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Happy 2011!

On January 1, 2011 By

Happy 1911 (+ 100 years) from everyone at the RBMSCL!

(Postcard from our Postcard Collection.)

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Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh

On November 25, 2010 By

A wooden postcard (ca. 1910) from our Postcard Collection.  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!  (Click images to enlarge.)

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Joyeux Quatorze Juillet!

On July 14, 2010 By

Joyeux Quatorze Juillet à nos amis français!

(This wonderful 1918 postcard is one of approximately 65,000 postcards in our Postcard Collection.)

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Getting Past the Gates

On January 5, 2010 By

This past Saturday was the deadline for applications to Duke University’s undergraduate class of 2014. We thought we’d mark the occasion with a look back at a time before Scantrons and SAT prep courses, when students seeking admission to Trinity College (the forerunner of Duke University) might be asked to take a rather perilous entrance [...]

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