A Visit to the American Antiquarian Society

Replica of “first thing ever printed in Worcester.” Replica of “first thing ever printed in Worcester.” Recently author Caroline Linden & I paid a visit to the American Antiquarian Society. I’m one lucky Nerdy History Girl: It’s only a short drive from my house. The place is like the Tardis: bigger on the inside, although it’s pretty big on the outside, too—which it needs to be, since it’s the home of “the world’s largest and most accessible collection of books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, children's literature, music, and graphic arts material printed before the twentieth century in what is now the United States.” Four million items or so. One cannot see everything in a 45 minute tour, nor can one take photos of everything without holding up progress, but here’s a sampling of what we saw. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize The first…