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Rare atlas tops Library Jewels poll

Rare atlas tops Library Jewels poll

When it comes to our Library Jewels online polls, it’s hard to beat rare and really, really old. That was evident with the April poll, as a rare atlas nearly 500 years old easily won with 68 percent of the votes. Letters and photos of Secretary of Washington Territory Elwood Evans finished a distant second with 21 percent, followed by a poster honoring artist Christopher Stern (11 percent). We’ll start our May Archives Treasures blog series later this week.  

Voting time for April Library Jewels

Voting time for April Library Jewels

Tuesday ended balloting in the April Special Election across Washington, but we’re giving people a chance to vote on something totally different for the rest of this week: April’s State Library Jewels. Over the past few days, we’ve showcased three State Library items or collections. Now you have the chance to review them and choose your favorite. They are a rare poster honoring the latest Washington artist Christopher Stern, a rare atlas nearly 500 years old, and a collection of…

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Library Jewel #2: `Historic & rare’ atlas

Library Jewel #2: `Historic & rare’ atlas

(Image courtesy of Washington State Library) Looking at an atlas made today might not excite many of us since we’re so familiar with the shape of states, nations, continents and other landforms that we’d see. But seeing an atlas created nearly 500 years ago, during an era when conventional wisdom had just accepted that the world was round and not flat? You can’t help but be intrigued by that. Such an atlas is very historic and rare. And our State…

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