This is pretty good. Well worth getting a snapshot view into public library special collections acquisitions. #SpecialCollections
How the L.A. library bid $144,000 for a hidden trove of celebrity photos
LATimes, 8-30-2023 #PhotoCollections #Archives #PublicLibraries https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-30/la-ca-library-verzi-photo-collection?fbclid=IwAR0exZv0xSXvEzmMaV0Vgk78CQNDxb8irTkWVf1ARmGIgH2K_byJFQBYECI
How the L.A. library bid $144,000 for a hidden trove of celebrity photos

An obsession with a '30s movie star sent two librarians to an auction for 12,500 celebrity photos taken by a post office worker turned recluse. The collection is astonishing

Los Angeles Times
JHE Photo Essay: for Tu B’Shvat 2023 — Trees and fruit in Jewish decorative art; in synagogues, on gravestones, and as part of ritual objects https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/02/05/jhe-photo-essay-tu-bshvat-2023/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Art #Jewishcemeteries #Photocollections #Synagogues #CzechRepublic
JHE Photo Essay: for Tu B'Shvat 2023 — Trees and fruit in Jewish decorative art; in synagogues, on gravestones, and as part of ritual objects

Tu B’Shvat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat -- begins tonight. It is known as “the New Year for Trees:” the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower.  It is the custom

Jewish Heritage Europe