This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. Usually people purchase calendars because they have interesting or pretty pictures but the Women’s Heritage Calendar and Almanac is a different case. Explained perfectly in the introduction page, they state “History – never HER story. That’s Read More
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The Life of Jesus?
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. Léo Taxil was actually the pen name for Gabriel-Antoine Jogand-Pagès, a man born in Marseille who was educated by Jesuits in the mid 19th-century. He became extremely disillusioned with the Catholic faith during his time among Read More
Observer-ing the 60s
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. Color supplements to established newspapers were first produced in the 1960s and are believed by many to have changed the face of newspapers. Many thought that a color magazine would cheapen the journalistic integrity of the Observer, a Read More
Hi-Brew Beer
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. Interested in brewing your own “special beer”? Then this book could be for you! Beer making has been going on for thousands of years and the Unknown Brewer, who is brewmaster of Hi-Brewers decided to share his Read More
International man of mystery??
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. I came across this French volume the other day and assumed it was about some sort of military hero, but as I took a closer look at the cover of the book I noticed that he was Read More