Short reader using 7 ft 6 in stacks – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Short reader using 7 ft 6 in stacks, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Short reader using 7 ft 6 in stacks
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Here a reader of short stature stands among shelving rising 7 ft 6 in, a height that made every book on the upper ranges a reach. Libraries of the early twentieth century often built closed or open stacks this tall to hold the greatest number of volumes in the least floor space, and the trade-off was that shorter patrons depended on step stools, library staff, or a helpful neighbor to get at the top shelves. The picture shows how much of a library's daily work went into bridging that gap between the building's design and the people who used it.
| Original scan | 5,017 × 3,585 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15817_Shortreaderusing7ft6instacks |
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