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Central Library: Reference department
Minto, Charles Sinclair, 1936, Photograph
Central Library: Reference department
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36157
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Central Library: Reference department
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Minto, Charles Sinclair
Date
1936
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23.0 x 30.3 cm
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Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Reference Library's dome is one of the finest of its type in Scotland and the room remains almost as it was originally intended with built-in catalogue on the east wall and galleries above the book bays. It has windown on 4 sides, designed to make the best use of natural light. Originally there were two entrances to the Reference Library, one for ladies and one for gentlemen. When the building first opened it was capable of accommodating 160 male readers and 36 female ones.
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