Fun Finds Friday - Halloween edition!

by Lauren VanDenBerg on

Gottesman Research Library News

Welcome to Fun Finds Friday! An ongoing series where we share some of the fun and unique items we come across in the library and archives collections.

A spooky selection from the Central Archives. Happy Halloween!

1921 letter to Museum Director Frederic A. Lucas showing Darwin L. Platt's skull imagery letterhead.
1921 letter to Museum Director Frederic A. Lucas showing Darwin L. Platt's skull imagery letterhead.
L. VanDenBerg/© AMNH
New York Department of Labor workman’s compensation injury chart, 1926
New York Department of Labor workman’s compensation injury chart, 1926
L. VanDenBerg/© AMNH

This letterhead from 1911 doesn’t seem all that spooky at first glance but behold! The Sunnyside, the oldest undertaking journal in the world!

1911 letterhead of undertaking journal The Sunnyside.
1911 letterhead of undertaking journal The Sunnyside.
L. VanDenBerg/© AMNH

 

This entry was written by Lauren VanDenBerg, Shelby White & Leon Levy Project Archivist.