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Poor Richard's Almanac – Vintage Wall Art

Poor Richard's Almanac, 1748 — historic print
Poor Richard's Almanac, 1748. Historic print from the Books & Writers collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Poor Richard's Almanac comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Poor Richard's Almanac was the yearly publication Benjamin Franklin issued under the pseudonym Richard Saunders, and this single printed page comes from its 1748 run. Franklin filled the almanac with weather forecasts, astronomical tables, and proverbs, several of which, like "Early to bed and early to rise," remain familiar today. Because almanacs were among the few printed works that colonial families kept in the home, they reached a wide readership in Pennsylvania and beyond. The record notes that its data came from a caption card and is unverified, so details of this particular page should be read with that in mind.

Created / published1748
Medium1 printed page.
NotesPrinted pages by Benjamin Franklin. Illus. in: Poor Richard's Almanac. Rare Book Division - Almanac Collection. No reference copies. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Almanacs; B.I.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan950 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-148471

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