Image shows a man reading a newspaper inside the Providence Public Library. The man sits at a wooden table covered with periodicals. His hat sits on the seat in the foreground.
Image shows people sitting in wooden lawn chairs outside the Providence Public Library at the corner of Fountain and Green Street. A balustrade wall separates the outdoor seating area from the streets.
Image shows the demolition of the original stacks of the Providence Public Library. The photograph was taken from the basement, behind the facilities shop. The windows look out onto George Street.
Image shows the demolition of the original stacks of the Providence Public Library. The photograph was taken from the basement, behind the facilities shop. The area was once a hatch for the dumb waiter in the original stacks.
Image shows the original stacks on the Fountain Street side of the Providence Public Library. The area has glass tile floors and a narrow metal staircase leads to other floors.
Image shows the demolition of the original stacks of the Providence Public Library looking towards the emergency stairwell on Fountain Street.
Image shows the children's library in the Providence Public Library. Children read at long wooden tables as a librarian stands behind a desk surrounded by children.
Image shows three library workers sitting at desks in the Order department of the Providence Public Library. A fourth woman sits behind a wooden partition with glass windows.
Image shows two women working at desks inside the order room of the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the office of the Assistant to the Executive Director in the original 1897 building of the Providence Public Library. The desk is crowded with office supplies and a computer.
Image shows the office of the Assistant to the Executive Director in the original 1897 building of the Providence Public Library. The desk is crowded with office supplies and a computer.
Image shows two men browsing a display of new books in the reading lounge of the Providence Public Library. A leather couch stands in the foreground of photograph.
Image shows the former music room on the third floor of the Providence Public Library. Framed prints are leaned against empty bookshelves that run along the walls of the small room. Boxes are piled in the corner.
Image shows a man listening to a vinyl record in the Music department of the Providence Public Library. The man sits next to a double turntable record player and listens to the playing record through earphones. Records are shelved on stacks behind him. The Music department was located on the basement level, later the location of the Empire Street stacks.
Image shows library patrons using microfilm readers in the Providence Public Library. Interior windows show a view into the office of the Reference department.
Image shows a patron viewing the Evening Bulletin from April 20th, 1943 using a microfilm reader in the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the marketing department under renovation on the fifth floor of the Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. A library worker is visible behind a book cart in the foreground. A tall ladder leans against the back wall.
Image shows the marble hallway on the third floor of the Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. Tall windows show a balcony of the exterior of the building. A table stands next to the top of the marble stairs
Image shows the marble hallway on the third floor of the Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. Tall windows show a balcony of the exterior of the building. A table stands next to the top of the marble stairs
Image shows a detail of a marble column inside the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the marble balcony of the original Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. Tall windows show buildings along Washington Street.
Image shows patrons reading in the "lounge" of the Providence Public Library. Books organized by topics, including "Around the World", "Interesting People" and "Young Adult".
Image shows a library worker typing at a desk in a small office in the Providence Public Library. Glass windows above bookshelves enclose the office.
Image shows wooden folding chairs set up in rows in the lecture room of the Providence Public Library. The room has large windows on the two back walls.
Image shows a detail of the cornice and decorative elements on the exterior of the Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. A keystone below the cornice and above an arch reads "PPL" in relief.
Aerial view of the Providence Public Library. The image shows the both the original Washington Street building as well as the Empire Street addition.
Image shows a woman browsing book stacks in the Italian Collection at the Providence Public Library.
Image shows the Italian Collection and reading room in the Providence Public Library. Two men identified as Mr. Surge Scala, Chairman and Clarence Sherman stand at the rear of the room near the two story stacks. A woman identified as Miss Sylvia Sarcione sits reading at a table.
Image shows a man and woman speaking near a desk inside a reading room of the Providence Public Library. A librarian stands inside a small office with glass windows. Greeting cards are displayed on the top of a long book case in the office. Small tables and chairs are visible in a neighboring room through a wall of windows.
Image shows the information desk in the Grand Hall of the original Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. A librarian sits at the desk assisting a patron. A librarian looks over his shoulder at the photographer in a small office next to the desk.
