Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection
...into PastPerfect so that the collection could be accessible to researchers online. In all, the collection contains calendars for over three hundred parishes. The date range for most is from about 1920 to 1955. Most of the calendars are those from parishes currently located within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Others
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
Among the recently digitized images added to our online collection are a number of drawings by cartoonist Thomas Nast. In 1846 at the age of six, Nast immigrated with his mother to the United States and by age 15 he had begun drawing for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News.[1] He joined
Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items
...ty, which at the time was very interested in the use of electricity and magnetism for medical treatment. Pamphlet with information on how to use Coad's galvanic battery during surgical procedures, 1844 Broadside publicizing Coad's lectures, undated The collection includes some of Coad’s correspondence, his lecture notes and medical remedies,
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...te goal is to digitize the entire collection and make the images available online. For over sixty years, Robert Halvey served as a freelance photographer for the Catholic Standard and Times, often as a volunteer. His career as a photographer began in the 1930’s, taking photos for the Roman Catholic