Library Collection (#89)

Germany, Baden-Wurttemburg, Wiblingen, Kloster Wiblingen Abbey, 18th century monastery, rococo-style library built in 1760

RM. Staircase between Church and Library. Melk Abbey. Melk. Austria

LOS ANGELES, 1890. The city of Los Angeles, Califonia. Engraving after drawings by Charles Graham, 1890. 1. Fiueroa Street. 2. Crocker Mansion. 3. Typical Houses. 4. Smothered in Roses. 5

BOSTON ATHENAEUM, c1906. The Boston Athenaeum in Boston, Massachusetts, built in 1847. Photograph, c1906

D. C. : CARNEGIE LIBRARY. The Carnegie Library in Washington D
D.C.: CARNEGIE LIBRARY. The Carnegie Library in Washington D.C. also known as the Central Public Library. Photograph, c1906

NYC: MORGAN LIBRARY, 1910. Entrance to the J. P. Morgan Library on Madison Avenue in New York City
NYC: MORGAN LIBRARY, 1910. Entrance to the J.P. Morgan Library on Madison Avenue in New York City. Photograph, c1910

NYC: MORGAN LIBRARY. Entrance to the J. P. Morgan Library on Madison Avenue in New York City
NYC: MORGAN LIBRARY. Entrance to the J.P. Morgan Library on Madison Avenue in New York City. Photograph, 1908

NYC: JEFFERSON MARKET. Jefferson Market Courthouse at 425 Sixth Avenue in New York City. Now a branch of the New York Public Library. Photograph, 1905

CROTON RESERVOIR, 1898. The Croton Reservoir on Murray Hill between 40th and 42nd Streets at Fifth Avenue, the present site of the New York Public Library. Photograph, c1898. photograph, c1898

MASSACHUSETTS: SPRINGFIELD. Views of Springfield, Massachusetts, including the post office, courthouse, court square, library, train station, and forest park. Illustration, American, 1890

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, c1900. Wilson Library at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Photograph, c1900

Platz der Demokratie square with Carl August monument, at the center study center of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, rear right City Castle, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

State Agora or Library, ancient city of Side, Pamphylia, Antalya Province, Turkey

AUSTRALIA: MELBOURNE, c1900. The Melbourne Public Library in Melbourne, Australia; now the State Library of Victoria. Photograph, c1900

VENICE: PIAZZA SAN MARCO. The library and campanile at the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. Stereograph, 1908

OXFORD: MAGDALEN COLLEGE. The chapel and library at Magdalen College, Oxford. Lithograph, c1885

CANALETTO: VENICE. The pier with the library and the column of San Theodoro. Oil on canvas, c1735

OTTOMAN EMPIRE: LIBRARY. Sultan Murad III (1546-1595) in his library. Turkish miniature, c1582

CZECH INDEPENDENCE, 1918. A crowd observing the location of the newly formed state of Czechoslovakia as shown on a map of Europe outside the New York Public Library in New York City

CHINA: EMPEROR & SCHOLARS. Scholars at work (left and lower right) and meeting (upper right) with T ai Tsung, T ang emperor of China (626-649), at his court. Chinese painting, 18th century

ARAB SCHOLARS, 1237. Scholars in the library at Hulwan, near Cairo, Egypt. Arabic manuscript illumination, 1237

ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY. The burning of the library in Alexandria, Egypt, by the Romans under Julius Caesar in 47 B.C. German woodcut, 1493

ARAB SCHOLARS, 1237. In the library in Hulwan, Egypt, near Cairo. Arabic ms. illumination, 1237

RELIGIOUS OUTLOOK, 1883. The Universal Church of the Future-From the Present Religious Outlook. Lithograph cartoon by Joseph Keppler, 1883

SPAIN: MONKS, 18TH CENTURY. Monks and books in a library. Engraving from the Catalogo de Manuscritos de El Escorial por el padre Juan de Cuenca, 18th century

WORLD WAR I: BOOK DRIVE. A woman calling for more books during a New York Public Library book drive for American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War I. Photograph, 1918

LOTTERY ADVERTISEMENT. From an American newspaper of 1873

BENJAMIN HARRISON (1833-1901). 23rd President of the United States, 1889-1893. Harrison receiving election dispatches in his office, November 1888. Contemporary American wood engraving

EDITH K. C. ROOSEVELT (1861-1948). Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt, photographed at her desk in the White House private library, 1908

PERSHING & FOCH, 1918. French commander of Allied forces, Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), and American Army Officer, John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948)

NATHANIEL BOWDITCH. (1773-1838). American mathematician and astronomer. Painting by Charles Osgood, 1835

WAR LIBRARY, c1918. U. S. World War I soldiers reading in the War Library Service
WAR LIBRARY, c1918. U.S. World War I soldiers reading in the War Library Service section of the Red Cross building at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C. c1918

PHILADELPHIA: LIBRARY. Text composed for the cornerstone dedication of the Library Company of Philadelphia, by Benjamin Franklin, 1739

PRIVATE LIBRARY, c1905. American actor Francis Wilson in his private library. Photographed, c1905, by The Byron Company, New York

ENGLISH BOOKPLATE, 1790. Bookplate for the Meyler & Son Library and Reading-room

ENGLISH BOOKPLATE, 1810. Bookplate for the J. Spurway Library

ENGLISH BOOKPLATE, 1790. Bookplate for the the Manchester Library

Welsh Bookplate, 1815

English Bookplate, 1790

BOOKPLATE, 1872. Tokyo Library bookplate, c1872

Dancing in air
Performance by Aeriosa Dance Troupe at Vancouver Library

Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey

Temple of Hadrian in Ephesus, Turkey

PERSIA: LIBRARY, c1200. Library at Hulwan, Persia. Pen and ink drawing, after a 13th-century Persian miniature

FASHION: JACKET, 1890. Smoking or library jacket, by Dr. Jaegers Sanitary Woolen System Company in New York. Engraving, American, 1890

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, 1888. The university library at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, 1888

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, c1906. The Carnegie Library at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Photograph, c1906

HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT. The library at the Henry Street Settlement in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, May 1910

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