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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.
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back to the secret library garden after i picked up my current "hold"....art of the spirit...by robert henri. this book was first published in 1930. i have 24 library books checked out. this is the second copy i have of this same book. i don't quite know how that happened but i must have thought it was a different book by him.
i need to learn NOT to check out so many books at one time.
i could not use the "self check out" on this one because it's so old...had to take it to the librarian...which would be fine except they always want to print out the entire list of the books i have out. i always say "please don't do that...it's embarrassing to see the thing keep printing and printing" ....
and they always laugh but tell me they WANT me to be use the library.
This little library, one of the best maintained, has a small garden of succulent plants on its roof. (next image)
Old Rt. #1, Caspar.
Opened by Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl shot by the Taliban. on the 3rd Sep 2013 ... The £189m Library of Birmingham, which houses one million books and is the largest in Europe .it was designed by Francine Houben
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.
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.
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.
Where i spend many mornings pricing and organizing used books for our Friends of the Bethlehem Library organization. It's a tight squeeze and the book carts help-we roll them out to a bigger room during our sales.
The shelves on fourth floor continue the Circulating Book Collection. At the south end of the library, the Circulating Collection starts with the letter N.
N: Art.
P: Language and Literature
(The library’s Literature collection is one of the largest book sections in the library.)
Q: Science, from Math to Chemistry
R: Health and Medicine, including Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
S: Agriculture and Forestry
T: Technology, including Electronics, Welding and Cooking
U and V: Military Science
Z: Library Science
What an unbelievable place! Obviously in bad repair, but somebody could make this a showplace.
6 flashes: 3 Sunpak 383s in close CL and CR, full power, full height of light stands (almost 8 feet), ceiling bounce. (The wall behind me was all mirrors - no help there!) Another Sunpak upstairs just to the left of the top of the spiral staircase, wall bounced hard to the left to throw some light across that upper level, 1/4. 1 SB80 CL pointed directly at the far corner, about 1/16, another CL pointed at bottom left corner of image, about 1/64. Lots of level adjustments and some burn/overpaint of hotspots in post.
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1. Popular Library 292 - George F. Worts - Overboard, 2. Popular Library 229 - Steve Fisher - Homicide Johnny, 3. Popular Library 267 - Jonathan Stagge - Turn of the Table, 4. Popular Library 158 - Leslie Ford - The Strangled Witness, 5. Popular Library 164 - Ben Ames Williams - Lady in Peril, 6. Popular Library 155 - Ben Ames Williams - The Dreadful Night, 7. Popular Library 230 - Arthur Miller - Focus, 8. Popular Library 174 - John Dickson Carr - The Three Coffins, 9. Popular Library 341 - Lee Manning - Season for Passion, 10. Popular Library 147 - John Erskine - The Private Life of Helen of Troy, 11. Popular Library 259 - Helen Reilly - Murder in the Mews, 12. Popular Library 219 - Hal Ellson - Duke, 13. Popular Library 263 - Q. Patrick - Murder at Cambridge, 14. Popular Library 743 - William Bernard - Jailbait, 15. Popular Library 159 - Anthony Abbot - About the Murder of the Circus Queen, 16. Popular Library 246 - Rufus King - Murder by Latitude, 17. Popular Library 162 - Octavus Roy Cohen - Love has no Alibi, 18. Popular Library 205 - Richard Sale - Home is the Hangman, 19. Popular Library 177 - Dana Chambers - Some Day I'll Kill You, 20. Popular Library 301 - Jonathan Latimer - The Fifth Grave
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."
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