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The writer Ethel Turner lived here for a while. In the house, not the library.
I was completely enamored with New York City's Public Library at Bryant Park. All I needed was one more day with heavy rain and I would have had a field day exploring this place in detail. Oh, the books (and architecture)!
One of the side passageways in the Library of Congress. Love the shiny gold ceiling.
The building was renamed to the "Thomas Jefferson Building" in 1980. It was completed in 1897 and has one of the most elaborate interiors I've ever seen outside a church. I have a lot of pictures of it! :)
Hand-held over my head.
You really should view on black.
On Explore/interestingness for December 27; highest position #374
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Bedfordshire CC YMJ 777L outside Dunstable Library in July 1986; anyone know the model?
Pentax K1000/50mm
Ilford FP4
Got the paperwork done at Chaos, Panic and Disorder while on the Steam IX Hunt.
Try the Mini Hunt for all the items you need for your business - pen, inkwell etc.
The climate-controlled sealed stacks in Rauner Special Collections Library contain many valuable and invaluable manuscripts and rare books, as well as the College Archives.
(photo by Eli Burak '00)
Seattle Central Library, Seattle, USA.
Architects: Rem Koolhaas, oshua Prince-Ramus (OMA + LMN)
Built: 2004
Area: 38300.0 sqm
Location: Seattle, WA, USA.
I took a series of angles using the 11mm lens, this one has none of beautiful ceiling but it does have those red books on the left, which I like.
BTW, thanks for all the interest in the HDRs I shot while playing tourist in NYC! I've been trying to make HDRs that "look real" (still trying)
I'm convinced that digital cameras will have a built-in HDR mode eventually.
Bain News Service,, publisher.
G. Stresemann
[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
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Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Call Number: LC-B2- 6052-13
The Rijksmuseum Research Library is one of the main art libraries in the world. Catalogues of auctions and exhibitions, trade and collection catalogues, as well as books, periodicals and annual reports relating to the museum collections have been collected without interruption since 1885.
A return visit to Hoo - and a wider angle photo than last time - showing that the library (a former school) is next to the church, and both the old building, plus the newer extension.
Karma often joins me in the library on sunny mornings. I like to sip my tea while I admin my flickr groups or simply read a book. Karma naps, of course, and she tolerates the occasional sweet word or stroking. My other cat, Blue, likes to enter the library and explore it as if he has never been there before. If he has time he likes to snack on the spider plant and then vomit it back up on the white carpet.
nrhp # 85001498- On March 25, 1871, the "Olean Library Association" was established by a small group of public-spirited citizens. The first meeting was held in Miss Lyon's school house on Laurens Street. In May 1871, the library settled in the rear of John G. Pelton's tailor shop (located on the west side of North Union Street, midway between Laurens and State streets). It was open only 1 day per week, Saturday from 1-9 PM. Annual dues were $2.00 for gentlemen and $1.00 for ladies. 697 books formed the collection.[2]
On September 30, 1878, the library moved to a new home under the supervision of Charles Gillingham. It was located in a room rented from P.J. Hastings in what was known as the Berg (or Birge, after Norman Birge, a harness maker who owned the block). Later, it moved to quarters on the second floor of the Exchange Bank building, and then to 102 Hamilton Street where it remained until 1889.[2]
On June 12, 1888, the library was renamed in honor of George V. Forman, who donated the property and building.[3] Forman was a founder of "Vandergrift, Forman & Company," which became part of the Standard Oil Company.[4] The library moved into its new home on Forman property on April 2, 1889.
"Old" Olean Public Library
On December 13, 1906, the charter which was granted by the Board of Regents of New York State named the institution "The Olean Public Library" and it became a free library. In April 1909, the library relocated to the second floor of City Hall while the "Carnegie Library" was being built on the Forman property. The cornerstone for Carnegie building was laid on July 3, 1909.[2]
The library is a historic, built in 1909, with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919, and one of 107 in New York State. Carnegie provided $40,000 (equivalent to $1,152,000 in 2020) toward the construction of the Olean library. The building was designed by architect Edward L. Tilton in the Beaux-Arts style. The interior features a grand stairway and entrance, large rooms, and central atrium.[5] The Carnegie building was opened May 23, 1910 and a period of growth in the size and scope of the collection and patronage began almost immediately. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
In the early 1970s, a new site was secured for the library and on September 21, 1973, the library opened at 134 North Second Street in a former Loblaws Supermarket. The modern facility continues to meet the changing informational needs of the community. The mission of the Olean Public Library is to improve the community's quality of life by providing equal access to materials in various formats, programming and services for patrons of all ages, and a capable and professional staff available to assist members of the greater Olean community in support of their educational, informational, and leisure needs.[2]
The original NRHP listed "Olean Public Library" was occupied by the "Olean Historical Society" and the "Department of Aging" from 1974 to 1979. In 1982, the Olean Board of Education sold the property to Louis Marra, which made possible the opening of The Old Library Restaurant and "The Old Bed and Breakfast Library Inn."
from Wikipedia