Large public library reading room with long tables and lamps – Antique Wall Art
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Large public library reading room with long tables and lamps
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Long oak tables run the length of this reading room, each one fitted with green-shaded lamps so that readers can work well into the evening. The arrangement reflects a common design of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when public libraries were often built as grand civic halls meant to offer quiet, well-lit space to anyone who walked in. Rows of lamps and open tables like these made the room a place of study and self-improvement for students, clerks and working people alike. Notice how the symmetry of the room draws the eye toward the far end, a layout architects of the period used to suggest order and public purpose.
| Original scan | 5,908 × 4,726 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15428_NewYorkCitypubliclibraryreadin |
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