by Meg | Nov 13, 2018 | Architecture, Art, Cultural Exchange, Magic Wand
I was at a country auction this weekend and one of the items that came up for bid was an old “map” of Johns Hopkins Hospital by the cartoonist, Richard Q. “Moco” Yardley. The Moco comes from his old nickname, a play on Eskimo.Yardley drew a...
by Meg | Sep 1, 2017 | Cultural Exchange, Ephemera, Library & Books, Magic Wand
I was scanning the Morgan Library’s fabulous Instagram feed when I saw something that stopped me in my tracks. The photographer, Abelardo Morrell, who was at one time, a security guard at the Morgan, took pictures of all of the inside covers of Henry David...
by Meg | Jul 6, 2017 | Archives, Art, Ephemera, Magic Wand, Marcia for the Holidays, Physicians
When we look at all of the old black and white photos in our collections, they seem so flat and lifeless, even if they include lots of people. In our minds, these aren’t real people, because they don’t look like the people we see every day. But when...
by Meg | Jul 5, 2016 | Ephemera, Magic Wand
I am going through all sorts of old files in order to cull those that are important, and chuck out those that have no relevance (like the one on painting the interior of the building). The files contain all sorts of correspondence, some pieces more interesting than...
by Meg | Mar 16, 2016 | Archives, Library & Books, Magic Wand
We’re in the process of working with the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Health Sciences & Human Services Library to digitize the Maryland Medical Journal. It’s a massive project, and will take some time. Before that happens, I’ve scanned in the tables...
by Meg | Feb 16, 2016 | Ephemera, Magic Wand, Old Adverts
I love looking at the old advertisements in the early Maryland Medical Journals both for their content and for their design. It’s funny how shocking some of them seem now. Ads for cocaine and heroin as well as numerous alcoholic preparations abound! Here are some that...
