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BPL & Digital Commonwealth Statewide Digitization

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A Visual History of Puerto Rico

End the Debt! Decolonize! Liberate! scroll project is a response to Hurricane María that tells the story of U.S. imperialism in Puerto Rico.

Art & Illusion: A Guide to Crossdressing, Vol. 1

Title: Art & Illusion: A Guide to Crossdressing, Vol. 1 Date: 1994 Location: Unknown Creator: Roberts, JoAnn Source: Digital Transgender…

Featured Image: Handcuffs from Lenox jail

Title: Handcuffs from Lenox jail Date: [ca. 1900–1939] Location: Lenox, Massachusetts Creator: Unknown Source: Lenox Historical Society…

Featured Image: Apollo VIII Christmas menu

Title: Apollo VIII Christmas menu Date: March 7, 1969 Location: Natick, Massachusetts Creator: U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center…

Here lies buried the body of Mr Ebenezer Dyer

Title: Here lies buried the body of Mr Ebenezer Dyer Date: [ca. 1973–1978] Location: North Truro, Massachusetts Creator: Doris Felton…

Featured Image: Army of the Potomac at Cumberland Landing

Title: Army of the Potomac at Cumberland Landing Date: 1861–1865 Location: Cumberland Landing, Virginia Creator: Unknown Source: The…

Digital Commonwealth

I'd like to introduce you to the rare and interesting historical materials that the Boston Public Library makes available online through…

Spotlight: Favorite Memories of the Digitization Project

Christina Manzo highlights memories of those who work behind the scenes at the BPL to make the statewide digitization project possible.

Digitizing Yearbooks

Christina Manzo, Digital Projects Intern, writes about the overwhelming demand for the digitization of yearbooks.

Digitizing Marriage Intention Certificates

Christina Manzo, Digital Projects Intern, writes about digitization of marriage intention certificates from the Holmes Public Library.

Raiders of Lost History

Christina Manzo, Digital Projects Intern, writes about how she has learned you find the most interesting items in the oddest places.

Happy Helmikuu!

Christina Manzo, BPL Digital Projects Intern, writes about meeting with the staff at the Gleason Public Library in Carlisle, MA.
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