Man and woman at a library desk beside Fiction shelves – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Man and woman at a library desk beside Fiction shelves, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Man and woman at a library desk beside Fiction shelves
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A library desk stands in the foreground with a man and a woman beside it, and rows of Fiction shelves fill the background behind them. The arrangement shows how a lending room was organized in its day, with the desk placed where patrons could check out books and ask for help while the stacks stayed within easy reach. Library scenes like this one were often made to document public reading rooms, which were expanding across American towns and cities during the early twentieth century. Look closely at the shelf labels and the staff's clothing, since both can help date the setting and reveal how libraries presented themselves to the public.
| Original scan | 5,359 × 3,663 px · prints to 18 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15829_ShirleyJonesandRobertPrestonin |
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