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P5225

ID Number: P5225
Item Name: Image
Title: Carnegie Library Interior looking South / Vue vers l'intérieur Sud de la bibliothèque Carnegie
Title (Fre): Vue vers l'intérieur Sud de la bibliothèque Carnegie
Date: ca 1915
Description: Black and white photograph of the interior of Carnegie Library looking south toward the Reference Room; there are arched columns on either side of the room with a very high ceiling; at the front of the photograph on the left is a teller's desk with vertical bars; there are books visible behind the desk and a fire alarm on a column above; between the second and third columns on the left is a card catalogue with several drawers pulled out; in the centre of the photograph are a set of double doors with oval windows behind which books are visible; there is a bust sculpture of a man on either side of the doors; in front of the doors is a small desk with two card catalogue drawers on it and two chairs; there is a light fixture with four round bulbs visible above the desk; the right wall also has a card catalogue and near the front of the photo on the right is a triangular display case; the floor is patterned tile and this photograph was likely taken between 1912 - 1925; the library was located at the southeast corner of Park and Victoria.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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Card catalogs / Catalogues de cartes

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