Image shows a construction site south of the Providence Public Library. Washington street separates the construction site from the library.
Image shows the "Standard Library", a narrow reading room in the Providence Public Library. Bookshelves run the length of the wall on the right side of image, wooden benches run along the left. Wooden arm chairs and stools are lined in the center of the room.
Image shows the 1970s location of the Periodical department in the Great Hall area of the Providence Public Library. Patrons read at a long table in the center of the room. Library workers stand behind the Information desk.
Image shows the Providence Public Library facing Washington Street. A construction site in visible in the foreground of photograph.
Image shows a side view of the Providence Public Library facing Greene Street. The foundation of a demolished building is in the foreground.
Image shows a rear view of the Providence Public Library from Fountain Street. The steeple of First Universalist Church and Providence Telephone Company building are visible in the background.
Image shows the Providence Public Library at the corner of Washington and Greene Streets. Cars are parked along Green Street. Two people walk up the front steps to the Washington Street entrance. Streetcar tracks run through Washington Street.
Image shows the Fountain Street view of the Providence Public Library. The stackhouse chimney rises from behind a brick wall that encloses the rear of the library.
Image shows the top of the stairs of the Washington Street entrance of the Providence Public library. Snow is piled in high mounds, the stairs and landing of the library are cleared of snow. The Regency Plaza and First Universalist Church are visible in background.
Image shows a detail of the Washington Street portico of the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the steps of the Washington Street entrance of the Providence Public Library. An American and Rhode Island State flag fly in front of the library. The Regency Plaza is visible in the background.
Image shows the new addition of the Providence Public Library at the corner of Washington and Empire streets. A man crosses Empire Street.
Image shows children gathered around a circulation desk in the children's room of the Providence Public Library. Children sit reading at long wooden tables. Paintings hang on the walls above bookshelves.
Image shows a view of the circulation desk and book stacks in the Great Hall of the Providence Public Library. The stacks are nestled in between columns that support tall archways.
Image shows the Empire Street side of the Providence Public Library. The boiler house chimney rises from behind a brick wall. The foreground and background of photograph have been blocked out with matte paint.
Image shows a sign above the Empire Street parking lot of the Providence Public Library. The sign advertises the outdoor reading room and the delayed extension.
Image shows the Providence Public Library at the corner of Greene and Washington Streets. Two men stand on the street corner as two people walk up the steps to the entrance of the library.
Image shows the Providence Public Library at the corner of Empire and Washington Streets. A police officer directs traffic at the intersection. Cars are parked in a parking lot on the Empire Street side of the library.
Image shows the west side of the Providence Public Library. Fountain street runs between the library and a construction site in the foreground.
Image shows the north west side of the Providence Public Library on the corner of Fountain and Green Streets. A man stands at the rear of a cart near the library on Fountain Street.
Image shows an interior view of the second floor corridor near the top of the Grand Marble Staircase in the original Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. The entrance to the Barnard Club Library is visible at the end of a dark hallway. Marble columns with Corinthian capitals are around the room.
Image shows the Providence Public Library on the corner of Washington and Greene Streets. People stand near the front entrance.
Image shows a detail of a pilaster on the exterior of the Providence Public Library. The pilaster has a Corinthian capital with a cherub. Above the pilaster is a relief of an open book inside a wreath.
Image shows the Providence Public Library on the corner of Washington and Greene Streets. People stand near the front entrance.
Image shows the front of the Providence Public Library facing Washington Street. Trees grow on the sidewalk along Washington Street.
Image shows the south east view of the Providence Public Library facing Washington Street. A three story house stands on the right of the library. A construction site is in the foreground.
Image shows the south west corner of the Providence Public Library facing Washington Street. A couple crosses Fountain Street.
Image shows a maintenance worker operating machinery in the Providence Public Library. The worker wears coveralls.
Image shows a north east view of the Providence Public Library. The stackhouse chimney rises above a brick wall that encloses a courtyard. Fountain Street runs in the foreground.
Image shows a north east view of the Providence Public Library. The stackhouse chimney rises above a brick wall that encloses a courtyard. Fountain Street runs in the foreground.
