Image shows the charging desk in the Great Hall on the Washington Street side of the Providence Public Library. The charging desk stands in front of double glass doors.
Image shows the charging desk in the Great Hall on the Washington Street side of the Providence Public Library. The charging desk stands in front of double glass doors.
Image shows a detail of molding on the ceiling over the grand staircase in the Providence Public Library.
Image shows a detail of molding on the ceiling over the grand staircase in the Providence Public Library.
Image shows two librarians working in the cataloging room of the Providence Public Library. A librarian sits at a wooden desk while another uses a large card catalog. Wood and glass partitions enclose a small office area in the far corner of the room.
Image shows the Cataloging department on the fifth floor of the Providence Public Library. Library workers sit at desks in the large room. A long row of bookcases separates the room. The room has a checkerboard tiled floor and an arched ceiling with a skylight.
Image shows the Cataloging department under renovation in the 5th floor Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. This area later became the Technical Services department. A duct runs along the floor through two book cases and out the door of the office.
Image shows the Cataloging department in the Providence Public Library. Library workers sit at desks in the large room. A long row of bookcases separates the room. The room has a checkerboard tiled floor and an arched ceiling with a skylight.
Image shows the cataloging department in the Providence Public Library. Library workers sit at desks in the large room. Full book carts stand around the room.
Image shows librarians working in the crowded cataloging room of the Providence Public Library. Librarians work at desks that line the walls of the narrow room. Stacks of books lay on the tables and on bookshelves. The room was later renovated and became the first floor stacks behind the Grand Hall.
Image shows a view of the Cataloging department inside the Providence Public Library. The book shelves and book carts in the room are overflowing with stacks of books. The Cataloging department was located on the first floor and later became the Greene Street stacks, behind the Grand Hall.
Image shows a view of the Cataloging department inside the Providence Public Library. Book shelves and book carts in the room are overflowing with stacks of books. Three librarians are visible working in the room. The Cataloging department was located on the first floor and later became the Greene Street stacks, behind the Grand Hall.
Image shows the Cataloging department inside the Providence Public Library. Book shelves and book carts in the room are overflowing with stacks of books. A librarian sits at a desk with her back to the view in the foreground. The Cataloging department was located on the first floor and later became the Greene Street stacks, behind the Grand Hall.
Image shows the Cataloging department inside the Providence Public Library. Book shelves and book carts in the room are overflowing with stacks of books. The Cataloging department was located on the first floor and later became the Greene Street stacks, behind the Grand Hall.
Image shows a librarian working at a desk in the crowded Cataloging department room. Books are stacked high on a book cart behind her. The Cataloging department was located on the first floor and later became the Greene Street stacks behind the Grand Hall.
Image shows patrons browsing catalogue cards in the Providence Public Library. Patrons are gathered around a counter in the center of the image and along the back wall. Others stand next to the card catalogue on the right.
Image shows card catalogs inside the Providence Public Library. Instructions on how to use the card catalogues hangs on the wall behind the catalogues. A woman stands at the catalogue browsing cards.
Image shows patrons browsing the card catalog on the Empire Street side of the Providence Public Library. Patrons stand around the card catalog and along a counter that stands next to the card catalog.
Image shows a view of the card catalogs on the ground floor of the Providence Public Library. A patron sits reading in the foreground. A display case is mounted to the wall behind the card catalogs.
Image shows the Butler Exchange Building facing Fulton Street. Cars are parked on the street. The building was the first location of the Providence Public Library. A restaurant, Brown Bros. Co. Mill Supplies and Waite Auto Supply co. occupy the ground floor of the building.
Image shows the Butler Exchange Building facing Fulton Street. Cars are parked on the street. Dodge & Camfield Co., Brown Bros. Co. Mill Supplies, and Waite Auto Supply Co. occupy the ground floor of the building. People stand in the doorway of the building. The building was the first location of the Providence Public Library.
Image shows patrons reading in the reading room of the Business, Industry and Science department of the Providence Public Library. Patrons sit at long tables in the center of the room. Two floors of bookstacks are on the left side of the room.
Image shows the business office on the third floor, Empire Street side of the Providence Public Library. Library workers sit at desks around the room. Books are stacked on a long counter in the foreground. This space later became the Development Office.
Image shows young women reading in the Boys and Girls Library, later the location of the Special Collections department on the third floor of the Washington Street building of the Providence Public Library. A librarian helps patrons at a desk near the door of the room.
Image shows the door to the former Boys' and Girls' Library, later the location of the Special Collection department, on the third floor Washington Street side of the Providence Public Library during renovations. Two children peer out of the double doors.
Image shows children reading picture books at a table inside the Girls' and Boys' library of the Providence Public Library. Shelves of picture books and juvenile novels line the walls of the room.
Image shows children reading picture books at a table inside the Girls' and Boys' library of the Providence Public Library. Shelves of picture books and juvenile novels line the walls of the room.
Image shows murals painted above bookcases in the Boys' and Girls' Library at the Providence Public Library. The murals painted by Edward Dubuque illustrate popular fairy tales. The section of mural shown depicts Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn, Robinson Crusoe, Little Women dreaming of their home, and the Jungle Book.
Image shows murals painted above bookcases in the Boys' and Girls' Library at the Providence Public Library. The murals painted by Edward Dubuque illustrate popular fairy tales. The section of mural shown depicts Pinocchio, Humpty-Dumpty, and Alice in Wonderland.
