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Monthly Archives: April 2021
The Black Swallow of Death
We recently acquired a new first edition of a book entitled “The Black Swallow of Death”, by P. J. Carisella and James W. Ryan. This book, published in 1972, tells the story of the world’s first Black combat aviator, Eugene … Continue reading
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Advertising in the Collections
Months ago, while scanning material from a collection, this old advertisement for Kenmore Washers and Dryers caught my eye and when I noticed another ad later, I had the idea to collect various advertisements for a blog post. These advertisements … Continue reading
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Tagged ads, advertisements, collections, Ephemera, history, Illustrations, magazines, newspapers, photographs, popular culture
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Studer’s Popular Ornithology: The Birds of North America
Happy Spring! The weather is getting warmer this week and the birds are chirping. Have you ever wondered what kinds of birds are chirping at you? If you did wonder, you probably googled it. When people used to want to … Continue reading
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The Art of Alexandre Hogue
It has been three and a half years, almost to the day, since the last blog post about Alexandre Hogue, but I didn’t know that when I was looking at some of the pictures we have of his artwork. I … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, Collections, Digital Collections, History, World War II
Tagged Alexandre Hogue, art, collections, history, hogue, imagery, McFarlin Library, oil, Oklahoma, Special Collections, texas, university of tulsa, WWII
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