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We renewed our tickets to Leeds Castle in Kent yesterday after nearly a couple of years and it was nice to go round and get a few shots. This is one of my favourite rooms and is the library.
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Back cover of the 1896 catalogue of books in Deseronto Public Library, Deseronto, Ontario, advertising "John McCullough, Insurance, Real Estate and Loan Agent. Appraiser for the Canada Permament [Permanent] Loan and Savings Company. Special Agent, Sec.-Treasurer and Valuator for the Provincial Building and Loan Association. Rents & Accounts Collected. Conveyancer, and Commissioner for taking Affidavits. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates of continuing the listing of Class M (Miscellaneous) and with an advertisement for the "Canadian Interest. Office: St. George Street, Deseronto, Ont."
done with Thank You Mario, the animated Super Mario Brothers text screen generator, wigflip.com/thankyoumario/
Central Library is a public library in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The building that contains the library and the Grundy Art Gallery has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.
In 1908, a site was picked for a new library and art gallery on Queen Street. It was partly financed by Bury artists Cuthbert and John Grundy. Construction started on the building in 1909, and it was completed in 1911. It was designed by Scottish architecture firm Cullen, Lochhead and Brown, who had won a competition for the project. In August 2010, the library closed to the public to undergo a year-long renovation that cost £3 million. It reopened on 26 September 2011. The Library celebrated its centenary on 26 October 2011.
The library is in the Edwardian Baroque style. It is on two storeys and is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and striped pilasters. The library occupies the corner part of the building; the west and south walls have flanking pylons on plinths made of stone. The corner entrance is flanked by three ionic columns on each side. Over the doorway is a large, rectangular window, and above that, a frieze carved with the words "Central Public Library". At the top, there is an octaonal leaded dome, which has a finial shaped like an urn.
On 20 October 1983 the building that contains the library, and the adjacent Grundy Art Gallery, was designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England. The Grade II listing—the lowest of the three grades—is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".
As part of the centenary renovation of the building in 2011, 8 new stained glass windows were commissioned. Designed by Nick Robertson with a brief from the staff of the Library and input from Library users which were made by Rainbow Glass Studios based in London.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Library_(Blackpool)
Showcasing just a small portion of the Club's 15,000 books on exploration.
At the Explorer's Club in New York, NY.
Scranton Library sign in use from the expansion in 1989 to the renovation which began in 2018. Long rectangular brown sign made of wood with large routed-in letters reading, "Scranton Library". Letters are painted gold in the imprints, and they have faded outlines painted in blue around them. Square cutouts at each of the four corners. Imprinted tan border along the edges of the sign. Eight screws going through the sign in total, with four spaced out in a row near the top edge and and four similarly near the bottom edge. 11' long x 16" tall x 1 1/4" thick.
ACC# 2020.087.001
See flic.kr/s/aHsm5dTDVz for additional items in the Annex
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums).
The Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design, designed by Monica Ponce de Leon & Nader Tehrani of Office dA (now NADAAA) inside the historic Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank building (York & Sawyer, 1917)
Providence, Rhode Island.
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In my coach driving days I regularly came upon former London Transport Leyland National LS6 (TGY 106M) parked in Blarney whilst perfoming library services for Cork County Council. This photo was taken in October, 1995.
Libraries are wonderful places! Our local branch library is closed for renovation, so I payed a visit to the central library. Came out with four big books! So many more I wanted, but my arms didn't want to carry them, and I wouldn't have time to peruse them by their due date.
The performers from A. A. Gymnastics visted the library and put on a demonstration for the kids with exciting leaps, flips and tumbles.
[Windermere, Bowness, from Bellisle, Lake District, England]
[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Notes:
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J--foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.
Print no. "10034".
Forms part of: Views of the British Isles, in the Photochrom print collection.
Subjects:
England--Windermere.
Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Views of the British Isles (DLC) 2002696059
More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.08536
Call Number: LOT 13415, no. 549 [item]
Dating from the 1960s and part of the then revamped Waterdale area which still survives today.
The library found itself on the edge of Town but interestingly is now, due to recent building and revamping, incorporated into the new Civic and Cultural Quarter.
The almost Brutalist design of the building provides a stark contrast to the new Council Civic offices and Cast Theatre both built recently to very contemporary standards and directly across the road.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. UK.
Wright Library
Dayton, Ohio
Listed 12/24/2013
Reference Number: 13000981
Wright Memorial Public Library is being nominated under Criterion C for its architectural distinction as an excellent example of a Tudor or Jacobethan Revival style library designed by the local Dayton, Ohio, architecture firm of Schenck and Williams. Schenck and Williams were responsible for the designs of much of the civic architecture in Oakwood, which, in addition to the library, includes three public schools, the city administration building, and a large-scale apartment building, all in the Tudor or Jacobethan Revival style. They also designed a number of private houses in Oakwood, also in the Tudor style, as well as a number of office and other buildings for businesses and institutions in Dayton. Built in 1939, Wright Memorial Public Library is important as an extant example of the firm's work, and their ability to apply architectural conventions of a style to a variety of building types. A complete inventory of Schenck and Williams buildings does not exist; therefore, it is not known if this is their only library design. What is known is that Wright Memorial Public Library is a well-preserved example of a Tudor-styled library with its half-timbering, casement windows, Flemish bond brick work, a steeply-pitched slate-covered roof, multi-paned windows, large window bays, and stone decoration at doors, windows and gable ends, all prominent elements characteristic of the Tudor Revival style. In 1939, at the time of construction, the Tudor style was still a popular architecture choice. But the choice of Tudor architecture and the firm of Schenck and Williams are also representative ot he city of Oakwood's tradition of rewarding civic building designs to this well-respected firm and using their signature style.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
The national library was built in honour of His Majesty the King of Thailand. The historically site was once the city hall of Nakhon Phanom. It was constructed by the inmates of the provincial prison. The blueprint for this building was a copy of Chiang Rai province city hall. The western style infrastructure was once demolished by cannon balls fired from French Battleships during a dispute between Thailand (Siam) and France. The association of Siamese Architects has awarded the Pavilion for its excellent conservation.
[taken from their description]