Library reading room with arched windows and wooden desks – Historic Print
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Step back in time with Library reading room with arched windows and wooden desks, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Library reading room with arched windows and wooden desks
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Light pours through a row of tall arched windows and falls across long wooden reading tables in this library interior, a setting that defined the public library of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rooms like this were designed around natural light, with high windows and open floors so readers could work without the glare of gas lamps. Wooden desks and benches were typical furnishings, chosen for durability under heavy daily use. Libraries of this era often served as community gathering places as well as repositories of books, and the architecture of rooms like this one reflects that civic purpose.
| Original scan | 5,737 × 4,725 px · prints to 19 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15371_ReadingroomUniversityofPennsyl |
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