The Archivist’s Library
Mr. Peanut 🥜 How a Suffolk, VA Schoolboy Create…
July 6, 2026
The verified history behind Mr. Peanut: a schoolboy’s five-dollar drawing, an immigrant founder, and a century of American advertising.
Penn Central 🚂 How Three Rail Giants Merged, Th…
July 5, 2026
How three storied American railroads merged in 1968 and collapsed into the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history just two years later.
Antique Broom Labels 🧹 Hamburg PA’s Lost Broom …
July 4, 2026
How a small Pennsylvania town became a broom-making capital, and why its colorful old trade labels still turn up in collections today.
Antique Poison Labels ☠️ Why 1910s Drugstores M…
July 3, 2026
Long before federal law required it, small-town druggists were already marking poison with color, texture, and skulls. Here is why ☠️
Vintage Beer Labels 🍺 The Lost Breweries of Pos…
June 21, 2026
They poured for a whole town, then vanished. The vivid New Old Stock labels of America’s lost local breweries—how to read, date, and collect them.
