Image shows patrons seated in armchairs in a reading room of the Providence Public Library. Book shelves around the room are labeled "The Passing Parade", "Young Adults", and "Marvels of Science". A sign reading "vocational counselor" hangs from the glass wall of an office.
Image shows patrons in a reading room of the Providence Public Library. Two library workers stand behind the information desk. The reading room was located in the Great Hall of the Washington Street side of the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the Reference department reading room of the Providence Public Library. Patrons sit at long tables in the center of the room.
Image shows patrons reading at long tables in a reading room of the Providence Public Library. Two stories of book stacks are on the right of the room.
Image shows children reading at long wooden tables inside a reading room of the Providence Public Library. Children browse bookshelves around the room and stand near the circulation desk.
Image shows the children's room at the Providence Public Library. Children browse catalog cards on wooden tables. Librarians assist the children and sit behind a circulation desk. Bookshelves line the far wall in the room.
Image shows children reading in the children's library a the Providence Public Library. Paintings of animals hang around the room above full bookcases.
Image shows children reading in the children's library a the Providence Public Library. Paintings of animals hang around the room above full bookcases.
Image shows a crowded reading room in the Providence Public Library. Patrons sit side by side at long tables. Two librarians work at a desk in the background.
Image shows a crowded reading room in the Providence Public Library. Patrons sit side by side at long tables. Two librarians work at a desk in the background.
Image shows a crowded reading room in the Providence Public Library. Patrons sit side by side at long tables. Two librarians work at a desk in the background.
Image shows patrons working at long tables in a reading room of the Providence Public Library. A librarian assists patrons at a desk in the back of the room. Stairs leading to second floor stacks are on the right side of the room.
Image shows patrons reading at wide wooden tables in a reading room of the Providence Public Library. Magazine are on display on wooden shelves on the left.
Image shows patrons seated in armchairs in a reading room of the Providence Public Library. Book shelves around the room are labeled "The Passing Parade", "Young Adults", and "Marvels of Science". A sign reading "vocational counselor" hangs from the glass wall of an office.
Image shows patrons reading in the reading lounge of the Providence Public Library. Books organized by topics, including "Young Adults" and "The March of Time".
Image shows patrons reading in the reading lounge of the Providence Public Library. Books organized by topics, including "Around the World", "Personality Plus", "The Passing Parade", "Adventures Near and Far", and "Young Adult".
Image shows two library workers sitting at side by side desks. Books lay on book carts in the foreground. Bookcases line the wall.
Image shows folding chairs lined in rows set up in a room of the Providence Public Library. A chair and wooden table face the rows of chairs. Shelves line the walls of the room.
Image shows two members of The Players, looking at vinyl records in front of the music stacks at the Providence Public Library.. The women wear matching dresses and interesting hats.
Image shows a plaque thanking donors for gifts and bequests that support the Providence Public Library. The plaque is bolted to a marble wall.
Image shows a plaque thanking donors for gifts and bequests that support the Providence Public Library. The plaque is bolted to a marble wall.
Image shows a woman playing an upright piano inside the Piano Room of the Providence Public Library. Book cases of sheet music line two walls in the room.
Image shows a patron viewing political science journals in Great Hall of Periodicals department in it's 1970's location in the Providence Public Library. This area of the library later were renovated and became stairs leading to the garden courtyard.
Image shows the periodical room inside the Washington Street side of the Providence Public Library. Wooden arm chairs are arranged in rows inside the room. Columns and pilasters around the room support a coffered ceiling. The room is the later location of the Rhode Island Room.
Image shows patrons reading newspapers inside the periodical room, later the Rhode Island Room, of the Providence Public Library. A round newspaper shelving unit stands in the center of the room.
Image shows library patrons reading at small tables inside the periodical room, later the Rhode Island Room, in the original Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. Two librarians sit at a desk in the back of the room.
Image shows a busy reading room in the Periodicals department of the Providence Public Library. Patrons study at crowded tables. Bound periodicals fill the bookshelves along the walls.
Image shows patrons reading at square tables in the periodical department reading room of the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the temporary location of the periodical department. A librarian sits behind a large wooden desk . An framed oil painting portrait hangs over a doorway in the far corner of the room. A sign on the end of a card catalog reads "periodical reading now in reference room".
Image shows a detail of peeling paint in the Providence Public Library.
