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The Grand Staircases
The two great staircases flanking the Great Hall are embellished by elaborate and varied sculptural work by Philip Martiny. At the base of each is a bronze female figure wearing classic drapery and holding a torch of knowledge. They are signed "P H Martiny, sculptor NY"; the foundry's name is also inscribed at the base. Each stair railing is decorated with a fanciful series of cherubs carved by Martiny in white marble. In a niche on the north side is a plaster bust of Thomas Jefferson and on the south is a bronze bust of George Washington; both are copied from works by the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. The balustrade on each side of the top landing contains Martiny's figures of cherubs modeled to represent the fine arts. At the north landing, they are Painting, Architecture, and Sculpture; at the south landing, Comedy, Poetry, and Tragedy.
The cherubs in the ascending railing of each staircase--according to Small's Handbook--represent "the various occupations, habits, and pursuits of modern life." The series begins at the bottom with the figure of a stork. Then, on the north side of the hall, are figures of a Gardener, with a spade and a rake; an Entomologist, capturing butterflies; a Student poring over a text; a Printer, with typefaces, a type case, and a press. Halfway up the railing, on the same level, are cherubs representing Asia and Europe. Next comes a Musician; a Physician, mortar and pestle in hand; and an Electrician holding a telephone receiver at his ear and, Small writes, "with a star of electric rays shining on his brow." At the top of the railing is an Astronomer with a telescope.
In the staircase railing on the south side of the Great Hall, beginning at the bottom, the figures are a Mechanic with a cogwheel and pincers; a Hunter, with a gun, hoisting a rabbit he has just shot; a Vintner dressed like Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, holding a goblet; a Farmer with a sickle and a sheaf of wheat. Halfway up the railing are cherubs representing Africa and America. Next comes a Fisherman; a Soldier, a Chemist, with a blowpipe; and, last but not least, a Cook.
This library took my breath away (as did many of the rooms of the Fountainbleu Chateau). The level of detail and the over the top scale of everything was a bit overwhelming. Fountainbleu, France. Taken 6.22.13
I have to take antibiotics for a week because of the tooth implant I received yesterday. They make me queasy. Argh, Hard to do much of anything when feeling yucky, but went along for the drive for John to pick up a book at the Waterloo Public Library. I sat in the car & sketched. I never really tuned into the stone eagle above the library's main entryway before. The building was constructed in 1938. Before becoming a library in 1979, it served as a post office and federal building. September 25, 2010
Clifford Whitworth Building, Salford University. Information Facilities or Library in plain English.
The preschool kids got a chance to experience what it is like to ride on the school bus in a special program the library puts on each year.
The library is to be moved from this 1960s building to a newly built building which will also house the Kent County Archives and the Kent central library.
Part of the Art School on the right, the end of the Royal Albion pub on the left
Jack Woodford - Teach Me to Love
(Original Title: Strangers in Love)
Novel Library 44. 1950
Cover Artist: unknown
"A Special Brand of Love"
The state library of Victoria in Melbourne. Houses some interesting things for instance Ned Kelly's armour. This however is the reading room which has a very high ceiling. Called the Dome since it sits under a big dome but is more formally known as the La Trobe Reading Room.
You can also check out other Australia photos in my Australia set.
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Our dining room and book collection. In retrospect this room sure would look good with my full sized table hockey game occupying the corner, although we don't have many people to play it.
Walked uptown to the library today. Brought a drive with 80GB of data for YouTube but uploaded only one 4 GB file. dennissylvesterhurd.blogspot.ca/2015/09/uploaded-single-h...
The Tween and YA programs this week were an experience inside a portable Starlab Planetarium! Christina pointed out stars and talked about the constellations inside a large inflatable dome right in the library activity room!
AA Gymnastics visited the library again and showed off their moves! At the end of the program kids from the audience got a chance to try out some of the training equipment to flip over backward!
Mosman Library holds an extensive, but incomplete, set of the Mosman Daily dating from 1917. The library recently received a donation of a bound volume of The (Mosman) Daily from January to June 1923. This volume has now been microfilmed as a means of preserving the original paper and allowing people to read the microfilmed copy.
A safe and secure children's reading garden outside the southern wall of Marcus Garvey Library, Tottenham. The open door leads directly to the Children's Library area.
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§ Aerial view of where this photo was taken.
Celebrating Matariki 2019 at Linwood Library, Sunday 23 June 2019.
File reference: 2019-06-23-IMG_4262
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
East Division Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, [unknown date]
Notes:
Description: A view of the Plymouth Congregational Church where the East Division Library, a branch library in the Milwaukee Public Library System, was housed for four years. The library was in this location from 1908 and stayed at this location until 1912.
Address: corner of E Wells St and N Van Buren St
Subjects:
Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Library. East Division Branch Library.
East Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Format: Black and white photograph
Rights Info: All rights reserved © Milwaukee Public Library.
Repository: Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Humanities Room, Milwaukee, WI 53233 USA, www.mpl.org/file/Humanities_index.html
Part Of: MPL's Own Archives
More information about the Milwaukee Public Library's historic photo and digital collections may be viewed at www.mpl.org/file/digital_index.htm
Call Number: Branches & Extension Services, East Division (1908-1912) - Exterior Views – aka - Plymouth Congregational Church