Morningside Branch Library

Category

Library Item

Item no

35088

Title

Morningside Branch Library

Artist / maker

Hill, Robin A.

Date

1963

Size

10.4 x 15.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

On of 28 public libraries in Edinburgh, the Morningside Branch Library was opened in 1905 and extended in 1929. In 1951 it was described as 'the busiest of all the branch libraries'. The Junior section alone issued over 45,000 books annually.

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