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Edinburgh Public Libraries Art Room
Unknown, 1954, Photograph
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Edinburgh Public Libraries Art Room
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35203
Title
Edinburgh Public Libraries Art Room
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1954
Size
19.0 x 23.7 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Fine Art Library opened in 1936, it is now called Art and Design Library.
Edinburgh libraries used the Browne issue sytem for lending books. The readers pocket- style tickets were matched with a card from the book they had borrowed and the tickets were filed in trays at the counter as seen in this image.
Edinburgh Central Public Library is, strictly speaking, located on the Cowgate. It rises up four floors from this level to its main entrance on George IV Bridge. It was designed by George Washington Browne, and built in 1887-90. It was built with money donated by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Central Library acts as the community library for the centre of the city. It also has several subject dedicated sections: the Fine Art Library; Music Library; Edinburgh and Scottish Collection, and the Reference Library.
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