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Maps. Cats. Libraries. Beer.
September 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#Caturday snuggle bugs!
September 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Very large #blackberry is this week's pack! #snacktime
September 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A fantastic, and tiny, photo of cat (circa 1910) from a collection a researcher requested last week.

#vintagecats #cats #librarysky #photography
September 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Learned what's been knocking over my bird feeder.
August 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Some fun vintage cats from 19th century laundry ads!

#cats #vintagecats #laundry #librarysky #archives #specialcollections
August 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Another great atlas title page from the collection I'm working with! This one's illustration shows part of the process of creating the maps that appear in these 19th century county atlases.

#Atlas #Maps #Library #LibrarySky #Indiana #ElkhartCounty #Cartography #CountyAtlas #Mapping #MapLibrary
August 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Inside this atlas is an illustration of an atlas on a pile of atlases - I love a good atlas title page!

#Atlas #Maps #Library #LibrarySky #California #Alameda #Cartography #CountyAtlas #Mapping #MapLibrary
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Forget fireworks. Tonight I'm seeing Drop Dead Gorgeous on the big screen!

#Movies #DarkComedy #Mockumentary
July 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Post a picture of when your pet was little
June 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I cataloged several turn of the century union posters this morning. This one, printed on cloth, was eye catching.

#Unions #LaborOmniaVincit #SolidarityForever
June 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My Indie Bookstore Day haul!

#indiebookstoreday #books #indiebookstore
April 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Some people for scale!
April 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Working with the biggest item in the collection today. 1674 double hemisphere map of the world by Ferdinand Verbiest. #LibrarySky #Maps
April 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Another photo of the #cat Buster! See the postcard, and read about Buster on it's back at: quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...

#Caturday #Postcard #RPPC #LibrarySky
March 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We don't know the name of this lovely #cat. But the photo was taken in Hastings, #Michigan. See the postcard at: quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...

#Caturday #Postcard #RPPC #LibrarySky
March 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Some vintage cat photos for #caturday!

Starting off with the dashing Buster! This postcard is postmarked 1913. See the postcard at quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...

#postcards #RPPC #LibrarySky #Cats
March 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A display of books created in 1914 for a storefront in Bloomingdale, Michigan. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...

#LibrarySky #BookSky #DigitalCollection #Michigan
March 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A Ladies Band that performed weekly in Lenox, MI. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...

#LibrarySky #DigitalCollection #Band #Michigan
March 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Now to share a few of my favorite images from the collection! Starting with this old school #BodegaCat in Carp Lake, Michigan. quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...

#LibrarySky #DigitalCollection #Cats #Michigan
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you see this, and you're in the mood for this kind of thing, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
February 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It isn't #caturday... but look at my cuddly boys!! #cat #cats #catsofbluesky
February 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A super minor form of resistance, bought a hardback copy of the US Constitution. I had never thought about owning/not owning this is our home library before, but we have a copy now. #Constitution #BookSky
February 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🧵 Another intriguing inscription, which had an attempt to remove it, appears below a title for the world map at the front of the book. #Library #LibrarySky #LibraryLife
February 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
🧵While I don't know who blacked out the page on Frederick II, and other pages throughout the book, the copy does include inscriptions from previous owners! This leaf includes a inscription from a Martin Lanthorne who was born in 1666. Could he be our redactor? #Library #LibrarySky #LibraryLife
February 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM