{"id":9341,"date":"2017-05-31T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T20:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=9341"},"modified":"2017-05-31T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T20:31:01","slug":"audobon-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/audobon-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit | Audubon Bird Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/audobon-cards\/audubon_001md\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9342\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9342\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2017\/05\/audubon_001md-660x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2017\/05\/audubon_001md-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2017\/05\/audubon_001md-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Audubon Bird Cards<\/em>, Set No. 3<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>New York: National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On display in the second floor landing case of the John Hay Library, this box of cards depicting fifty summer birds of eastern North America was the third in a reissued series that also contained winter birds (set one), and spring birds (set two). The front of each card features a masterful color portrait by Allan Brooks (1869\u20131946). The back contains the bird\u2019s common name, as well as its description, classification, scientific name and migration range.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1905, the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals eventually broadened its mission to include the conservation and restoration of natural ecosystems and habitats \u201cfor the benefit of humanity and the earth\u2019s biological diversity.\u201d A pamphlet accompanying each set of bird cards describes the organization and its work.<\/p>\n<p>Special Collections has myriad Audubon-related treasures, including <em>Bird Cards<\/em> sets one and two (1929), postcards (1959), limited edition prints published by the Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank (1986) and a double-elephant folio edition of John J. Audubon\u2019s<em>\u00a0Birds of America<\/em>\u00a0(London, 1827\u20131838).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dates<\/strong>: June 1 &#8211; June 30, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Time<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/hay\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Hay Library Hours<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>: Second Floor Landing Case, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect\u00a0Street, Providence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audubon Bird Cards, Set No. 3 New York: National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 On display in the second floor landing case of the John Hay Library, this box of cards depicting fifty summer birds of eastern North America was the third in a reissued series that also contained winter birds (set one), and spring <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/audobon-cards\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Exhibit | Audubon Bird Cards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,34,35,8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits-events","category-exhibits-events-special-collections","category-general-interest","category-hay","category-special-collections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}