Cornerstone ceremony

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.

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Original record: Cornerstone ceremony
Collection: Providence Public Library collection
Date(s): 11-13-1952
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Subject(s): Board of Trustees
Building construction
Construction
Cornerstone laying
Group portraits
Libraries
Providence (R.I.)
Providence Public Library
Public libraries
Time capsules
Type: Still Image

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