The Archivist's Library

Yellow chromolithograph broom label with elk head medallion, marked No. 6 Elk, Hamburg Broom Works, Hamburg Pennsylvania, 1920s.

Antique Broom Labels 🧹 Hamburg PA's Lost Broom ...

How a small Pennsylvania town became a broom-making capital, and why its colorful old trade labels still turn up in collections today.

Antique Broom Labels 🧹 Hamburg PA's Lost Broom ...

How a small Pennsylvania town became a broom-making capital, and why its colorful old trade labels still turn up in collections today.

Antique 1910s nitric acid poison label from Graham and Wortham's Drug Store in Corvallis, Oregon, featuring a skull and crossbones warning.

Antique Poison Labels ☠️ Why 1910s Drugstores M...

Long before federal law required it, small-town druggists were already marking poison with color, texture, and skulls. Here is why ☠️

Antique Poison Labels ☠️ Why 1910s Drugstores M...

Long before federal law required it, small-town druggists were already marking poison with color, texture, and skulls. Here is why ☠️

Vintage 1938 Glen Ale beer label from the Glen Brewing Company of Watkins Glen, New York, with a heart-shaped waterfall design on a yellow background.

Vintage Beer Labels 🍺 The Lost Breweries of Pos...

They poured for a whole town, then vanished. The vivid New Old Stock labels of America's lost local breweries—how to read, date, and collect them.

Vintage Beer Labels 🍺 The Lost Breweries of Pos...

They poured for a whole town, then vanished. The vivid New Old Stock labels of America's lost local breweries—how to read, date, and collect them.

Vintage 1950s San Francisco tin litho special police badge pinned to its original illustrated dime-store card.

Vintage Tin Litho Police Badges 🚔 The Made-in-J...

The dime-store toy badges of 1950s America: how tin litho police badges were made in Japan, sold for pennies, and survive today as New Old Stock.

Vintage Tin Litho Police Badges 🚔 The Made-in-J...

The dime-store toy badges of 1950s America: how tin litho police badges were made in Japan, sold for pennies, and survive today as New Old Stock.

Antique Cleola cigar box label with a Victorian woman portrait, pink roses, and embossed gold scrollwork on an amber background

Antique Cigar Bands 🏷️ The Lost Art of America'...

The little paper rings that once wrapped every American cigar were tiny masterpieces. Here's their history, artistry, and how collectors treasure them today.

Antique Cigar Bands 🏷️ The Lost Art of America'...

The little paper rings that once wrapped every American cigar were tiny masterpieces. Here's their history, artistry, and how collectors treasure them today.

Vintage photographs and memorabilia documenting the rise and fall of American labor movements

The Rise and Fall of American Labor Movements

Explore the history of American labor movements, their impact on worker rights, and their evolution from triumphs to challenges in today's economy.

The Rise and Fall of American Labor Movements

Explore the history of American labor movements, their impact on worker rights, and their evolution from triumphs to challenges in today's economy.