The Huntington Library reopening for members on Tuesday

It was a beautiful day to roam around the Huntington Gardens and into the newly renovated Library.  The main room had displays of original Shakespeare Plays, the Gutenberg Bible, Chaucer writings, Audubon's birds, writings of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass.  Some of my photo's are below:

The beautiful North Yard at the Huntington

A close up of one of the statues

The Huntington Library Building

The Library's front display room

Above are Nez Perce Lodges, Montana Territory 1871 and below is Ga-hige, Omaha Chief, Nebraska 1868 by William Henry Jackson as the official photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey.





The Gutenberg Bible printed by Johann Gutenber in Mainz, Germany in 1455.  One hundred and seventy-five copies were printed...only 48 survive today.

"An illegal vote' is an account of the proceedings on the trial of Susan B. Anthony on the charge of illegal voting at the presidential election in Nov., 1872.  She was convicted and ordered to pay a fine but she never conceded guilt.  The publicity about the trial advanced the women's suffrage movement.

African Americans were allowed to join the Union army after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Carleton E. Watkins, 1829-1916, photo in 1861 of Yosemite Valley inspired a Congressional act that led to a National Park.  These were put on display in the Capitol building in Washington D.C.

In this book, "Passional Christi und Antichristi," written by Martin Luther and printed in 1521 scenes from the life of Christ are paired with illustrations showing the pope and other church officials behaving in dubious ways....presenting Christ ascending to heaven and the pope being hurled into hell.  Martin Luther had charged the Catholic church with corruption.  In 1521, the church declared Luther an outlaw.  He went into hiding but continued to preach and publish his beliefs



"The Birds of America:  From Original Drawings" by John James Audubon (1785-1851).  Audubon sought to portray birds as they appeared in nature life size.



"The Boston Slave Riot and Trial of Anthony Burns," 1854, focused attention on the country's polarization over slavery.  Burns, a Virginia slave who escaped to Boston, was arrested and charged under the Fugitive Slave Law.  He was returned to the South.  However, Abolitionists bought his freedom and he eventually settled in Canada.