You are here: Homepage Tag Collection Articles This map of Mexico was published in the business magazine “Fortune” (New York) in 1938. The colourful illustration makes for an upbeat atmosphere, while the text described the massive economic problems in the country Image: Carlos Merida / David Rumsey Map Collection Archiving maps | Global Around the world in digital maps By Sandra Rendgen 12/05/2024 The Iraqi National Library was looted and set on fire in 2003. Thousands of historical documents were destroyed Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images Books | Cultural history Burning the books Libraries, archives and manuscripts: ever since they have existed, they have also been at risk. Librarian Richard Ovenden has written a history of their destruction By Shamil Jeppie 01/07/2022 Boris Tikhonovich Kapustin built this thermos wagon from an old refrigerator in the 1990s. It is used to sell filled dumplings at the market Photo: Vladimir Archipov, www.otherthingsmuseum.com Make it yourself! Hidden Designs Cultural history rarely commemorates home-made objects – even though they often have extraordinary tales to tell. By Vladimir Archipov 10/01/2021
This map of Mexico was published in the business magazine “Fortune” (New York) in 1938. The colourful illustration makes for an upbeat atmosphere, while the text described the massive economic problems in the country Image: Carlos Merida / David Rumsey Map Collection Archiving maps | Global Around the world in digital maps By Sandra Rendgen 12/05/2024
The Iraqi National Library was looted and set on fire in 2003. Thousands of historical documents were destroyed Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images Books | Cultural history Burning the books Libraries, archives and manuscripts: ever since they have existed, they have also been at risk. Librarian Richard Ovenden has written a history of their destruction By Shamil Jeppie 01/07/2022
Boris Tikhonovich Kapustin built this thermos wagon from an old refrigerator in the 1990s. It is used to sell filled dumplings at the market Photo: Vladimir Archipov, www.otherthingsmuseum.com Make it yourself! Hidden Designs Cultural history rarely commemorates home-made objects – even though they often have extraordinary tales to tell. By Vladimir Archipov 10/01/2021
