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Medieval Manuscripts

Free Library of Philadelphia

Browse or search the Free Library's collection of more than 3,000 online images. The Free Library’s digital manuscript collection includes two different sorts of objects: complete manuscript books, or "codices," and separate leaves and cuttings—fragments… view complete listing>>

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Philadelphia on Stone: The First Fifty Years of Commercial Lithography in Philadelphia, 1828-1878

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Library Company of Philadelphia

Philadelphia on Stone, generously funded by the William Penn Foundation, explores the history of 19th-century Philadelphia lithography and its impact on contemporary visual culture. Philadelphia on Stone explicates the history and process of lithography, documents… view complete listing>>

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Octavius V. Catto on the Web

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  "Set against the backdrop of nineteenth century Philadelphia's flourishing activist African American community, Octavius V. Catto made a mark both locally and nationally. A learned man, he taught at the Institute for Colored Youth, later… view complete listing>>