Cowan's Auctions, Francis Wayland daguerreotype, Cowan's Auctions, Unknown
A black and white photograph of Francis Wayland, an American educator and president of Brown University. Francis Wayland had always advocated for…
Tags: Education, Francis Wayland, Library, Public Libraries, Slavery
First photo - Unknown Second photo - A.W. Elson & Co., Boston Public Library, Boston Public Library, 1909
First photo: A photograph of the Boston Public Library located in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Public Library is the first publicly supported…
Tags: Bates Hall, Boston, Boston Public Library, Historic, Massachusetts, Murals, Public Libraries
Historic Houston Photographs, Carnegie Library, Historic Houston Photographs, 1904
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled. Andrew…
Tags: African-Americans, Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Library, Houston, Philanthropy, Public Libraries
Smithsonian Institution, Andrew Carnegie, Smithsonian Institution, 1906
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was…
Tags: Andrew Carnegie, Birmingham, Philanthropy, Public Libraries, Steel, Steel Industry, UK
State Library of Iowa, Forrest Spaulding from Nashua Telegraph, State Library of Iowa, Unknown
A black and white photograph of Forrest Brisbin Spaulding, a humanitarian who created the Library Bill of Rights. Forrest Spaulding strongly believed…
Tags: Bill of Rights, Censorship, Des Moines, Forrest Spaulding, Nazi Germany, Public Libraries, YMCA
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