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December 19, 2023
Arranging & Describing Reports from the RCA Rocky Point Station Records
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is a well-known American company that is often associated with audio equipment and RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey. The RCA Rocky Point Station, located on Long Island in Rocky Point, NY was RCA’s Radio Central.
December 19, 2023
Researching the William Rau Pennsylvania Railroad Photographs
Some conservation treatments can be monotonous. Take the process of carefully removing adhesive from the front of a photographic print. This is one step of the preservation of the 1890s industry and site images taken along the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) by William Rau and his assistants.
November 21, 2023
Hagley's Newest Digital Collection Offers a Colorful Spectrum
Hagley Museum and Library's newest addition to its Digital Archive features selections from our Inter-Society Color Council records (Accession 2188) and 
November 20, 2023
Something to Drink? United Airlines Training Films, 1965
Working as a commercial flight attendant is an exhausting career. Even before the emergence of recent issues like pandemics and increased passenger “air rage,” the job of serving travelers on an airplane was never easy.
November 20, 2023
It Just Doesn't Addis Up: Trimming the Legend of the Toilet Brush Christmas Tree
Each year, I mine patents for something unique and interesting to add to Hagley’s holiday displays. This year I decided to tackle artificial Christmas tree patents.
November 20, 2023
Published Design: Highlights from the IDSA Published Collection
October 31, 2023
Barbenheimer Sparks Show Cases at Hagley
The release of two major motion pictures in July unleashed the cultural phenomenon of “Barbenheimer.” For staff at Hagley Library, this presented a golden opportunity to show off some of the materials from our historic collections that reflect the consumer culture of “Barbie” and others that docu
October 26, 2023
Hagley awarded grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation
The Hagley Museum and Library is pleased to announce that we have received a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) to preserve two films from the Cinecraft collection.

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