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Statler Arms/Cleveland Public Library
Credits: The window is courtesy of Statler Arms Management, coordinated by Rick Johns of the Statler and Aaron Mason, Assistant Administrator, Outreach and Programming Services of the Cleveland Public Library.
Display by the Friends of the Cleveland Public Library.
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Guess who came to town? Santa Claus! He was kind enough to work the library into his busy schedule for a story and pictures with all the kids!
Built in 1916, the Pitts Library is one of three buildings on the quad designed by Henry Hornbostel, and used to be one of my favourite places to study.
The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library with over 11 million items. Sadly, as there was an event on today, no interior views
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, first President of the United States and Founding Father. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital. The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.
The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. The U.S. Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress, and the District is therefore not a part of any state. The states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district, which included the pre-existing settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria. The City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District.
Washington had an estimated population of 702,455 as of July 2018, making it the 20th most populous city in the United States. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. Washington's metropolitan area, the country's sixth largest, had a 2017 estimated population of 6.2 million residents.
All three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the District: Congress (legislative), president (executive), and the U.S. Supreme Court (judicial). Washington is home to many national monuments, and museums, primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profit, lobbying groups, and professional associations, including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization of American States, AARP, the National Geographic Society, the Human Rights Campaign, the International Finance Corporation, and the American Red Cross.
A locally elected mayor and a 13‑member council have governed the District since 1973. However, Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. D.C. residents elect a non-voting, at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives, but the District has no representation in the Senate. The District receives three electoral votes in presidential elections as permitted by the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. The Library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia. The Library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Encyclopedia Britannica describes the Library of Congress as the largest library in the world, and the library describes itself as such. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 450 languages."
The Library of Congress moved to Washington in 1800 after sitting for 11 years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. The small Congressional Library was housed in the United States Capitol for most of the 19th century until the early 1890s. Most of the original collection had been destroyed by the British in 1814 during the War of 1812, and the library sought to restore its collection in 1815. They bought Thomas Jefferson's entire personal collection of 6,487 books. After a period of slow growth, another fire struck the Library in its Capitol chambers in 1851, again destroying a large amount of the collection, including many of Jefferson's books. After the American Civil War, the Library of Congress grew rapidly in both size and importance, which sparked a campaign to purchase replacement copies for volumes that had been burned. The Library received the right of transference of all copyrighted works to deposit two copies of books, maps, illustrations, and diagrams printed in the United States. It also began to build its collections, and its development culminated between 1888 and 1894 with the construction of a separate, extensive library building across the street from the Capitol.
The Library's primary mission is to research inquiries made by members of Congress, carried out through the Congressional Research Service. The Library is open to the public, although only high-ranking government officials and Library employees may check out books and materials.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building
The oldest of the four United States Library of Congress buildings, the Thomas Jefferson Building was built between 1890 and 1897. It was originally known as the Library of Congress Building and is located on First Street SE, between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior. Its design and construction has a tortuous history; the building's main architect was Paul J. Pelz, initially in partnership with John L. Smithmeyer, and succeeded by Edward Pearce Casey during the last few years of construction. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Louis Latzer Memorial Library
Highland, IL
Back when I first got interested in chronicling 20th-century commercial history, I think this is the first small-town library in which I pored through old city directories.
Surely one of the lovliest libraries you could wish for.
The Guest House is a 15th century oak timbered building, which was bequeathed to Surrey County Council in 1954 for public use and became home to the Lingfield Library Centre a year later. So named because it was originally used for visitors to the nearby (monastic) College of Lingfield, the Guest House was restored in 1898 and retains many of the original features. Particularly noteworthy is the Hall, which forms the centre of the building and opens to the roof.
The Guest House contains a collection of artistic and antiquarian objects including four tapestries, thought to be Flemish in origin, which hang in the Hall. It also houses the Hayward Memorial Local History Centre.
At the back of the building is a conservatory opening onto gardens, which are also open to the public.
Notes: Premier Barry O'Farrell
Format: Photograph, colour digital
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Provenance: Photographer (c) John Merriman
Partially illuminated (carbon-footprint minimization?) ceiling of the Queen's Hall of the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.
Julian Franklin taught the kids all about Simple Machines in an exciting program with lots of audience participation!
Library Manager, Enzo Accadia, welcomes everyone to the Library's 50th Anniversary morning tea event at Coffs Harbour Library.
Photo courtesy of Rob Trezise.
This reminds me of the library in Beauty and the Beast.
Been wanting to go here for a while. Finally got myself to brave the cold and get out of the house.
Phill Jupitus visited the brand new St Aubyn Library in Devonport.
You can hear Phill's introduction over at Audioboo.
This shows the entrance to the carpark, and includes the street number of the library. This photograph only shows part of the carpark. Quite a few people were walking to the library (and could be identified by the stack of library materials they were carrying).
This is Luis, the nice man who graces us with his presence most days at Boalt's library. I originally asked him if I could take his photo but he said no. Later, as I was saying goodbye to Homaira, he asked me to repeat what I had asked him, told me he didn't hear, and let me take his photo.
Photo Details: Same 85mm on the t2i.
I've gone back to no flash setting. I started off taking manual, then AV mode, now i'm on auto settings. Sad. And either way, I focused on his hand instead of his eyes. I always forget that's the one important rule of portrait photography: focus on the eyes. I'm always so nervous about taking people's time that I sometimes mess up the shot. Oh, well, part of the learning process.