Coming Soon... Let's Go Navy! The Art of the Navy Recruiting Poster Then and Now
This exhibition showcases vintage Navy recruiting posters from the 1940s, featuring images that range from the patriotic to the humorous to the poignant. Contemporary Navy recruiting posters and print advertisements provide a visual counterpoint.
The heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30), flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet during World War II, fought bravely for her country during actions in the southwestern Pacific. On March 1, 1942, the Houston was sunk by the Japanese, and her surviving crew members were taken prisoner of war. This web exhibit tells the story of the Houston and her crew through digital images of items from the Cruiser Houston Collection at the University of Houston Libraries.
Postcards of Texas cities from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provide a fascinating window on the past. Colorful images of Houston’s commercial buildings, Galveston’s beaches, and San Antonio’s Alamo show us what has changed and what remains the same in our great state. All postcards are drawn from a collection assembled by former Houston Post editor and columnist George Fuermann.
Humanist Sebastian Brant wrote the popular poem Das Narrenschiff, or The Ship of Fools, originally published in 1494 in German. His message about discarding sin and vice was interpreted through stunning woodcuts, most of them carved by a young Albrecht Dürer. This web exhibit features the lively illustrations from the University of Houston Libraries’ 1497 Latin translation of this moralistic classic.
The leopard! The unicorn! The sea-horse! Animals both real and imaginary may be viewed in this exhibit of woodcuts from Edward Topsell’s The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes and The Historie of Serpents. The two magnificently illustrated books were originally published in 1607 and 1608. In 1658, they were reissued as part of a three-volume work, The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents, a copy of which is owned by the University of Houston Libraries.
The UH Through Time web exhibit was created by University of Houston Libraries in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the University of Houston. The exhibit features images of artwork, buildings, colleges, and people associated with the university. Information about these topics, as well as administrative divisions and campus events, make this web site a helpful resource for learning more about UH.
