The Graphic Arts Collection has received a promised gift of 31 large format, pochoir colored woodcuts from the Pellerin firm in Epinal, France. Designed by François Georgin (1801-1863) between 1820 and 1839, each of the plates shows one event from the celebrated life of Napoleon. We are very grateful to Bruce Willsie, Class of 1986, […]
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a junior saves two friends after an avalanche, Tiger Inn holds its first coed bicker, and more. February 2, … Continue reading
“German Process Cigar Bands. THEY HAVE THE ‘LUSTER THAT LASTS.’ The Book contains an issue of original designs in a variety of colors, and every one perfect and superior to most imported bands. They are sold at a price that will save you money and yet give the most satisfactory results. Attractive designs that are […]
Above is a hand-operated mechanical magic lantern slide. We might describe it as “kaleidoscopic” but it’s technically not a kaleidoscope, It’s a chromatrope. The device doesn’t contain a cylinder with mirrors that reflect an image in order to create the … Continue reading
Above is a hand-operated mechanical magic lantern slide. We might describe it as “kaleidoscopic” but it’s technically not a kaleidoscope, It’s a chromatrope. The device doesn’t contain a cylinder with mirrors that reflect an image in order to create the … Continue reading
As a digital archivist on Mudd’s Technical Services team, I spend a fair amount of my time looking at screens like the one pictured here. I briefly panicked when I came across this screen while processing a restricted University Archives … Continue reading
In 1690, the Dutch painter Jan van der Heyden (1637–1712) and his son, also Jan, published a volume of engravings depicting various Amsterdam fires and the machinery van der Heyden invented to fight them. The Description of the Newly Discovered and Patented Hose Fire Engine and Its Way of Extinguishing Fires is called the first […]
Few modern mathematicians have ever achieved the public renown of Alan M. Turing (1912-54), a pioneer in the fields of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Turing was a graduate student at Princeton University from 1936 to 1938, studying under … Continue reading
Few modern mathematicians have ever achieved the public renown of Alan M. Turing (1912-54), a pioneer in the fields of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Turing was a graduate student at Princeton University from 1936 to 1938, studying under … Continue reading
Members of the Friends of the Princeton University Library will be seeing a new Princeton University Library Chronicle in their mailbox soon. For others, please note that this issue is dedicated almost exclusively to the photography holdings in Special Collections. I think I can guarantee it is an eye-opener and will introduce […]
