reading rooms

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

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Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Periodical room

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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.

Jamaica Plain Branch. Adults' reading room

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City Point Branch. Reading room

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The Boston Public Library. East Boston Branch

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[The S.S. OLYMPIC, 1911: Reading room]

Photoprint copyrighted in 1911 by William H. Rau. Olympic, Titanic sister ship.

Congressional Library. Washington DC stereoscope card, 19th cenrury.

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National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Town of Locke, Jan Ying Association, 13947 Main Street, Locke, Sacrame...

Significance: Tis is one of a group of buildings that forms a Main Street facade, each separated by a narrow alleyway. It is typical of such structures with similar facades. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-V Nat... More

Town of Locke, Jan Ying Association, 13947 Main Street, Locke, Sacrame...

Significance: Tis is one of a group of buildings that forms a Main Street facade, each separated by a narrow alleyway. It is typical of such structures with similar facades. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-V Nat... More

Little Lord Fauntleroy - A drawing of a man sitting in a chair next to...

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Reading Room in Rotunda, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

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Main reading room (unfinished).

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

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Andrew Square - interior, Boston Massachusetts

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

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Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Fine arts department: reading ro...

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Tyler Street Branch, Boston Massachusetts

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Library of Congress (Adams Building). Thomas Jefferson Reading Room, L...

Old negative number: 2351-49. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More

East Boston upstairs, Boston Massachusetts

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Grande salle de lecture--Bureau central d'information

Lantern slide showing the main reading room at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques dans la... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

[The interior view of the Sultan Beyazıt Public Library] / Abdullah Fr...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 6. In album: Schools, libraries, student and teacher portraits, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hami... More

Warren Street Branch. Reading room

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Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Periodical room

Boston Public Library. Periodical reading room Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library, Copley Sq. North gallery

Boston Public Library. North gallery or rare books department Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Folger Library interiors. East end of reading room at Folger Library

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[Alterations to the southeast curtain of the Library of Congress Thoma...

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Plan d'une salle de lecture de l'annexe (Pierson et Wilson, architecte...

Lantern slide showing a drawing of a reading room in the Annex (now the Adams Building) at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Inter... More

[House Members Room. View of room, with mosaic panel entitled Law by F...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

In the Reading Room. Washington DC stereoscope card, 19th cenrury.

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[Congressional] Library. Washington DC stereoscope card, 19th cenrury.

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Town of Locke, Jan Ying Association, 13947 Main Street, Locke, Sacrame...

Significance: Tis is one of a group of buildings that forms a Main Street facade, each separated by a narrow alleyway. It is typical of such structures with similar facades. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-V Nat... More

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

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

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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

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

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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, Massachusetts. Public library. Patent room

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New York City public library reading room

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Library of Congress (John Adams Building). Reading room in Adams Build...

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Folger Library interiors. Fireplace in reading room at Folger Library

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East Boston Branch Library 1st floor. Intensity before 2.25 ft. cdls. ...

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Département des estampes, salle de lecture

Lantern slide showing the prints reading room at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques dans ... More

L'horodateur lantern slide, lantern slide

Lantern slide showing the time stamping machine for call slips at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et des... More

[House Members Room. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Wa...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Interior work : construction of bookcases at floor level and on a balc...

Congressional Library. Washington DC stereoscope card, 19th cenrury.

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Massachusetts. Bates Hall, Boston Public Library

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

Boston Athenaeum, Boston Massachusetts

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Boston Public Library. Bates Hall

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

[House Members Room. Light of Astronomy panel in the Spectrum of Light...

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Town of Locke, Jan Ying Association, 13947 Main Street, Locke, Sacrame...

Significance: Tis is one of a group of buildings that forms a Main Street facade, each separated by a narrow alleyway. It is typical of such structures with similar facades. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-V Nat... More

[Law Library of the Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol, Washingto...

Photo shows the space that the Law Library occupied in the United States Capitol from 1860 to 1950. The space was the Supreme Court Chamber, 1859-60, and before that the Senate Chamber. Samuel Morse sent his fi... More

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

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

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

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

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

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Folger Library interiors. Mrs. Folger standing by fireplace in reading...

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Hispanic Reading Room, Libra...

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Salle de lecture pour les aveugles

Lantern slide showing the reading room for the blind at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Technique... More

Bibliothèque de droit succursale du capitole

Lantern slide showing the law library reading room at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques ... More

La fiche prend place au catalogue-dictionnaire sous les rubriques "Nap...

Lantern slide showing a card catalog in the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress, open to the entry for the book about Napoleon. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for... More

Revers de la fiche de commande indiquant l'heure exacte de réception

Lantern slide showing the back of a call slip received at the Library of Congress to request the book about Napoleon. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Int... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

[The interior view of the Sultan Beyazıt Public Library] / Abdullah Fr...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 6. In album: Schools, libraries, student and teacher portraits, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hami... More

Photograph of Cândido Portinari's mural "Entry of Pioneers into the Pr...

Cândido Portinari's mural was painted in the anteroom of the Hispanic Foundation, now the Hispanic Reading Room in the Library of Congress.

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

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[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

[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).

Reading room for the blind in the Library of Congress, where books and...

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Boston Public Library. Bates Hall. South end

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Folger Library interiors. Alcove in reading room, Folger Library

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Library of Congress (John Adams Building). North reading room, Library...

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Département des manuscrits, salle de lecture

Lantern slide showing the manuscript reading room at the Library of Congress.

Library of Congress (John Adams Building). Reading room in Adams Build...

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Library of Congress (John Adams Building). Reading room in Adams Build...

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[African and Middle Eastern Reading Room (Area Studies). Library of Co...

Carol M. Highsmith made this digital image by scanning a color transparency or negative that she created in the 1990s. Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Interior work : construction of the Main Reading Room, showing the com...

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National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Town of Locke, Jan Ying Association, 13947 Main Street, Locke, Sacrame...

Significance: Tis is one of a group of buildings that forms a Main Street facade, each separated by a narrow alleyway. It is typical of such structures with similar facades. Survey number: HABS CA-2071-V Nat... More

Interior work : Art and Architecture Room, room 340.

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

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Boston Public Library, Copley Sq. Children's room

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

North Street reading room - Boston pictorial archive

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Folger Library interiors. Mrs. Folger standing by fireplace in reading...

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Tyler Street Branch, Boston Massachusetts

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Vue partielle du catalogue public

Lantern slide showing the card catalog in the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress. Slide was probably used in a lecture to accompany an exhibit prepared for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et de... More

[Main Reading Room. View from above showing researcher desks. Library ...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2011; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

[Alterations to the southeast curtain of the Library of Congress Thoma...

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