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Gallery in Public Reading Room, Library of Congress

Gallery in Public Reading Room, Library of Congress

Black and white photo of gallery in public reading room, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

[The Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building]

[The Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building]

Photograph of an engraving. Title and date from Ten First Street, Southeast: Congress Builds a Library, 1886-1897 / Helen-Anne Hilker. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980, p. 60, no. 8.

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Boston Massachusetts

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Boston Massachusetts

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Children's room. Central Library

Children's room. Central Library

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Boston Public Library, Boylston Street. Reading room

Boston Public Library, Boylston Street. Reading room

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Boston Public Library, Boylston Street. Bates Hall

Boston Public Library, Boylston Street. Bates Hall

Boston Public Library: Boylston St. Bates Hall. Built 1858 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library. Boylston Street. Bates Hall

Boston Public Library. Boylston Street. Bates Hall

Boston Public Library: Boylston St. Bates Hall. Built 1858 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Bates Hall in the old Boston Public Library on Boylston Street, built 1858

Bates Hall in the old Boston Public Library on Boylston Street, built ...

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New library of St. Geneviève / Thomas.

New library of St. Geneviève / Thomas.

Illus. in: Memoirs of libraries: including a handbook of library economy / By Edward Edwards. London : Trübner & Co.,1859, p. 674.

Washington., D.C. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Washington., D.C. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

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Congressional library in U.S. Capitol, Wash'n, D.C

Congressional library in U.S. Capitol, Wash'n, D.C

Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md. ; Ottawa, Kas. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol... More

Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Reading room, Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Reading room, Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Bates Hall, (2), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, (2), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, (1), Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Bates Hall, Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

Bates Hall, Stereoscope Card. Boston, 19th century.

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Reading-room of the Boston Public Library

Reading-room of the Boston Public Library

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Reading-room of the Boston Public Library

Reading-room of the Boston Public Library

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Reading room of the congressional library, Washington, D. C.

Reading room of the congressional library, Washington, D. C.

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Athenaeum library. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Athenaeum library. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

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[The interior of the Sultan Beyazıt Public Library] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.

[The interior of the Sultan Beyazıt Public Library] / Abdullah Frères,...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 5. No. 281. In album: Schools, libraries, student and teacher portraits, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: A... More

[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building]

[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thoma...

Shows circular central desk and reading room desks. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Book room, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts.]

[Book room, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts.]

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[Patrons reading in the reading room of the University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan]

[Patrons reading in the reading room of the University of Michigan Lib...

Designed by Van Brunt and Howe, 1880-1883. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Reading Room, Billings Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont]

[Reading Room, Billings Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, Ve...

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[Reading room, view toward the delivery room, Carnegie Library and Music Hall, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania]

[Reading room, view toward the delivery room, Carnegie Library and Mus...

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Reading-room, British Museum, London, Eng.

Reading-room, British Museum, London, Eng.

Photograph shows reading room interior. Reading room designed by Sydney Smirke. Print clipped from an unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF Collection, between pages 70 and 71, pr... More

Library of Harvard University. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Library of Harvard University. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Photograph shows interior of Gore Hall, the library at Harvard University from 1838 to 1913. Photograph clipped from an unidentified publication. Figure 18 in the publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the... More

Salem, 370 Essex Street, Public library, interior, reading rooms, 1891

Salem, 370 Essex Street, Public library, interior, reading rooms, 1891

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A free reading room, N.Y. City, U.S.A.

A free reading room, N.Y. City, U.S.A.

16890W? U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Metal stacks in book room, Pequot Library, Southpot, Connecticut]

[Metal stacks in book room, Pequot Library, Southpot, Connecticut]

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Boston Public Library: Allston Branch, 354 Cambridge Street

Boston Public Library: Allston Branch, 354 Cambridge Street

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Third floor reading room, McKim building

Third floor reading room, McKim building

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Massachusetts. Bates Hall, Boston Public Library

Massachusetts. Bates Hall, Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library, Copley Sq. Bates Hall before 1932 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library. Copley Square. Barton-Ticknor room

Boston Public Library. Copley Square. Barton-Ticknor room

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McKim building special collections room

McKim building special collections room

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Boston Public Library. Copley Square. Bates Hall

Boston Public Library. Copley Square. Bates Hall

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McKim building special collections room

McKim building special collections room

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Brighton Branch. Children's room

Brighton Branch. Children's room

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

South End Branch, Boston Massachusetts

South End Branch, Boston Massachusetts

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Public card catalogue rm. Centr.

Public card catalogue rm. Centr.

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall catalogue Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Reading room at the West End Branch of the Boston Public Library

Reading room at the West End Branch of the Boston Public Library

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boston public Library: West End Branch interior

Boston public Library: West End Branch interior

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Interior of the Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, La. Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, architects

Interior of the Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, La. Shepley, Rut...

Print shows reading room desk and stacks. Print from The American architect and building news, February 17, 1894, no. 1498. Forms part of: [U.S. Treasury Department Office of the Supervising Architect and Gene... More

Roslindale Branch. Adults' reading room

Roslindale Branch. Adults' reading room

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Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Children's room

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Children's room

Boston Public Library. Child in children's room Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charlestown Branch. Adults' reading room

Charlestown Branch. Adults' reading room

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

South End Branch, Boston Massachusetts

South End Branch, Boston Massachusetts

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Reading room, West End Branch - Drawing. Public domain image.

Reading room, West End Branch - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Children reading in the Brighton Branch

Children reading in the Brighton Branch

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South End Branch (leased). Branch moved from here to new quarters in 1923

South End Branch (leased). Branch moved from here to new quarters in 1...

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Parker Hill Branch, Boston Massachusetts

Parker Hill Branch, Boston Massachusetts

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Andrew Square Branch Library. Intensity: 7.0 foot-candles

Andrew Square Branch Library. Intensity: 7.0 foot-candles

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Boston Public Library. Copley Square. Music room

Boston Public Library. Copley Square. Music room

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Andrew Sq., Boston Massachusetts

Andrew Sq., Boston Massachusetts

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Roslindale Branch, Boston Massachusetts

Roslindale Branch, Boston Massachusetts

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South End Branch. Reading room for adults. Branch moved from here to new quarters in 1923

South End Branch. Reading room for adults. Branch moved from here to n...

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Neponset Branch, Boston Massachusetts

Neponset Branch, Boston Massachusetts

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Andrew Square Branch. Reading room

Andrew Square Branch. Reading room

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Andrew Square - interior, Boston Massachusetts

Andrew Square - interior, Boston Massachusetts

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South end of Bates' Hall - Boston pictorial archive

South end of Bates' Hall - Boston pictorial archive

South end of Bates Hall, McKim building Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston, Mass. Public library. Children's room

Boston, Mass. Public library. Children's room

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Boston Public Library, Copley Sq. Children's room

Boston Public Library, Copley Sq. Children's room

Boston Public Library. Room for younger readers Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The reading room --  Bates Hall

The reading room -- Bates Hall

Illustration drawing shows the interior of the reading room of the Boston Public Library, Bates Hall, named in honor of donor Joshua Bates and designed by Charles Follen McKim. The barrel vault ceiling runs the... More

Five people working in a reading room(?) of the Library of Congress

Five people working in a reading room(?) of the Library of Congress

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Boston Athenaeum, Boston Massachusetts

Boston Athenaeum, Boston Massachusetts

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The reading-room / Walter Appleton Clark.

The reading-room / Walter Appleton Clark.

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Undergraduate life at Smith College" by Alice Katharine Fallows, Scribner's magazine, 24:50 (July 1898).... More

The reading room, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C

The reading room, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C

Copyright, 1898, by B. L. Singley. No 8086. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston Athenaeum, Boston Massachusetts

Boston Athenaeum, Boston Massachusetts

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[Students in the Reading Room of the Library of Congress with the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, watching]

[Students in the Reading Room of the Library of Congress with the Libr...

No. 354. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Boston Public Library. Newspaper reading room

Boston Public Library. Newspaper reading room

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Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Periodical room

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Periodical room

Periodical reading room Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The reading room, Lancaster, Massachusetts

The reading room, Lancaster, Massachusetts

Here is an early view of the handsome and finely appointed former reading room of the town library. On the back center wall is a plaque honoring the town's Civil War dead. During the recent renovation, the plaq... More

Boston Public Library. Bates Hall. North end

Boston Public Library. Bates Hall. North end

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall. Catalogue Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library. Statistical department

Boston Public Library. Statistical department

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Reading room, Lenox Library, New York

Reading room, Lenox Library, New York

On back of photograph: N.Y. Pub. Lib. On back of photograph: N.Y. Pub. Lib.

Representative's reading room, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C

Representative's reading room, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C

Copyright 1900 by C. L. Wasson. No. 276c. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Women's reading room, Carnegie Library and Music Hall, Alleghany City, Pennsylvania]

[Women's reading room, Carnegie Library and Music Hall, Alleghany City...

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson building - Fine Arts reading room

Jefferson building - Fine Arts reading room

Library of Congress reading room. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston Public Library, Bates Hall. Main entrance and balcony

Boston Public Library, Bates Hall. Main entrance and balcony

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall. Entrance Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Bates Hall, Boston Massachusetts

Bates Hall, Boston Massachusetts

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Carnegie library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[Carnegie library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

Photograph shows a reading room filled with children and young adults in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie library. Creating the first fully developed children's department in 1899 is one of the historic ... More

[Reading room, University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[Reading room, University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, Penns...

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Massachusetts. Boston. Boston Athenaeum

Massachusetts. Boston. Boston Athenaeum

Boston Athenaeum. Beacon Street. Interior Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alcoves and gallery in the book room, Brookline Public Library, Brookline Massachusetts]

[Alcoves and gallery in the book room, Brookline Public Library, Brook...

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Children's room, Boston Massachusetts

Children's room, Boston Massachusetts

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Robinson Hall reading room, Brown University Library, Providence, R.I.]

[Robinson Hall reading room, Brown University Library, Providence, R.I...

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[Adult reading room, Carnegie library of Homestead, Munhall, Pennyslvania]

[Adult reading room, Carnegie library of Homestead, Munhall, Pennyslva...

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Main Reading Room, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, Washington DC

Main Reading Room, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, Was...

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Unidentified reading room, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, Washington DC

Unidentified reading room, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson build...

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The Army canteen as it really is--The reading-room at the Bedloe's Island canteen, New York Harbor / photographed for "Leslie's Weekly" by its staff photographer, R.L. Dunn.

The Army canteen as it really is--The reading-room at the Bedloe's Isl...

Soldiers reading and playing cards. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1901 Jan. 12, p. 36.

Boston Public Library. Bates Hall

Boston Public Library. Bates Hall

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Interior of Bates Hall, Boston Free Library

Interior of Bates Hall, Boston Free Library

African American man reading in foreground. Copyright by C.H. Graves (Universal Photo Art Co.). No. 5541.

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall. Interior

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall. Interior

Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Library of Congress, Reading Room in rotunda

Library of Congress, Reading Room in rotunda

Caption for similar image (LC-D4-13146) lists title as: Reading Room in rotunda, Library of Congress. Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53774". More information about the P... More

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