Image shows a former location of the Providence Public Library on Snow Street in Providence, RI. The storefront windows are empty.
Image shows patrons reading while smoking in the smoking and reading lounge of the Providence Public Library. An electric sign reading "smoking room" is above the double glass doors of the lounge.
Image shows the skylight of the former third floor Art department. Light shines through the skylight onto the tops of the bookstacks that fill the section of the room.
Image shows patrons reading at long tables in the reference room, later known as the Ship Room, of the original Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the Ship Room, used as the Children's Room on the first floor of the Washington Street side of the Providence Public Library. Banners hang from the ceiling over bookshelves.
Image shows construction on the fifth floor of the Providence Public Library for the future server room/ Data Processing department. The space was renovated again and became part of the stairwell leading to the teen room.
Image shows the stacks of the science and industry department in the Providence Public Library. The stacks occupy two floors of the room. A librarian sits at a desk in the foreground as patrons read books at the stacks.
Image shows the periodical room, later Rhode Island Room, in the original Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. Wooden arm chairs are arranged in rows inside the room.
Image shows library patrons sitting at long tables in the reference room, later the Ship Room, in the original Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. Bookcases line the walls of the room.
Image shows the Music Collection in the Rhode Island Room of the Providence Public library.
Image shows the fifth floor, Fountain Street stacks building of the Providence Public Library under renovations . The room is under construction, brick and metal framing are exposed.
Image shows two children looking at architectural plans on the floor of an area of the Providence Public Library that is under construction. Scaffolding and doorframes surround where the children stand.
Detail of a wall of the Providence Public Library during renovations. Notes for the renovation are written on the wall.
Image shows the reference desk on the first floor, Empire Street side, of the Providence Public Library. The second floor catwalk is visible behind the large reference desk. Computer stations are visible in the foreground.
Image shows the reference room, later Rhode Island Room in the original Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. Lamps sit on long wooden tables. Empty bookshelves run the length of the far walls. Large columns support a coffered ceilings.
Image shows patrons reading inside the reference reading room at the Providence Public Library. Large books lay on a table in the foreground. Reference books fill the bookcases that run along the room.
Image shows patrons reading in the Reference reading room of the Providence Public Library. Large books lay on a long wooden table in the foreground. A librarian sits at a small desk in the foreground.
Image shows library patrons sitting at long tables in the reference room, later Ship Room, of the Providence Public Library. Bookcases line the walls of the room.
Image shows two men seated in the reference reading room in the Providence Public Library. Empty book shelves line the walls of the room.
Image shows the reference room, later the Ship Room in the Providence Public Library. Lamps sit on long wooden tables. Bookshelves run the length of the far walls.
Image shows a reading room in Ship Room of the Providence Public Library. Lamps sit on long wooden tables and bookshelves run along the walls of the room.
Image shows a busy reference reading room in the Providence Public Library. Patrons read at crowded tables. Empire and Washington streets are visible through the large windows in the room.
Image shows a busy reference reading room in the Providence Public Library. Patrons read at crowded tables. Empire and Washington streets are visible through the large windows in the room.
Image shows a librarian helping two patrons. The librarian sits behind a tall wooden desk while assisting two women in fur coats look at a map. A second librarian pulls a folder from a file cabinet in the background.
Image shows a patron viewing political science journals in the Reference department of the Providence Public Library. This area was renovated and became the stairs leading from the Grand Hall to the Garden Courtyard.
Image shows a view of a the busy reading room of the reference department at the Providence Public Library. Patrons read at long wooden tables.
Image shows a man writing on a row of flat files. Two rows of flat files and file cabinets are behind him. Bookshelves line the walls of the room. This room was located near the charging desk on the ground floor of the Empire Street entrance of the Providence Public Library.
Image shows a librarian assisting a patron in the reference area of the Providence Public Library. A library worker stands in a small office.
Image shows an interior view of a large window inside a reading room of the Providence Public Library. Metal art chars are set up in rows. Books are on display on the window ledge.
Image shows patrons reading in a reading room of the Providence Public Library. Volumes of Moody's Transportation Manual are lined in a row in front of him on the table.
