Saturday, December 21, 2013

Library Books Hip Flask

Of course I don't advocate drinking in the stacks, you might get your Dewey mixed up with your Louie, or can't figure out the LC!


Thursday, December 19, 2013

Library, Golden Castle College, Nagoya, Japan










[LIB10269]

1926 Library, Long Branch, New Jersey







[LIB10268] Still in use as a public library. [Website]

1909 Public Library, Madison, Maine










[LIB10267] Still in use as a library. [Website]

Hotchkiss Public Library, Sharon, Connecticut






[LIB10266] - Maria Bissell Hotchkiss and Bruce Price will forever be a part of Sharon history and be a part of the Historic Town Green.

The former donated the library in 1893 and the latter was the prominent New York architect whom she chose to design the building.  [Website]

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

1933, Public Library, Mamaroneck, New York



[LIB10237] - Founded in a storefront on the Post Road in 1923 with about 800 books, the Mamaroneck Public Library was funded by individuals, businesses, and local organizations in response to the slogan, 'Mamaroneck is not a fit place to live in until it has a library.' With the donation of a plot of land and funds from benefactors, a new building was constructed on the present site and opened in 1927. By 1966, a new wing added 7,200 square feet for the present reading and reference rooms and children's library was constructed. This was soon followed by the addition of the Emelin Theatre, then a part of the library, with a common lobby and an expansion of the lower level of the library. By 1987, another wing was added on a parcel of land purchased from the Christian Science Church. [Excerpt taken from Celebration: Village of Mamaroneck Centennial 1895-1995, edited by Mary P. LoGiudice.]

In 2008 another construction project was started to renovate and expand the library. This project was finished in the summer of 2011.

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