Adult reading room in a library with long wooden tables – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
This rare historic image captures Adult reading room in a library with long wooden tables in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Adult reading room in a library with long wooden tables
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Long wooden tables run down the middle of this reading room, with readers seated in rows beneath tall windows and shelves of books along the walls. Rooms like this were a common feature of public libraries built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when many cities put adult reading rooms on the main floor, separate from children's sections and open to anyone who could use a library card. The arrangement reflects a belief that free access to books and newspapers was a basic public service. Look at the way the tables are spaced and lit, which shows how much daylight and quiet were valued for study.
| Original scan | 5,676 × 4,512 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15355_AdultreadingroomCarnegielibrar |
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