Library photos on Flickr

We also know of another superstition of that time: that of the Man of the Book. On some shelf in some hexagon (men reasoned) there must exist a book which is the formula and perfect compendium of all the rest: some librarian has gone through it and he is analogous to a god. In the language of this zone vestiges of this remote functionary's cult still persist. Many wandered in search of Him. For a century they exhausted in vain the most varied areas. How could one locate the venerated and secret hexagon which housed Him? Someone proposed a regressive method- To locate book A, consult first a book B which indicates A's position; to locate book B, consult first a book C., and so on to infinity....

J-L Borges. the library of Babel

Retirement reception... by veisha

in the distance, am I seeing what I think I am?

Library by Matthew Bellemare

Fujifilm Klasse W | Kodak BW 400

Digitized with Nikon D7200 & AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED | Raleno PLV-S192 | Kamerakraft

Home developed in Arista C-41 | 4:00/102F | Paterson 3 Tank

Library of Congress2 by Suzanne Lugerner

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Library quilt by Trish Thornton

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Donors bought space on a quilt that was finally revealed this weekend. Gail Demkiw put it together..it's really beautiful..and some local crafters helped too. They raised over $7500 with this quilt!

Mansueto Library dedication by University of Chicago Magazine

L–R: University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer; Joe Mansueto, AB'78, MBA'80; Rika Mansueto, AB'91; and, Anthony Grafton, AB'71, AM'72, PhD'75

Photo by Elizabeth Station

Handley Library, Side by Warren Reed

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The Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia was constructed in the Beaux-Arts style in 1913 through a bequest fro Judge John Handley's will. from Judge

sturgis library at barnstable tercentennial by Sturgis Library

library @ esplanade, Singapore by Ellen Forsyth

Botany Library, Auckland New Zealand by Kathryn Greenhill

The "ideal library". A small shopfront library with exquisite design and planning. Many, many innovative features. Co-located with a commercial bookshop and cinema.

Library by Joi Su

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Library shot 3 by Rich

Carnegie Library- Wichita KS by Kevin Stewart

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Seien-bunko Library by ykanazawa1999

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This building is located in Asuka-yama Park. The reinforced-concrete private library was completed in 1925, and was owned by Shibusawa Eiichi, a capitalist in Meiji and Taisho Era.

Library of Birmingham by michael hughes

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Library of Birmingham 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

Bust at Mercantile Library by elycefeliz

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Busts of the Mercantile

The Mercantile Library is a membership library. It is a non-profit institution supported by members' annual subscriptions, gifts, and income from an endowment fund. The Library receives no tax support. The name refers not to the collection but to the Library's founders who were young merchants and clerks.

Organized in 1835, it is the city's senior library and one of the oldest cultural institutions in the midwest.

The Mercantile Library Building at 414 Walnut Street that currently houses the Library is the fourth structure on the site. The space on the eleventh and twelfth floors was designed for the Library in 1903 and the building was completed in 1908. Many of the shelves, desks and chairs currently in the Library date back to previous buildings which were destroyed by fire. The institution's perpetually-renewable 10,000-year lease was issued by the Cincinnati College, which merged with the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1911, in exchange for the men of the Mercantile Library Association helping the college to rebuild after its structure burned in 1845.

The Library's tradition of cultural programs was initiated by its founders and has featured prominent writers and thinkers since its first lecture series in the 1840s. Speakers in the early days included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wendell Phillips, W. M. Thackeray, Edward Everett, Herman Melville, Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe;.

TPE in library by Joe Chaney

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Snow and Library by Lester Public Library

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Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

Library exterior 1 by Ainsworthiana

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Undated. Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

The Floral Library by Jason Garber

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We stumbled upon part of the Floral Library while walking around the Tidal Basin. I’d never taken notice of this particular feature tucked between Independence Ave. SW and Maine Ave. SW.

From the mallhistory.org website:

Also known as the Tulip Library, the Floral Library was established in 1969 as part of Lady Bird Johnson’s Capital Beautification Project. The “library” has 93 flower beds maintained by the National Park Service.

Originally published at sixtwothree.org/photos/187.

Former presidents at the opening of the Clinton Library in Little Rock, AK on 11-18-2004 by Ric Feld - AP by c_nilsen