Cotgreave Indicator

Category

Library Item

Item no

34744

Title

Cotgreave Indicator as used in the Lending Library

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1890

Size

19.4 x 24.9 cm

Type

Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This is a photograph of a drawing created in 1890. The Cotgreave Indicator was once a dominant feature of the lending library and was composed of a board with metal strips, painted blue on one side and red on the other, to represent each book and whether it was on loan. If it was blue it was available, if it was red it was out on loan.

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