Black and white photograph of two children in Easter costumes with baskets.

Everything is just fine and candy this week as we hop along to the Easter holiday. The two peeps in a pod joining us for an Easter egg hunt in this ca. 1932 photograph are Junius and Paulina Dean, the children of Junius Simpson Dean (1896-1978) and Paulina du Pont Dean (1903-1964).

Paulina was the niece of Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont (1870-1954), who assembled the P.S. du Pont photographs (Accession 1969.002) collection that contains this item. This large collection of over 6,000 items documents P.S. du Pont's many interests as well as the many members of the du Pont family.

The series containing this photograph is the 'Individuals and families' series, which includes photographs and glass negatives featuring P.S. du Pont, his family and extended family, as well as friends and associates. 

The Hagley Library is pleased to announce the digital release of Chris Baer's completed Pennsylvania Railroad Chronology. This remarkable document traces the full arc of the PRR's history — and the broader context surrounding it — from 1700 through 2024, spanning well beyond the railroad's founding in 1846 and its eventual dissolution in 1968.

Page from a flower catalog featuring colorful images of daffodils.

Hello, Spring! It may be off to a chilly start, but spring is here and blooms are sure to follow. We're getting the jump on those early spring flowers this week with a page from the Henry F. Michell Company's Fall 1945 catalog.

The still-operating and still family-owned horticultural business was founded in Philadelphia in 1890 by Swedish immigrants, the brothers Henry and Frederick J. Michell. 

The catalog is part of Hagley Library's collection of trade catalogs. You can view it, as well as other publications from the Henry F. Michell Company, online in our Digital Archives by clicking here.

Front cover of booklet. Dark blue, gold text reads 'Buildings that Serve' and 'Sun Oil Co.'

Yaass, duplex! We're going to werk this week with some buildings that serve, honey. Or serve gasoline, anyway.

This ca. 1940 pamphlet from the Sun Oil Company is a guide to service station construction, intended to walk its dealers through the basics of the exterior and interior of 'Suntype' gasoline and automobile service station construction and layout.

This manual is part of Hagley Library's collection of published materials. You can view it online now in our Digital Archives by clicking here.

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Hagley is offering three new programs this summer for visitors to engage with Hagley’s historical collections, held on the third Thursdays of the summer months. Advance registration is required, and please note that museum admission is not included with the event registration.

The overtly intimate relationship between tech industry leaders and politicians is on frequent display in newspapers and on screens today. In an international context, this builds on a long history of corporate involvement in shaping favorable policy.

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