Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

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

    October 9, 2008

    A run of issues of a magazine, La Tuies , from Barcelona, 1923-1927. Edited by Agusti Piraces, this satirical serial tended toward the outwardly ribald.
  • Oh we're so pretty . . .

    October 7, 2008

    A promotional magazine for the band, ca. 1977: with the iconic image by Jamie Reid:
  • The Future of the Future

    October 2, 2008

    A complete run of Futura, a visual poetry broadsheet published by Hansjorg Mayer, 1965-1968. With contributions by Edward Lucie Smith Diter Rot and Frieder Nake
  • In Memoriam

    September 30, 2008

    A scrapbook of mementos, writings and artwork by Willie Paddock who died young, Yonkers, NY, ca. 1860s-1880s.
  • Visual dictionary

    September 25, 2008

    A graphic vocabulary list intended for “sourds-muets” (deaf-mutes) printed in Nancy, France, in 1830.
  • Your face is your best mask

    September 22, 2008

    A guide for producing street theater, ca. 1970 with guidance on the various uses of masks:
  • Key Words

    September 19, 2008

    From the Beinecke Digital Images Online database: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/ Title Key to private, sound-proof room in Cheyne Walk,...
  • "Never Wear Out"

    September 16, 2008

    Poster advertising performances of “Blue Jeans,” [1900]; an actual buzz saw appeared on stage in “The Thrilling Saw Mill Scene.” This was the first play to...
  • California Moss

    September 8, 2008

    IN: Records of waybills : [California], 1862 Mar 2-1863 Oct 30. Volume containing autograph manuscript records of shipments made by an unidentified carrier in...