Cornerstone ceremony

Image shows a cornerstone ceremony for the new addition of the Providence Public Library. Board of Trustees President Henry S. Chafee reads aloud from a document. A time capsule sits on a small table in front of Chafee. Three seated men stand behind him. Seated left to right: Librarian Clarence E. Sherman, Mayor Walter H. Reynolds, and Executive Secretary Clinton Owen.

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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
Librarians
Libraries
Providence (R.I.)
Providence Public Library
Public libraries
Time capsules
Type: Still Image

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