“About 10. O’Clock the Orb of day peered out from his curtain cloud, and shone 4 or 5 minutes on the table on which I was writing, and I concluded to go”
Photo of 16 Rectangles of Paper Labeled with Different Colors
John A. Whipple of Boston took this photograph between 1860 and 1874. The photograph shows 16 rectangles of sensitive (chemically treated), paper exposed to sunlight for three minutes.
July and August events will be a mix of virtual, hybrid, and in-person. Please be sure to register which way you will attend. Visit www.masshist.org/events for more information and to register.
Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America
On Thursday, 28 July, at 6:00 PM, the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library, presents Trains Planes & Automobiles: Boston Transit Trivia. This is an in-person event located at the Newsfeed Café at the Central Library in Copley Square.
On Wednesday, 3 August, at 6:00 PM, John Taylor Williams presents The Shores of Bohemia. This is a hybrid event.
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