Children at tables in a library reading room, sepia photograph – Historic Photograph 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 historic photograph of Children at tables in a library reading room, sepia photograph brings a moment of history to your wall. 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. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Children at tables in a library reading room, sepia photograph
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Children sit at long wooden tables in a library reading room, each bent over a book or a slate, with the rows of tables stretching back toward the far wall. Scenes like this were common in American and European public libraries around the turn of the twentieth century, when free reading rooms were being built as places where schoolchildren and working families could borrow books and study without charge. The warm brown tone of the sepia process, popular in that era, gives the room a hushed, old-fashioned feel. Look closely at the tables and chairs, which show how carefully such spaces were arranged for quiet, supervised reading.
| Original scan | 5,235 × 3,982 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15412_CarnegielibraryinPittsburghPen |
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