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Bringing Science, Art, and History to Life
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Maggie Heran, Director
Lloyd Library & Museum
For Immediate Release
917 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
513-721-3707
April 7, 2006
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Book Signing at the Lloyd Library
Please join the Lloyd Library and the Cincinnati Parks Foundation for a
special afternoon with photographer Tom Schiff and author Owen Findsen as
they sign their spectacular book Panoramic Parks: An Appreciation of
Cincinnati’s Parks at the Lloyd Library and Museum, Saturday, June 10, 2006
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Bring your books with you, or purchase yours
from the Cincinnati Parks Foundation ($49.95 plus 6.5% sales tax for a total
of $53.20). Copies will also be available at the book signing.
Thomas R. Schiff is a renowned photographer, a collector of photography, an
insurance executive, and a patron of the arts in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since
1994, he has worked with a Hulcherama 360 degree panoramic camera, traveling
the United States in search of inspiring subjects. In his hometown of
Cincinnati, Schiff has found inspiration in the city’s beautiful and
historic parks.
Owen Findsen is a well-known Cincinnati-based writer. A Cincinnati native,
Findsen began his career at the Enquirer as a staff artist. He soon shifted
his talents to feature writing about art and artists, architecture, and
local history. For Panoramic Parks, Findsen wrote essays on the history of
Cincinnati’s parks that beautifully complement Schiff’s exquisite
photographs.
For this special event, the Lloyd Library and Museum will display some of
its most prized possessions in the exhibition Lloyd’s Treasures: Rare,
Unique, and Beautiful. Featured items will include the Lloyd’s oldest book,
a common book of herbal remedies printed in 1493; the Lloyd’s biggest book,
James Bateman’s The Orchidacea of Mexico and Guatemala; and a letter written
by Thomas Jefferson on December 14, 1813 from Monticello to François André
Michaux, a renowned French botanist. Also showcased will be several books
containing works by some of the most celebrated botanical illustrators of
all times, such as Pierre Joseph Redouté, Georgius Dionysius Ehret, and
Maria Sibylla Merian
The Lloyd Library and Museum, located at 917 Plum Street, downtown
Cincinnati, is a local and regional treasure. The library was developed in
the nineteenth century by the Lloyd brothers—John Uri, Curtis Gates, and
Nelson Ashley to provide reference sources for Lloyd Brothers Pharmacists,
Inc., one of the leading pharmaceutical companies of the period. Today the
library is recognized worldwide by the scientific community as a vital
research center. The library holds, acquires, and provides access to both
historic and current materials on the subjects of pharmacy, botany,
horticulture, herbal and alternative medicine, pharmacognosy, and related
topics. Although our collections have a scientific focus, they also have
relevance to humanities topics, such as visual arts and foreign languages
through resources that feature botanical and natural history illustrations,
original artworks, and travel literature. The Lloyd is open to anyone with
an interest in these topics. For more information, visit the Lloyd website
at www.lloydlibrary.org.
Maggie Heran, MLS, Director
Lloyd Library and Museum
917 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Telephone: 513-721-3707
Fax: 513-721-6575
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Website: www.lloydlibrary.org
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