You have no idea how much it pains us not to make this list longer, but it’s based on our Likes over the past year so it’s as scientific as it gets! All of the Tumblrs listed have gone above and beyond in terms of interesting content, fantastic GIFs and very many laughs.
Why thank you for including us on your list, @unirdg-collections! As Dean Winchester says:
All of the Tumblr’s on your list are fantastic! To keep the Tumblr love going, here are a few more library, museum, and special collections Tumblr’s to follow:
It’s #nationalpoetrymonth !
Pictured is the cover for Louise Bogan’s “The Blue Estuaries: Poems, 1923-1968” with the selection Evening-Star.
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#poems #poetry #louisebogan #aprilisthecruelestmonth #specialcollections #poem #womenpoets
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcOBrwHr7rR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Happy National Poetry Month! Here is the cover and the selection “Casablanca” from Elizabeth Bishop’s “Poems: North & South. A cold spring.”
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#elizabethbishop #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth #coldspring #poetsofinstagram #poets #specialcollectionslibraries https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb-mM3puNEZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
In celebration on National Poetry Month, we offer the cover of Robert Lowell’s “Imitations” a book of translated poetry and the selection “The Lice-Hunters” by Arthur Rimbaud.
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#poetry #nationalpoetrymonth month #poem #robertlowell #firstedition #specialcollections #rimbaud
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Image from Super Sunday 2015. Via our “Community and Resilience Collection.”
Super Sunday is an annual gathering of Mardi Gras Indian Tribes celebrating their heritage and culture, displaying hand-sewn suits, singing, dancing, and chanting.
Title: FlagBoy, teal and peach [colors of costume]
Advertisements and cover from “Soards’ Blue Book of New Orleans,” 1891.
#citydirectories #advertising #historyofneworleans #commercial #goodsandservices #nolahistory #florist #coal #saddlery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaZ7KMcrfde/?utm_medium=tumblr
Images of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, circa 1898 found in : “Picturesque New Orleans : photogravures.”
Publication Information: Brooklyn, N.Y. : A. Wittemann, c1898.
#nola #mardigras #photogravure #pictorial #neworleanshistory #carnival #specialcollections
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