Carpenter Memorial Library – Antique Wall Art
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Carpenter Memorial Library
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Named for a person it was meant to honor, the Carpenter Memorial Library belongs to a long American tradition of libraries paid for by private donors and dedicated to a family member or civic leader. Many such buildings went up in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when towns were building public reading rooms and book collections for the first time. Their architecture often signals that purpose: tall windows for reading light, a formal entrance, and a main room meant to feel like a place of learning. When you look at a picture of one, notice the entrance, the windows, and the street around it, since those details show how the library related to the community it served.
| Original scan | 4,811 × 3,112 px · prints to 16 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15548_CarpenterMemorialLibrary |
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