While I enjoy my internship at the Library Company’s Print
Department and work days are never dull, there is something special about the
mythic summer weekend, the fleeting two-day space of freedom immortalized in
film and song. Every Thursday night my
apartment mates and I begin to wonder aloud, what are we doing this weekend? Housing and cataloging the Holstein
Stereograph Collection has taught me that the answer a person in the late 19th century
might have given to this question is very similar to our own today.
On a hot day we might take a dip in the pool or seek out a scoop
of ice cream:
If yearning
for cultural edification, we might explore an exhibition or attend a concert:
Feeling
celebratory, we might join a crowd of spectators at a parade:
Possessing a spirit of adventure and a desire for the primal,
we might sally forth to the zoo:
Tiring of all the riches of land, we might head to sea (or,
if in Pennsylvania, to the Schuylkill River):
Or, if just plain tired, we might recline in a hammock or
luxuriate in a field of flowers:
If not inspired enough to move from your computer and get
started on your own weekend plans, why not learn more about these particular
images, and visit the Library Company’s Flickr page. All of these
stereographs, plus many others, are included in our photostream, as is
information about the views depicted and the name of the photographer. Enjoy!
Kat Poje
Haverford '16
Print Deptartment intern, Summer 2013
