Designs for a Memorial Library, Mr. W. C. Richardson and Mr. H. G. King – Antique Wall Art
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Designs for a Memorial Library, Mr. W. C. Richardson and Mr. H. G. King
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This picture is a set of design drawings for a memorial library, submitted under the names of Mr. W. C. Richardson and Mr. H. G. King, and the title suggests the building was meant to honor a person rather than serve only as a general public facility. Memorial libraries were a common form of civic gift in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when families and benefactors often paid for a building in memory of a relative or local figure. Designs like these show how a community pictured such a building, with its planned layout, facade, and proportions, before any construction began. Records for this kind of material are often thin, so the drawings themselves are the best evidence of what was intended.
| Original scan | 5,644 × 7,977 px · prints to 19 × 27 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15587_DesignsforamemoriallibraryMrWC |
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