New to The Commons: The Field Museum Library
Posted by zyrcster in NewsThe Field Museum Library is now on the Flickr Commons, with stellar images of Chicago and Illinois and dinosaurs!
The Field Museum Library’s collections began in 1894 with the libraries of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Their collection includes images of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, and Zoology, as well as documents the history and architecture of the Museum, its exhibitions, staff and scientific expeditions.
I’m an American West history buff, so I was delighted find some of noted photographer William Henry Jackson’s work from the 1893 World’s Columbian Expo in this collection. It turns out that Marshall Field commissioned Jackson to travel the world photographing specimens for the new museum. Cheers to that, and welcome to the Commons!
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May 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Wow, really excellent to see the Chicago pics up there to compare/contrast with our own! Can’t wait to see what Roketpad does with these materials.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
He’s started building notes them – the ferris wheel popped up in my Recent Activity this morning, with nearly a dozen, IIRC.