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The Phenakistastcope or Magic Disc Edinburgh: Published by Forrester & Nichol, Lithographers, 10 George Street, & John Dunn, option 50 Hanover Square. [1832-1833]. A set of round prints for use in a phenakistiscope, an early device that took advantage of persistence of vision to show continuous motion, including several designed by Edward Sang, and published by the maker of optical instruments, John Dunn.
September 15, 2011
Research in Beinecke Library Collections: Photographic Memory Workshop – Graduate Student Working Group 2011-2012
September 9, 2011
Pages from Elizabeth Peabody's Universal History: Arranged to Illustrate Bem's Charts of Chronology. New York: Pub. for the author by Sheldon and Co, 1859. A system for charting historical events on a grid (representing historical periods, arranged chronologically); squares, divided into 9 parts each, to represent distinct categories of historical events; and colors, to show different "Nations".
September 2, 2011
Four volumes of clippings tracing the first 10 years of the creation and promotion of Volapük, a constructed language claimed to have been divinely given to Johann Schleyer, a German Priest.
August 29, 2011
"America's Finest Femme- Mimics" publicity fan from the Jewel Box Lounge, The Most Talked About Nite Club in the Midwest (Kansas City, MO, undated).
August 22, 2011
Lawrence Langner, Fania Marinoff (Mrs. Carl Van Vechten), Eugene O'Neill , Armina Marshall (Mrs. Langner) (ZA Van Vechten) ***
August 18, 2011
Green Apples (bronze statue) by Augusta Savage
August 16, 2011

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