1936 Reading Room, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

1936 Reading Room, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

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Reading Room, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

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Now this is a reading room!

Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC

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Administered by the Trustees of Amherst College. This post card shows the Library, Paul Philippe Cret, architect.

Exhibition Hall, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

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Folger Shakesperian Library, Washington DC

The story of the Folger Shakespeare Library is intrinsically linked to that of its founders, Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Jordan Folger, who established the Folger in 1932 as a gift to the American people. Emily Folger later wrote of Henry Folger’s belief that “the poet is one of our best sources, one of the wells from which we Americans draw our national thought, our faith and our hope.” The Folger is located in the nation’s capital for that reason. [SOURCE]
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1939 Folger Shakesperian Library, Washington DC

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