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 mourning draperies on the portico of the Providence Public Library facing Washington Street.
Reproduction of the architect's sketch of the proposed addition of the Providence Public Library.
Reproduction of the architect's sketch of the proposed addition of the Providence Public Library.
Reproduction of the architect's sketch of the proposed addition of the Providence Public Library.
Reproduction of the architect's sketch of the proposed addition of the Providence Public Library.
Reproduction of the architect's sketch of the proposed addition of the Providence Public Library.
Reproduction of the architect's sketch of the proposed addition of the Providence Public Library.
Reproduction of the architect's sketch of the proposed addition of the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the new addition of the Providence Public Library under construction. Cars travel on Empire Street.
Image shows the interior of the Providence Public Library at it's Snow Street location. Wooden chairs and tables are placed around the room. Children stand in the back of the room. Framed paintings and prints hang on the walls.
Image shows the interior of the Providence Public Library at it's Butler Exchange location. The walls of the room lined with full book shelves. A painting of a man hangs over the bookshelves.
Image shows a woman identified as Ida Campopiano standing in the parking area of the Providence Public Library. She stands at the bottom of a slight hill. A long piece of sheer cloth flows from her hands as she smiles at the photographer.
Image shows two facilities workers working on an upper floor window of the Providence Public Library facing Greene Street. One worker sits on the window seal as the second looks down at the photographer from the top of a ladder.
Image shows two facilities workers working on an upper floor window facing Greene Street. They are identified as Gilbert and Young and stand on the outer ledge of two windows near a ladder.
Image shows Fountain Street after a heavy snow. The street is partially plowed and snow is piled on either side of the street. The Providence Public Library and the Providence Police and Fire Headquarters are visible in the foreground of the photograph.
Image shows storefronts facing Empire Street in Providence, RI. The 1953 edition of the Providence Public Library is visible at the intersection of Empire and Washington Streets. Shops include: Morty Miller, D. Hobby Shop, and Colonial Wallpaper Company.
Image shows storefronts facing Empire Street in Providence, RI. The 1953 edition of the Providence Public Library is visible at the intersection of Empire and Washington Streets. Shops include: Morty Miller, D. Hobby Shop, and Colonial Wallpaper Company.
Image shows the intersection of Empire and Washington Streets. Shops along Washington Street include the Colonial Wallpaper Company, and D. Hobby Shop. The 1953 addition of the Providence Public Library is on the right side of photograph.
Image shows the intersection of Empire and Washington Streets. A police officer stands in the center of the intersection. A three story house stands next to the library on the corner. The Majestic Theater is under construction in the foreground right of the photograph. The Majestic Theater opened in 1917.
Image shows the Librarian Clarence E. Sherman speaking at the cornerstone ceremony for the Empire street addition at the Providence Public Library. A time capsule and trowel sit on a small table in front of him. Mayor Walter Reynolds, Board of Trustees President H.S. Chafee, and the Governor's Executive Secretary Clinton Owen.
Image shows Mayor Walter Reynolds and Librarian Clarence Sherman posing with a time capsule with trustees. The time capsule is sits in an opening of a brick wall behind them.
Image shows Mayor Walter Reynolds speaking at the cornerstone ceremony for the new addition of the Providence Public Library. The three men seated behind the mayor are Clarence Sherman, Henry S. Chafee, and Clinton Owen.
Image shows Clinton Owen, the Governor's Executive Secretary, speaking at the cornerstone ceremony for the new addition of the Providence Public Library. A time capsule sits on a small table in front of him. Three men are seated behind him are identified as: C.E. Sherman, Mayor Walter Reynolds, and H.S. Chafee.
Image shows a cornerstone ceremony for the new addition of the Providence Public Library. Board of Trustees President Henry S. Chafee reads aloud from a document. A time capsule sits on a small table in front of Chafee. Three seated men stand behind him. Seated left to right: Librarian Clarence E. Sherman, Mayor Walter H. Reynolds, and Executive Secretary Clinton Owen.
Image shows Librarian Clarence E. Sherman places an item into a time capsule in a cornerstone ceremony for the new addition of the Providence Public Library. Three men are seated behind him. The men identified left to right as: Walter H. Reynolds, Mayor of Providence; Clarence E. Sherman, Librarian; Henry S. Chafee, President of the Board of Trustees; and Clinton Owen, Governor's Executive Secretary.
Image shows Board of Trustees President Henry S. Chafee and Librarian Clinton E. Sherman posing for the photograph during the cornerstone ceremony for the new addition of the Providence Public Library. Chafee poses with a trowel, holding it up toward a time capsule which has been placed inside an opening in a brick wall.
Group portrait of the cornerstone ceremony for the new addition of the Providence Public Library. The men are identified from left to right as "S.C. Sherman, H.S. Chafee, C.E. Sherman, Mr. E. Turgeon, Mr. House and Mr. Pinout. The Majestic Theater is visible in the background.
Image shows a view through shrub branches of Providence Public Library at the corner of Fountain and Greene Streets.
Image shows the detail of an exterior corner of the Providence Public Library. Several windows of the library are open.
