Usually a collections blog would feature a particular object or subject. But I want to take a different approach. Blue is my favorite color, so I’m going to highlight some blue-tiful artifacts in my collection and tell you what I know about them.
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A Rare Advertising Card and Its Connection to the Titanic
A recently-donated advertising card highlights a successful Cincinnati business from the late 19th century. The rare item also has an unexpected connection to the story of the Titanic!
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The Role of Women in 20th Century Academic Departments: Meet Elizabeth Dalve from the University of Cincinnati
Despite being a field of such diversity, geology and its disciplines have been traditionally dominated by men. Women made early contributions to the field inside-and-out of academia, but were denied professional positions for decades. While there has been progress made to the position and representation of women in geology, the foundation for this transformation in the geological sciences over the last 200 years began, in part, with women in scientific illustration.
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Turkey and Corn – Podcast mini episode
Did you know that a number of Native American tribes utilized the flag and other American symbols such as eagles, shields and bunting as early as the late 1800s?
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“Halibut Over Steel Like a Man” – The Trials and Tribulations of Using AI for the Transcribing and Captioning of Cincinnati Museum Center’s Rare Moving Image Collection
CMC partnered with Scene Savers in Covington, Kentucky, to digitize 53 rare Moving Image assets including master copies of WLW’s Midwestern Hayride, a pilot episode of “On the Money,” a newlywed themed gameshow hosted by Bob Braun from the 1970s.
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The Washington March Special: Cincinnati Marches on Washington
Cincinnati Museum Center is fortunate enough to care for and permanently house a rare collection of original Cincinnati radio transcription discs from local radio stations, including the well-known WLW-WSAI Broadcasting Corporation. Keep reading to find out more about this rare piece of history!
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