Library first floor plan showing waiting room and librarian's room – Historic Reproduction
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Library first floor plan showing waiting room and librarian's room
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A floor plan rather than a photograph, this drawing lays out the first floor of a library and labels the waiting room and the librarian's room. Such plans were a standard part of architectural records, showing how a building was divided and how staff and visitors moved through it. The waiting room tells us that patrons were expected to pause before entering the main reading or stack areas, a detail that reflects how libraries once controlled access to their collections. The librarian's room, placed close to these spaces, shows the supervision that a librarian needed to keep a close watch over books and readers alike.
| Original scan | 2,603 × 3,067 px · prints to 9 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15573_Firstfloor |
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