#Newberry Library

Author: Jessica Leigh Hester / Source: Atlas Obscura Several thousand years ago, in Babylonia, someone chiseled columns of text onto a tablet that set down instructions for what people might expect on any given day of the year. Some boded well—the first day of the new year was “completely

Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know? Elizebeth Smith Friedman (spelled that way by her mother, who reportedly disliked the name ‘Eliza’) was born the youngest of 9 children in 1892. From a young age it was clear the girl was bright, displaying an impressive talent for

Source: Atlas Obscura Among its many treasures, Chicago’s independent research library—established in 1887, with the fortune amassed by American businessman Walter Loomis Newberry—holds a massive collection of postcards, many of which are from the Curt Teich company. Click here to read more