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Peek in the Stacks

Detail of cover illustration from Weird Tales Volume 29, Number 1, "Children of the Bat"

Weird Tales: A Sexualized Scare

September 19, 2023

Detail image from the cover of The Fold-Away Doll House and Play Book of Cut-Out Furniture, TT174.5.P3 F6 1949

Dolls and Toys in Book Form

September 12, 2023

Cover of Detective Comics: Batman Robin and Batgirl “Challenge of the Man-Bat!” Issue #400

Batman issue number 400 “Challenge of the Man-Bat!”

September 5, 2023

Detail of the illustration on the cover of Weird Tales, v.25 no.5, May 1935

Weird Tales and The American Sherlock Holmes: Craig Kennedy

August 29, 2023

Illustration from The Story of War Time Rationing, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Collection

Rationing During World War II in the US

August 15, 2023

Cover (detail) of Gourmets Guide to New Orleans, TX715.2.L68 S36 1951

Creole Culture in New Orleans, Louisiana

July 18, 2023

Image of Fireworks from the Summer Sundial, July 8, 1993

Summer Sundial

June 13, 2023

Portrait of William Shakespeare, from The first collected edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, 1866, PR2751 .A15 18664

Lend Me Your Ears: Shakespeare in Special Collections

May 9, 2023

Unidentified individuals hold handmade posters at a demonstration organized by Black Lives Matter, Pasadena, 2020, KRT.D.B1.19.3462

Black Lives Matter Protest Collection

May 2, 2023

Detail from the cover of Chopin Album for Guitar

Pulling on Pickled Heartstrings

April 25, 2023

Last Updated: 07/27/2024