Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library – 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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A window into the past: Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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 has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library
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The Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, takes its name from the benefactor whose gift helped establish it, a common pattern for American public libraries of the late nineteenth century. Those libraries were often funded by wealthy local donors who saw free reading rooms as a way to give working families access to books and self-education. Pawtucket, an industrial mill town on the Blackstone River, was growing quickly at that time, and a public library answered the needs of a large population of factory workers and their children. Libraries like this one often became civic centers, where people came to read newspapers, borrow books and attend community events.
| Original scan | 5,161 × 4,248 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15394_DeborahCookSaylesPublicLibrary |
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