Original Gore Hall Bookstack, Harvard University – Vintage Wall Art
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Step back in time with Original Gore Hall Bookstack, Harvard University, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Original Gore Hall Bookstack, Harvard University
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Gore Hall was Harvard's first dedicated library building, and this view looks into its original bookstack, the tiered iron-and-glass shelving where the university kept much of its collection. Built in 1841 and named for Christopher Gore, a former Massachusetts governor and Harvard benefactor, the building was a showpiece of its day, but its stacks were cramped and poorly lit compared with later designs. The building was demolished in 1913 to make way for Widener Library, which was funded by the family of Harry Elkins Widener and remains the library's central building today. Pictures of the old stacks are worth a close look because they show how scholars once searched the shelves by hand, long before open-stack layouts and modern climate control.
| Original scan | 1,917 × 2,750 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15558_OriginalGoreHallbookstackHarva |
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