Stereoscopes made 3D possible in the mid-nineteenth century! Stereoscopes, also known as stereopticons or stereo viewers, were one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The first patented stereoscope was invented by Sir ...
“Libraries, especially digital libraries, are truly at the heart of knowledge societies; they enable people to access, share and apply knowledge. UNESCO is committed to further expand universal participation in the World Digital Library (WDL) which reflects the values and ...
Julia Gaffield, a doctoral student in history at Duke University, discovered what is believed to be the only original written printed copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence in the British National Archive. While researching the early independence of Haiti in ...
Average people have helped to shape the human rights movement, Jean Quataert says in a new book about the development and impact of rights after World War II. Advocating Dignity: Human Rights Mobilizations in Global Politics, the latest book by ...
Some 20,000 articles relating to the late Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, including photographs and memos, have been unveiled online in a joint project by Kurosawa Production Co. and Kyoto’s Ryukoku University. Most of the items in the digital archives, ...
Scope: On March 20, 2003, the United States initiated offensive military action against Iraq for the stated purpose of deposing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and preventing his use of suspected nuclear weapons (weapons of mass destruction.) British, Australian, Polish, and ...
The Getty has created a video describing the making of Japanese Lacquer: “Developed over the last 7,000 years, urushi or Japanese lacquer is made with toxic sap, powdered metals, bits of shell, and months or years of patient labor. Cultivated ...
YouTube and iTunes Launches Will Follow Groundbreaking Flickr Pact to Bring More Treasures to the Public The Library of Congress will begin sharing content from its vast video and audio collections on the YouTube and Apple iTunes web services as ...
Some of the earliest documents crucial to understanding the colonial history of North America have been translated by the New York State Library’s New Netherland Project and are now accessible to researchers, scholars, and students. Translated and edited by Charles ...
Since Election Day, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), to open in 2015 on the National Mall, has been busily snatching up Obama campaign memorabilia—including most of the objects in a Falls Church, Virginia campaign ...