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Dear knowledgeable ARLIS members, especially anyone familiar with photographic archives of newspapers and/or in the greater New York City area, One of our curatorial staff is researching the Penn Museum's renowned Crystal Sphere<https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/335728> that once had pride of place as art on display in the Wanamaker department store in New York City. He found this intriguing but uncredited photograph that appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Times, December 5, 1924, p. 34. He hopes for a better image from the original print or negative as well as any information about the photographer, occasion, and - dare we hope? - individuals shown in the photo. [cid:[log in to unmask]] I recommended that, in case the Wanamaker store contributed the photo for use by the newspaper, he check with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, which holds the John Wanamaker collection and other materials related to various family members and the business. A reverse image search does not find other sources. Does anyone know if the photographs from the newspaper, Eastern Brooklyn Daily Times/Brooklyn Daily Times/Brooklyn Times-Union/The Standard Union (Brooklyn), are archived somewhere? Or have other suggestions? For anyone who is passionate about quartz crystal objects and close to Philly on April 1: Steve Lang, Lyons Keeper of Collections in the Asian Section at Penn Museum, and Jeffrey Post, Curator of the U.S. National Gem and Mineral Collection at the Smithsonian, will be presenting about quartz crystal balls in the collections on Saturday, April 1, 1-3pm, free to registered guests. More information here: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1486/crystal-balls Thanks for any leads! Feel free to contact the Penn Museum Asian section staff ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and/or me off-list. Deb Deborah Brown Stewart, Ph.D. (She/Her/Hers) Head, Museum Library University of Pennsylvania 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~