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Doing It for the Gram: Showcasing the ‘Imperfect History’ of America’s Oldest Lending Library

Kwasi Hope Agyeman visits the Library Company of Philadelphia’s ”Imperfect History” exhibit for an episode of his virtual series, ”Hidden History.”
Emma Lee
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Kwasi Hope Agyeman visits the Library Company of Philadelphia’s ”Imperfect History” exhibit for an episode of his virtual series, ”Hidden History.”

After nearly two years of pandemic restrictions, smaller cultural organizations and historic sites have been honing their social media chops to get in front of people, at a time when many people cannot, or will not go to them. WHYY's Peter Crimmins reports one historic library in Philadelphia is working with an Instagrammer to tell its story.

(Original air-date: 1/24/22)

WHYY’s arts and culture reporter Peter Crimmins first became interested in radio in the fourth grade, when he smuggled a contraband crystal-diode radio into the Boy Scout summer camp. Subsequent radio projects were more successful.