Sutro Library

Adolph Sutro's collection of 90K vols of rare books & 100,000 pamphlets given to the @CAStateLibrary for the edification of all

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Are you in your feels — World Cup over, autumn still so far away? Add this 1954 doo-wop single 'I Cried' by the Velvets to your playlist. This red record from Red Robin Records is part of our collection.

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Summer views, make us feel fine! Here’s a little nostalgia this summer with a View Master, complete with 3 cardboard reels featuring Donald Duck, Chip and Dale and Uncle Scrooge

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Some more of our favorite things! Kappa of Chi Phi Dance Card collection, 1896-1929. Steenalisa shares that "although each of these cards is special, this one is my favorite because of the inscription written in pencil on the first page, presumably by the owner of the card.

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Sometimes the treasures in our collection aren't the ones that are the rarest or the most beautiful, but rather we connect with them in some personal way. This is our new series Some of Our Favorite Things, enjoy! #lakeplacid #adirondacks #someofourfavoritethings #libraries

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Shelf Life pages through history with this 1776 edition of Common Sense by Thomas Paine from our Sutro Library.

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Customs House following an incident earlier in the day with a colonist and a soldier. Colonists taunted and threw objects at the British soldiers, who fired into the crowd killing Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks immediately. Samuel Maverick died the next morning

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Our Sutro Library collection houses some real gems of American history, like this 1776 newspaper with engravings by Paul Revere that describes the Boston Massacre. Note that each coffin included the initials of one of the fatalities of the massacre.

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Video description: overhead shots and then close up shops of a newspaper article with 4 black coffins with initials on the front. Text appears in the video reading: “newspaper reporting the Boston Massacre 1770. On march 5, 1770 American colonists gathered in front of the Boston

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Happy National Pollinator Week! Check out some of our ‘bee-utiful’ books on bees and bee-keeping - which has been around for thousands of years! Video description: A book cart and table with books about bees and bee-keeping. Shows title pages and illustrations of bee hives, etc.

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Splashing into summer w/ the water sign, Cancer. The crab was crushed by Hercules, and then placed in the stars by Hera. In earlier times, it was also represented by a lobster, which is what it looks like from the 17th c astronomy book by Stanisław Lubieniecki @SutroLibrary

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Explore the journey of uncovering Native American ancestry, from family lore to historical verification and tribal enrollment! This free virtual webinar presented by professional genealogist Aimee Rose-Haynes will take place tomorrow at 4 pm. Register at https://t.co/IH63q4j9nI

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Journey with us in uncovering Native American ancestry, from family lore to historical verification & tribal enrollment! This free virtual webinar presented by professional genealogist Aimee Rose-Haynes is on Thurs. June 18 at 4 pm. Register at https://t.co/IH63q4j9nI

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#Gemini's Twins! Welcome to this sociable air sign! The Gemini constellation was cataloged by Ptolemy. Gemini represents the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology, who have ties to Babylonian representations.

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Check out images from our last exhibit, “Art of Sacred Books” - the illustrations are amazing! #medievalbooks #libraries #exhibits #religousbooks video description: a series of stills of images from medieval books, some in a display glass case

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Hidden book paintings transport you to another world! From our Sutro Library collection. #libraries

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Preservation week starts on Sunday, but here’s an early kickoff from Sutro Library! It has over 11,000 British pamphlets dating from the late 1500s through the 1800s. Think modern blog posts, with subjects ranging from religion to politics to culture. #preservation #libraries

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This week’s episode of Shelf Life takes us back, waaay back with a unique fossilized binding. #libraries #shells

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This week’s shelf life examines a bespoke embroidered book from 1886 held at Sutro Library. Can you guess what the cover is made out of? #libraries

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Countless American women of the 20th century have seen their stories become lost to history, but traces of them persist in the records they left behind. Join us as we delve into 2 of our archival collections Register at https://t.co/CcJ6B8kCTc

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This week we installed 2 cases worth of materials to celebrate #womenshistorymonth at the J. Paul Leonard Library on @sanfranciscostate campus. We are delighted to partner with our colleagues & to have the opportunity to share the 2017 Women’s March collection with their audience