know what that "mysterious something" is and are on the path to becoming a social queen yourself, maybe this will help (it probably won't).

This 1937 pamphlet from The Psychology Press, a publisher in St. Louis, Missouri, advertises and offes a sneak peek at the company's 8-volume series Fascinating Womanhood, or, The Art of Attracting Men: A Practical Course of Lessons in the Underlying Principles By Which Women Attract Men, Leading to the Proposal and Culminating in Marriage.

As the "Next Big Thing," artificial intelligence (AI) has taken off as of late. Using chatbots to help with tasks and answer questions is proving to be quick and convenient. In the Reference Services Department, my colleagues and I are noticing a sharp increase in the use of these tools for creating reference questions and requesting relevant library materials.

It's a bird…It's a plane…No! It's Snuff-Man!Cover of promotional comic book Helme's Snuff-Man

What? You've never heard of Snuff-Man, the greatest comic book hero of all time? That simply can't be! How could anyone ever forget that obscure 1954 comic book about a heroic snuff salesman valiantly teaching two young boys about the plucky origins of tobacco powder.

Drawing of a Ford Model T.

On May 26, 1927, the Ford assembly line produced its last Model T automobile after after 19 years of production, during which around 15 million vehicles had been built.

The final Model T was driven personally by its originator, Ford Motor Car founder Henry Ford, with his son, Edsel Ford, to the Dearborn Engineering Laboratory in Highland Park, Michigan, were it joined the first automobile Henry Ford ever built in 1896 and the 1908 protototype for the Model T.

Poolside black and white photograph from a party at William Pahlmann's home in Bedford, New York

It's a party, and you're invited! This week, we're celebrating a little renovation project in the Hagley Digital Archives, and it's fitting that its for the collection of renowned interior designer William Pahlmann (1900-1987).

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