Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

New acquisitions, unique documents, and visual and textual curiosities from the collections.

  • Magnum headache

    September 4, 2007

    Magnum: die Zeitschrift für das moderne Leben , 1954-1966, was a German/Austrian compendium of images and commentary on modern design, art, architecture,...

  • Jeremy Reed, extraordinaire

    August 23, 2007

    A few poems from the latest group of archives from the prolific poet, biographer, critic and chronicler Jeremy Reed , whose writings cover an expanse of 20th...

  • The Poets Dinner Table

    August 21, 2007

    The Poet’s Dinner Table, (New Haven): O.A. Dorman, [ca. 1875] (click image for detailed view)...

  • Fly, Robin, Fly!

    August 17, 2007

    A newly acquired pop-up/moving flap book (1946, World Publishing). : A scene with flap closed: and opened: And the last page:

  • Palm Beach News

    August 15, 2007

    An alt-culture magazine from Basel, 1976-1982, (later renamed The Village Cry) focusing on fashion, film, music and strange phenomena, edited by photographer...

  • Venice, Piazza of St. Mark

    August 8, 2007

    At the Piazza of St. Mark, Venice, Italy: Williams Carlos Williams & Flossie Williams ; Blanche C. Mathias ; Fania Marinoff & Carl Van Vechten ; Alice...

  • OK!

    August 6, 2007

    Theatre Guild, production of Oklahoma ! [1943].

  • Cats!

    July 31, 2007

    Photograph of chorus line .