I know, I know - flowers, for spring? Groundbreaking. But when I came across this charming hand printed cover of the student publication Packer Current Items in our collection of Packer Collegiate Institute records, I couldn't resist. It features not only a cheery surround of yellow blossoms and deep green leaves, but also a lovely little section of the school's facade, faithfully reproduced by student Erica Satzinger. Satzinger created several other illustrations for this issue of Current Items, a few of which are shown below.
This is just one of many issues of Current Items in the Packer collection at CBH, which is one of our largest. It's no wonder that Packer students continue to produce original research projects from the collection year after year, some of which were recently presented at a symposium at CBH.
Interested in seeing more photos from CBH’s collections? Visit our online image gallery, which includes a selection of our images, or the digital collections portal of Brooklyn Public Library. We welcome appointments to research our entire collection of images, archives, maps, and special collections. Our reference staff is available to help with your research! You can reach us at cbhreference@bklynlibrary.org.
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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