Sepia Saturday - At the Library

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This week Sepia Saturday's challenging bloggers with a photo in a library from way back when. As libraries are favorite spots, I'm delighted to find photos of elegant libraries. 

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Library. Washington D.C, None. [Between 1860 and 1895] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017657097/.


Gutekunst, Frederick, photographer. Library. Pennsylvania Philadelphia, 1873. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017652238/.

Woodward, C. W. , Publisher. Athenaeum Library. New York Rochester, None. [Rochester, n.y.: c. w. woodward, publisher, between 1880 and 1889] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017660473/.





Comments

  1. Barbara RogersFebruary 12, 2022 at 6:37 AM

    Thanks for beautiful libraries. My eyes wanted to combine the stereoscopic photos, but alas they just crossed and became blurs. Would that I had a viewer to help!

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  2. Monica T.February 13, 2022 at 8:12 AM

    I've always loved libraries :)

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  3. Mike BrubakerFebruary 13, 2022 at 7:17 PM

    Wonderful examples of how libraries were once considered temples of knowledge.

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  4. La NightingailFebruary 13, 2022 at 9:47 PM

    All three are good representatives of the libraries of yesteryear, but the one in Washington D.C. is stunning with its open floors stories high!

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