Circulating department reading room with bookshelves and lamps – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Circulating department reading room with bookshelves and lamps in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Circulating department reading room with bookshelves and lamps
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A circulating department reading room, with rows of bookshelves and reading lamps, is the setting here, and it points to a particular kind of public library service: the one that lends books to patrons to take home rather than keeping them behind the desk. Public libraries in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries often expanded these lending collections as the number of readers grew, and the open shelves and lamps in a room like this reflect a shift toward making books easy to browse and borrow. Look closely at the lighting and furniture to see how the space was arranged for steady, everyday use by ordinary readers.
| Original scan | 5,902 × 4,763 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15427_CirculatingdepartmentAmericanh |
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