Fans from around the world on display at Tamaqua library

Fans from around the world on display at Tamaqua library

This month, the Tamaqua library has a collection of traditional waving fans from China, France, and America on display in their front lobby courtesy of Rita Trucios of Summit Hill. Fans have been used since ancient times in China, Egypt, and Greece, recorded as early as the 4th century B.C. Since Queen Victoria of England, who received a fan on her Diamond Jubilee, the Lady members of the Royal ...

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