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A special library serving both the research needs of scientific communities and a general public looking for information and entertainment.
Running out of new photography due to the lockdown and looking back to some older images - in this case the Library of Birmingham in January 2014
A circa 1900 taxi stand at the U.S. Capitol. Cabbies wait patiently, with the new Library of Congress looming majestically behind them. From a recently acquired glass lantern slide.
umm, looking for other photos for work-related reasons, but this reminds me of those brilliant "tilt-shift" photography photos come across recently via boingboing.com. but, this is just a real scene taken from the top level of the state library of victoria.
I have lived in Washington DC almost twenty years and have visited most of the museums, buildings and attractions at one time or another. To me, the most impressive is the Thomas Jefferson Building, the oldest and most recognizable Library of Congress building.
I have visited the LOC a few times but never attempted to get photos until my last visit. The scale is simply overwhelming. My lack of experience for indoor, architectural photography did not do justice to the grandeur of the place, but hopefully this short series will be of some interest. To me it's a must-see for any visit to DC.
Another shot from the "Main Reading Room." View LARGE for much more detail
This is a place you can always find ducks and geese.. and Flowers in season.. This is not the front of the building even tho it looks like it.. The front door is on the right side where the parking area is but I think this is a lot more beautiful... Happy Windows Wednesday, Everybody
Manchester Central Library is the headquarters of the city's library and information service in Manchester, England. Facing St Peter's Square, it was designed by E. Vincent Harris and constructed between 1930 and 1934. At its opening, one critic wrote, "This is the sort of thing which persuades one to believe in the perennial applicability of the Classical canon". The form of the building, a columned portico attached to a rotunda domed structure, is loosely derived from the Pantheon, Rome.
The library building is grade II* listed. A four-year project to renovate and refurbish the library commenced in 2010. Central Library re-opened on 22 March 2014.
aka the Abraham Glen House, a rare "Dutch Colonial heavy timber frame house" built in the 1730s and in use as a library since 1930. In 2004 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Scotia, New York.
Shelves of books line a corridor in Chethams Library, Manchester
Chetham's Library in Manchester is the oldest free public reference library in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham and has been in continuous use since.
The library holds more than 100,000 volumes of printed books, of which 60,000 were published before 1851.
Chetham's was the meeting place of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels when Marx visited Manchester. The economics books Marx was reading at the time can be seen on a shelf in the library, as can the window seat where Marx and Engels would meet.
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Lucky me. A parking spot opposite the old library (now a pub) on a sunny day. There are so many beautiful Carnegie buildings around. I'd love to sketch more.
The excellent central library in Portsmouth, a triumph of Brutalist Modernism, the original finishes inside were amazing
The Library of Congress Wife of a Borrower 1941
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Title
Wife of a FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower near Manati, Puerto Rico
Names
Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
Created / Published
1941 Dec.
Headings
- Puerto Rico--Manati Municipality
Headings
Nitrate negatives.
Genre
Nitrate negatives
Notes
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Medium
1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USF33- 021301-M2 [P&P] LOT 2345 (corresponding photographic print)
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8a37475 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a37475
Library of Congress Control Number
2017751203
Reproduction Number
LC-USF33-021301-M2 (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8a37475 (digital file from original neg.)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
Online Format
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Visited by a member of the Libraries Taskforce team.
Photo credit: Julia Chandler/Libraries Taskforce
Street Art Light Projection in Adelaide next to the State Library Entrance displaying old Festival Fringe Posters.