So many wonderful researchers from parks around the world visited us today! Their reading tastes are quite eclectic (I mean, Madame DuBarry and Henry Drummond????), and they don’t quite get sta...
Take a look inside yesterday’s mystery book! You guessed it–it’s a Peep Show of the Magnificent New Crystall Palace at Sydenham! #vintage #rarebooks
Can you read backwards? Imagine running a printing press! Thanks Griffin Printing for this excellent specimen. #printingpress #librariesofinstagram #vintage
Behold the true game of thrones! The New Round Game of Historical Loto is the educational game of choice to learn all about Richard III’s dastardly deeds! Each blue card contains the name o...
Now this is how you apply for a job! From a letter ca 1890s to the Peabody Librarian.
That awkward moment when you discover that the father of pragmatism may have “borrowed” a book from your library without permission!
The Wilde Winter is upon us here at JHU Special Collections! #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram
Thanks to JHU undergrad Samantha Igo for documenting our Halloween party at the Peabody Library! We even had a plague doctor in attendance. Talk about a classy soiree! In addition to pumpkin ca...
Undergrads of Johns Hopkins University , rejoice! The Hogwarts of Baltimore is opening up its creepy Victorian doors to you on Halloween.Come dressed as your favorite literary character or autho...
Located: The perfect caterer for all your Halloween needs! ( This disturbing image that would surely make Hannibal proud is from The New and Complete Newgate Calendar ( Lond. Printed for A. H...
This detailed fold-out from the Tableau de L'Inconstance (1612) gives us #pagefrights! Written by Pierre de Lancre, a French witch-hunter appointed by King Henry IV, this book describes the Witch...
Attention all JHU undergrads! You are invited to our third annual undergraduate Halloween bash at the George Peabody Library! RSVP today!
Behind Chaplin’s Musical Movie Show featuring the biggest names in kangaroo and giraffe actors! Ca 1920 early cinematic toy
Dare you behold the enormous head that made all of London tremble in 1837? Per Francis Buckland, author of Curiosities of Natural History, whose father bravely crossed the threshold of Cosmorama ...
Have you seen our Reddit yet? We’re forging boldly ahead into the wilderness of yet another social media site! Check out our posts here for more wacky and fascinating highlights from our coll...
Attention @johnshopkinsuniversity incoming freshmen!!! Are you a lifelong bibliophile, eager to delve into university collections? Do you get an adrenaline rush from the smell of old books??...
Ever wondered what it looks like up in the stacks of the George Peabody Library? Wonder no more, fabulous bibliophile friends!! Check out these lovely snaps from behind the scenes at Peabody and ...
Instagram photo by JHU Special Collections • Jul 15, 2016 at 6:21pm UTC: A wild Nidoran appears at...
The storming of The Bastille as seen in Jean Louis Carra’s Memoires Historiques et Authentiques sur la Bastille (1789). Carra, alas, was sentenced to death for being totally anti-Revolutionar...
These boots are SO made for walking. Cover detail from “The Speedy Cat Went Walking” by Aleksandr Prokofyev, a recently acquired Russian children’s book.