Plan of first floor, library, Pittsfield, Maine – Historic Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Plan of first floor, library, Pittsfield, Maine. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Plan of first floor, library, Pittsfield, Maine
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The plan shows the first floor of a library in Pittsfield, Maine, a small town in the central part of the state. Floor plans like this one were a common part of library building projects in the early 1900s, when many American towns used grants and local subscriptions to put up new reading rooms and book stacks. Drawings of this kind laid out where the circulation desk, reading tables, and shelving would go, so they show how the building was meant to be used day to day. Looking at the room arrangement is a useful way to see how public libraries of the period organized their space.
| Original scan | 4,708 × 5,743 px · prints to 16 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15403_Planoffirstfloor |
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