Tea was an important part of life in the 19th century, and was used as a backdrop for political, business, and societal gatherings, as well as for informal gatherings and formal business negotiations, ...

Educator and activist Elizabeth Brooks posing with singer and activist Emma Hackley (in spectacles) in five different portraits (1885) (courtesy William Henry Richards Collection, Library of Congress ...

In the late 19th century, Brooklynites had many ways to celebrate the New Year, but the ability to participate depended on ...

19th-Century Music publishes articles on all aspects of music having to do with the "long" nineteenth century. The period of coverage has no definite boundaries; it can extend well backward into the ...

A collection of 150-year-old photos, etchings and books, the historical library’s exhibition “Capitalism by Gaslight: The Shadow Economies of 19th Century America” traces the economics of thievery.

Philadelphia’s popular landmarks tell a story about the city. They serve as a physical embodiment of a familiar history. Independence Hall shows the birth of a nation. The art museum steps remind the ...

The library at the corner of Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE (now the Art Museum), was built in 1905. The new library might be across Greene Square Park from there. The Carnegie foundation donated ...

The examination of race and identity can be seen throughout literature, and increasingly today. In her debut novel, The Library Thief, Kuchenga Shenjé explores these concepts — and the associated ...

Like most bookworms, Ann Duprey keeps a pile of books she intends to read at some point. Even her husband jokes about it, saying, " 'You’ll never read these all in your lifetime.' " But the retired ...

A framed reproduction of Myron King’s 19th-century illustration of “The Night Before Christmas” went missing from the Troy ...