Erika Piola

Erika Piola received a master’s degree in history from the University of Pennsylvania and works as the visual materials cataloguer at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Her publications include entries in Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (1998) and an article about African-Americana graphics at the Library Company of Philadelphia in Imprint: Journal of the American Historical Print Collectors Society (Spring 2002).

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